Sort of depends on how well the core reasoning works. It’s not a big effort to connect an LLM to a search provider.
You do pay for the tokens, but in theory on a smaller model each token is cheaper.
honestly using search isn't that great, you mostly get SEO slop, it usually won't help the model ask the right questions
honestly using search isn't that great, you mostly get SEO slop, it usually won't help the model ask the right questions