Web Search API Pricing

$100 free credit to get started  ·  SOC 2 certified  ·  ZDR available

No api key required

Free

100

queries/day

Use the Web Search API for free.

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The fastest way to add web search to your AI agent. Get real-time web and news results.

what's included

100 queries per day

Web and news results in one query

LLM-ready snippets with rich metadata

Country, language, and freshness filters

$100 free credit

Web Search API

$5.00

/1k calls

1-100 results per call

Ground your agentic apps in reliable, web-scale knowledge with contextual snippets.

what's included

News endpoint included at no extra cost

Up to 100 URLs per call included

LLM-ready snippets with rich metadata per result

Country & language targeting filters

$100 free credit

Contents API

$1.00

/1k pages

Batch multiple URLs per request

Extract page text, summaries, and metadata from multiple URLs.

what's included

Returns clean Markdown or raw HTML per page

Reliable page extraction at scale

Accessible via Search API livecrawl parameter

Python SDK, MCP Server, and REST API access

$100 free credit

Answer API new

$5.00

/1k calls

Our same reliable, webscale- knowledge as Web Search plus a synthesized, citation-grounded answer

A single-call web search and synthesis endpoint that turns a query into a real-time, citation-grounded answer.

what's included

Answer generated only from retrieved passages

Synthesized response with citations

The same operators as Web Search to guide your output

93.48% accuracy on SimpleQA

$100 free credit

Research API

$12.00

/1k calls

Fast retrieval for simple factual lookups

Research across the open web and return source-backed answers with citations. #1 in DeepSearchQA.

All Tiers include

Cited, source-backend answers with inline references

Multi-step search and synthesis pipeline

AAAI Best Paper Award methodology

$100 free credit

Finance Research API

$110.00

/1k calls

Multi-source research and synthesis

For developers focused on financial workflows who need accurate, deeply sourced financial intelligence.

All Tiers include

Covers filings, macro data, markets, and derived calculations

Goes beyond web search with structured, multi-source research

Precision-focused: avoids fiscal year, unit, and period errors

Cited answers with traceable [[n]] source references

Powering web search for leading enterprises.

Enterprise-Ready

Our APIs are enterprise-grade and built to give developers complete creative freedom, empowering them to build advanced tools without blockers.

Zero Data Retention

All queries and data can be automatically purged—giving you complete control over what’s stored and for how long.

SOC 2 Certified

Our infrastructure is independently audited to ensure best-in-class data security, privacy, and availability.

DPA-Ready

Designed to seamlessly accommodate Data Processing Agreements.

Custom QPS Limits

Enterprise-grade concurrency with performance optimization requirements for high-volume usage are available.

Designed to move with your business.

Making it easy to start small, scale fast, and leverage AI at your own pace.

Pay-as-you-go

Start experimenting today with low-cost, usage-based pricing. No minimums.

Volume discounts

Enjoy lower rates as your usage scales, without the back-and-forth negotiations.

Annual savings

Commit to annual usage for deeper discounts and predictable costs.

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