# 10 Baidu AI Cloud alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 9, 2026.

The best alternatives to Baidu AI Cloud for web search APIs: Clawifi, SerpScraper.dev and browserfoundry by keirolabs, by our benchmark. Baidu AI Cloud's website is cloud.baidu.com.

## Web search API alternatives

[Clawifi](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/free#299-monthly), [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/free#19-monthly) and [browserfoundry by keirolabs](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/free-post-api-v2-search-lite#10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-lite) are the best [web search API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our [Baidu AI Cloud plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/free), we compare each Baidu AI Cloud plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

- [Bocha, CNY 3,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/free#cny-3000-pack): $4.49 per 1,000 searches
- [Staan, pay as you go, Pay for what you use, POST /search/web, Web Search for AI API](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/staan/free-free-post-search-web-web-search-for-ai-api#pay-as-you-go-pay-for-what-you-use-post-search-web-web-search-for-ai-api): $4.50 per 1,000 searches
- [CyberWareX, top-up, Prepaid credits, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/cyberwarex/free-trial-post-v1-search#top-up-prepaid-credits-post-v1-search): $4.55 per 1,000 searches
- [Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/free-free-post-search-search-full#19-monthly-basic-post-search-search-full): $4.56 per 1,000 searches
- [ScrapeNest, $29 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/search/deep, Deep Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/free-post-v1-search-deep-deep-search-full#29-monthly-starter-post-v1-search-deep-deep-search-full): $5.08 per 1,000 searches
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 3](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-cn-edition-intelligent#pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-3): $5.09 per 1,000 searches
- [Alibaba Cloud IQS, pay as you go, Generic 200 QPS, tier 3 (engineType Generic)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud-iqs/free#pay-as-you-go-generic-200-qps-tier-3-enginetype-generic): $5.09 per 1,000 searches
- [ShowAPI, CNY 170 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/free#cny-170-pack): $5.09 per 1,000 searches
- [Cloudflare, top-up, AI Gateway credits, POST /accounts/{account_id}/ai/websearch/, Web search, linkup](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/cloudflare/top-up-ai-gateway-credits-post-accounts-account-id-ai-websearch-web-search-linkup): $5.25 per 1,000 searches
- [APICK, top-up from ₩55,000](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/apick/top-up-from-55000): $5.25 per 1,000 searches

Compare every web search API plan: [Web search API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-api-pricing)

## See also

- [Bocha alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/bocha-alternatives)
- [Staan alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/staan-alternatives)
- [CyberWareX alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/cyberwarex-alternatives)
- [Search1API alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/search1api-alternatives)
- [ScrapeNest alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrapenest-alternatives)
- [Alibaba Cloud alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/alibaba-cloud-alternatives)
- [Alibaba Cloud IQS alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/alibaba-cloud-iqs-alternatives)
- [ShowAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/showapi-alternatives)