# Seltz, free, tier, POST /v1/search, Search, base: Cached web search API

> Search the web for relevant context

Seltz's cached web search API on its Free tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 1 of the 6 key fields we check: Date.
The cheapest of the 40 plans we rank by price is [ContextFetch, $499 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/contextfetch/499-monthly-scale-post-v1-search/llms.txt), at $0.384 per 1,000 searches.
[Octen](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/octen/top-up-from-5-base-post-search/llms.txt), [Parallel](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/parallel/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-advanced/llms.txt) and [Firecrawl](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-scale/llms.txt) are the best cached web search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-base
- [Best cached web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-cached-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://seltz.ai/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.seltz.ai/v1/search`, Search, base
- API key: with the plan, on https://seltz.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.seltz.ai/api-reference/search
- Sold by: Seltz (https://seltz.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Date: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 1,000
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search, pro · Answer · Fetch · Monitor · Agent

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search the web for relevant context

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: Except as expressly permitted by Seltz in writing, you may not [...] (ii) store, aggregate, or reuse Output to serve multiple End Customers or requests, (iii) use the Output to create, compile, or build a dataset or database
- Use data: Except as expressly permitted by Seltz in writing, you may not (i) reproduce, distribute, publicly display, or otherwise make available any Third-Party Data on a standalone basis, [...] (iv) commercialize, resell, or sublicense the Output or any Third-Party Data or (v) represent that Output was human-generated when it is not, you may not [...] (iii) use Output from the Platform to develop models that compete with Seltz, (iv) use the Platform for the purpose of benchmarking, performance testing, or competitive analysis, or publicly disclose the results of any such activities, without Seltz’s prior written consent, (v) use any automated or programmatic method to extract data or output from the Platform, including scraping, web harvesting, or web data extraction, you may use the free tier for non-commercial purposes only, if you make the Platform or any Output available to third parties or end users as part of your products or services, you must enter into a binding written agreement with each End Customer that contains terms that are no less protective of Seltz

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $20
- Enough for: about 6,666 calls, once

## The call

- You send: query, tier "base". Optional: scope, max_results, include_domains, exclude_domains, from_date, to_date, fields.content, fields.content.max_characters_per_result, fields.snippets, fields.snippets.max_snippets, fields.snippets.max_snippets_per_result, fields.snippets.max_tokens, fields.snippets.max_tokens_per_result
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: anyone 18 or over, for non-commercial use only

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, URL, content, published date, snippets

## Seltz's plans (4)

- [Seltz, free, tier, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, stored
- [Seltz, free, Seltz for startups, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/free-seltz-for-startups-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, stored
- [Seltz, pay as you go, Pay-as-you-go, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, stored
- [Seltz, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/contact-us-enterprise-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt): 17% complete, stored

## Seltz's calls (2)

- `POST /v1/search`, Search, base: [Seltz, free, tier, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/search`, Search, pro: [Seltz, free, tier, POST /v1/search, Search, pro](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-pro/llms.txt)

## Seltz's APIs (3)

- [Seltz: cached company discovery API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt)
- [Seltz: cached company discovery API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, pro](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-pro/llms.txt)
- [Seltz: cached people search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt)
- [Seltz: cached people search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, pro](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-pro/llms.txt)
- [Seltz: cached web search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, base](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt)

## Seltz: cached web search API alternatives

- [ContextFetch, top-up from $10, Pay as you go, POST /tavily/search](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/contextfetch/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-post-tavily-search/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [Parallel, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/search, Search (turbo)](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/parallel/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-turbo/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored
- [Octen, top-up from $5, Base, POST /news-search](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/octen/top-up-from-5-base-post-news-search/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, 1 minute
- [Tako, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /api/v3/search, Search, instant](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v3-search-search-instant/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-27.

- https://docs.seltz.ai/api-reference/openapi.json
- https://docs.seltz.ai/api-reference/search
- https://docs.seltz.ai/data/news
- https://docs.seltz.ai/data/web
- https://docs.seltz.ai/data/wikipedia
- https://docs.seltz.ai/pricing
- https://seltz.ai
- https://seltz.ai/pricing
- https://seltz.ai/terms