# Tako, free: Cached web search API

> Real-time search returning webpages, highlights, structured data and visualizations.

Tako's cached web search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Text.
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/tako/free
- [Best cached web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-cached-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://tako.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://tako.com/api/v3/search`, Search, instant
- API key: with the plan, on https://tako.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.tako.com/api-reference/search-v3
- Sold by: Tako (https://tako.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Date: ✓
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 20

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Real-time search returning webpages, highlights, structured data and visualizations.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: You may not [...] (iii) cache, store, or retain Content for the purpose of responding to a query or request other than the original query or request for which the Content was provided
- Use data: You shall not: (a) sublicense, resell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, time-share, or otherwise commercially exploit the Service, (b) use it unlawfully or in violation of data, privacy, or export laws, (c) modify, adapt, hack, reverse engineer, or attempt to discover any source code, (d) use any robots, scraping, or similar data-gathering methods, or (e) violate any local, state, national, or international law. [...] You may not, directly or indirectly, and may not permit any third party to: (i) scrape, download, extract, aggregate, or otherwise use Content to create, compile, maintain, enrich, or supplement any database, dataset, data feed, knowledge graph, search index, or similar collection, (ii) use Content to develop, offer, or improve any product or service that substitutes for or competes with the Service or with the data products or services of Tako's third-party suppliers, (iii) cache, store, or retain Content for the purpose of responding to a query or request other than the original query or request for which the Content was provided, (iv) reverse engineer, decode, or otherwise attempt to derive, reconstruct, or identify any underlying data source, database, dataset, methodology, schema, structure, or system from the Content, or (v) use Content to train, fine-tune, distill, develop, or improve any machine-learning or artificial-intelligence model or system. You must clearly attribute the underlying data sources identified by Tako whenever displaying, distributing, or otherwise using Content, including in any outputs derived from Content, and must preserve any source attribution and proprietary notices provided with such Content.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2,000 requests
- Enough for: 2,000 calls

## Speed

- Median: 0.30 s

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: effort "instant", sources, sources.data.count, sources.data.include_contents, sources.data.node_ids, sources.data.strict, sources.web.count, sources.web.include_contents, sources.web.category, sources.web.include_domains, sources.web.exclude_domains, sources.web.snippet_max_chars, sources.web.highlights, sources.web.article_content_max_chars, sources.web.published_after, sources.web.published_before, country_code, locale, timezone, output_settings, include_related
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v3/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up

## The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, page title, URL, snippet, source name, published date, card ID, card title, card description, card semantic description, card URL, card image URL, card embed URL, card sources, card methodologies, card type, relevance, relevance score, data freshness, metric definitions, card nodes, related queries, total cost, compute cost, data cost

## Tako's plans (4)

- [Tako, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored
- [Tako, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $12.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored
- [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
- [Tako, contact us, Enterprise, POST /api/v3/search, Search, instant](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/contact-us-enterprise-post-api-v3-search-search-instant/llms.txt): 33% complete, stored

## Tako's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /api/v3/search`, Search, instant: [Tako, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/free/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/search`: [Tako, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v3/search`, Search, instant, full: [Tako, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /api/v3/search, Search, instant, full](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v3-search-search-instant-full/llms.txt)

## Tako's APIs (2)

- [Tako: web search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /api/v3/search, Search, deep](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tako/free-free-post-api-v3-search-search-deep/llms.txt)
- [Tako: web search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /api/v3/search, Search, fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tako/free-free-post-api-v3-search-search-fast/llms.txt)
- [Tako: cached web search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/tako/free/llms.txt)

## Tako: 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 (basic)](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/parallel/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-basic/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored
- [Seltz, pay as you go, Pay-as-you-go, POST /v1/search, Search, pro](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/seltz/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-pro/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, stored
- [GroundRoute, top-up, Managed, POST /v1/search, Search, academic](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-search-apis/groundroute/top-up-managed-post-v1-search-search-academic/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 14 days

## 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.tako.com/api-reference/search-v3
- https://docs.tako.com/documentation/additional-resources/credits-and-billing
- https://docs.tako.com/documentation/integrating-tako/search/for-coding-agent
- https://tako.com/openapi.json
- https://tako.com/pricing
- https://tako.com/tos
- https://tako.com/use-cases/cited-answers-api