# PacketStream, top-up from $50: Google AI Mode scraper API

> An AI search answer with its references.

PacketStream's Search API plan for the Google AI Mode scraper API costs $2.50 per 1,000 answers. PacketStream's docs list 1 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Citations.
We haven't run PacketStream through [our Google AI Mode scraper API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-google-ai-mode-scraper-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 220 plans we rank by price cost $2.40 per 1,000 answers or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 answers than 46% of the 220 plans.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 answers: $0.022. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 answers a month: about $2.72.
[Temso AI's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/temso-ai/10-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of answers. Temso AI's $10 monthly plan costs less up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt), [ScrapeUnblocker](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt) and [PerceptLayer](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/perceptlayer/399-pack/llms.txt) are the best Google AI Mode scraper API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50
- [Google AI Mode scraper API: the 12 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-google-ai-mode-scraper-api.txt)
- Get it: https://packetstream.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.packetstream.io/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://packetstream.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/parameters?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- Sold by: PacketStream (https://packetstream.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Citations: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 answers: $2.50
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Batch searches · Fetch API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $2.50

## In their words

- Their pitch: An AI search answer with its references.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the Services only for lawful purposes and only where you have any permission required by law, contract, or the operator of a target system. You may not use or help others use the Services to: commit fraud, deceive others, impersonate a person or organization, or manipulate PacketStream balances, measurements, referrals, trials, payments, or payouts, gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, devices, networks, or data, or defeat access controls or security measures, distribute malware, interfere with services, conduct denial-of-service activity, scan for vulnerabilities without authorization, or compromise credentials, send spam or unlawful communications, harass or stalk others, or collect, use, or disclose personal data unlawfully, infringe intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, contractual, or other rights, conduct unlawful financial, payment, marketplace, government, or regulated activity, circumvent PacketStream restrictions, monitoring, metering, authentication, or safety controls, or violate applicable law or cause PacketStream, a Packeter, a reseller, or another person to violate applicable law. You may not copy, modify, sell, sublicense, reverse engineer, bypass, or create derivative works from the Services or software except where applicable law expressly permits it.

## Plan

- Pay: $50
- You get: $50
- Enough for: 20,000 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 20
- Concurrent: 32
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, type "ai_mode". Optional: country, language
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Search API
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old and legally able to enter the agreement ("You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter this agreement")

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, search parameters, query, engine, country code, AI Mode text blocks, AI Mode references, items count, credits used, credits remaining, time taken

## PacketStream's plans (1)

- [PacketStream, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## PacketStream's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/search`: [PacketStream, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)

## PacketStream's APIs (7)

- [PacketStream: Google AI Mode scraper API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: news API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: search autocomplete API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: SERP API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: Local business search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: Google Shopping search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)

## PacketStream: Google AI Mode scraper API alternatives

- [ScraperAPI, $299 monthly, Business, POST /structured/google/ai_mode](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/scraperapi/299-monthly-business-post-structured-google-ai-mode/llms.txt): $2.492 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/searchapi/250-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scavio, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/scavio/500-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [OpenWeb Ninja, $25 monthly, Pro, POST /ai-mode, 10,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/openweb-ninja/25-monthly-pro-post-ai-mode-10000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 29% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/errors-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/parameters?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/responses?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-ai-mode-scraper-api-pricing