# API.SH, free, GET /google/v1/images: Image search API

> Google Images results with the original image URL, size, thumbnail, dominant colour, source page, site and file size: about 100 per query (Google Images loads more only by infinite scroll, so next_start is null, narrow with the filters).

API.SH's image search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 4 of the 5 key fields we check: Image, Size, Thumbnail, Site.
We haven't run API.SH through [our image search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-image-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 398 plans for image search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.86 per 1,000 searches or less.
[SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/499-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033.
[SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/39-monthly/llms.txt), [SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpkite/300-pack-pro-post-v1-images-brave-images/llms.txt) and [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-bing-images/llms.txt) are the best image search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/free-get-google-v1-images
- [Image search API: the 16 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-image-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.api.sh/google/v1/images`
- API key: with the plan, on https://api.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.sh/docs/google-images?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: API.SH (https://api.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 80%
- Image: ✓
- Size: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓
- Site: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 6,019 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Google Images results with the original image URL, size, thumbnail, dominant colour, source page, site and file size: about 100 per query (Google Images loads more only by infinite scroll, so next_start is null, narrow with the filters).

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not: resell or provide raw access to the Service as a competing API without our written agreement, attempt to get around credits, limits or security, interfere with the Service or other customers, reverse engineer the Service except where the law allows, or use the Service in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 250 calls a month
- Expires: unused credits don't roll over

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: size, color, image_type, aspect, license, image_format, time, country, language, location, google_domain, safe, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /google/v1/images

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over with a working email address

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

image result position, image result image URL, image result original width, image result original height, image result thumbnail, image result thumbnail width, image result thumbnail height, image result color, image result page URL, image result title, image result source, image result source domain, image result file size, image result ref docid, related searches

## API.SH's plans (8)

- [API.SH, free, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/free-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [API.SH, top-up from $15, Pay-as-you-go, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/top-up-from-15-pay-as-you-go-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [API.SH, $50 monthly, Monthly $50, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/50-monthly-monthly-50-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [API.SH, $100 monthly, Monthly $100, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/100-monthly-monthly-100-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [API.SH, $250 monthly, Monthly $250, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/250-monthly-monthly-250-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [API.SH, $500 monthly, Monthly $500, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/500-monthly-monthly-500-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [API.SH, $1,000 monthly, Business, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/1000-monthly-business-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [API.SH, contact us, Custom deal, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/contact-us-custom-deal-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt): 80% complete

## API.SH's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /bing/v1/images`: [API.SH, free, GET /bing/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/free-get-bing-v1-images/llms.txt)
- `GET /google/v1/images`: [API.SH, free, GET /google/v1/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/api-sh/free-get-google-v1-images/llms.txt)

## API.SH's APIs (33)

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- [API.SH: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
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- [API.SH: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
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- [API.SH: Reddit post API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
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- [API.SH: TikTok profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
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## API.SH: image search API alternatives

- [Scale SERP, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/scale-serp/199-monthly/llms.txt): $3.98 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/pullbay/199-monthly/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $40 monthly, Developer Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searchapi/40-monthly-developer-plan-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-images/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [x402serps, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/x402serps/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, 1 hour

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://api.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- https://api.sh/docs/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- https://api.sh/docs/google-images?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- https://api.sh/legal/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- https://api.sh/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- https://api.sh/openapi/google.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing
- https://api.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image-search-api-pricing