# Searlo, free: Image search API

> Get structured Google Image results in real-time. Thumbnails, source URLs, dimensions, metadata — all via a single API call at $0.30 per 1,000 searches

Searlo's image search API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns all 5 key fields we check: Image, Size, Thumbnail, Page, Site.
We rank 206 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-bing-images/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.15.
[Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-bing-images/llms.txt), [SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpkite/300-pack-pro-post-v1-images-brave-images/llms.txt) and [PrismCrawl](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/500-pack-scale-post-v1-google-images-light/llms.txt) are the best image search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/free
- [Best image search API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-image-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://searlo.tech/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.searlo.tech/api/v1/search/images`
- API key: with the plan, on https://searlo.tech/pricing
- Its API docs: https://searlo.tech/docs#search-images
- Sold by: Searlo (https://searlo.tech)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Image: ✓
- Size: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓
- Page: ✓
- Site: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Most per search: 200
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Web Search · Custom Search JSON API · News Search · Video Search · Site Search · Advanced Search · Shopping Search · Maps · Places · Reviews · Place Details · Scholar · Patents · Simple Search · Autocomplete · Batch Search · Full SERP · SERP Batch · SERP Features · News Results Page · SERP HTML · Rank Checks · AI Answers · Scrape · Batch Scrape · Map · Crawl · Extract · Search and Scrape · Webpage · Email Verifier

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get structured Google Image results in real-time. Thumbnails, source URLs, dimensions, metadata — all via a single API call at $0.30 per 1,000 searches

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the API to build applications that provide value to end users. You must comply with all applicable laws and our usage policies. Prohibited Use: Scraping or data mining that violates third-party rights, Building competing search services, Circumventing rate limits or security measures, Transmitting malware or harmful code, Violating intellectual property rights, Harassment, spam, or illegal content

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 3,000 credits
- Enough for: 3,000 calls, once
- Expires: 1 year

## Rate limit

- Per day: 1,800,000
- Per second: 111.11
- Concurrent: 64
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.48 s

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: limit, page, size, imgSize, imgType, imgColorType, imgDominantColor, gl, hl, cache
- Method: GET
- Path: /search/images

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, one free account per person or entity

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

search parameters, page number, pagination, total results, time taken, credits consumed, image result position, image result title, image result link, image result source, image result source domain, image result thumbnail, image result original, image result original width, image result original height, image result thumbnail width, image result thumbnail height, image result format, image result ID

## Searlo's plans (9)

- [Searlo, free](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, $3.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/3-99-pack/llms.txt): $0.798 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, $9.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/9-99-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, $29.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/29-99-pack/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, $74.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/74-99-pack/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, $199.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/199-99-pack/llms.txt): $0.222 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, $399 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/399-pack/llms.txt): $0.222 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, $799 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/799-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Searlo, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete

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

- `GET /search/images`: [Searlo, free](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/free/llms.txt)

## Searlo's APIs (7)

- [Searlo: image search API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searlo/free/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: search autocomplete API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/searlo/free/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: video search API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/searlo/free/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: email verification API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/searlo/free/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/advanced](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-advanced/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /customsearch/v1](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-customsearch-v1/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /serp, Full SERP](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-serp-full-serp/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /serp, Full SERP, full](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-serp-full-serp-full/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/patents](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-patents/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-scholar/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /serp/features](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-serp-features/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /serp/html, SERP HTML](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-serp-html-serp-html/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /serp/html, SERP HTML, rendered](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-serp-html-serp-html-rendered/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/shopping](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-shopping/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/site](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-site/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/web](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-web/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: news API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/news/serp](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-news-serp/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: news API pricing, 9 plans, GET /search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/searlo/free-credits-get-search-news/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: web search API pricing, 9 plans, POST /search-and-scrape, Search and Scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searlo/free-credits-post-search-and-scrape-search-and-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Searlo: web search API pricing, 9 plans, POST /search-and-scrape, Search and Scrape, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searlo/free-credits-post-search-and-scrape-search-and-scrape-full/llms.txt)

## Searlo: image search API alternatives

- [Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based, GET /api/yahoo/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-yahoo-images/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [PrismCrawl, $200 pack, Pro, POST /v1/yandex/images/search](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/200-pack-pro-post-v1-yandex-images-search/llms.txt): $0.19 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $300,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/scrapingdog/300000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.227 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpbase/100-monthly/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 80% 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 2026-10-30.

- https://searlo.tech
- https://searlo.tech/api-reference
- https://searlo.tech/docs
- https://searlo.tech/google-serp-api
- https://searlo.tech/image-search-api
- https://searlo.tech/pricing
- https://searlo.tech/terms