# Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, CN Edition (Intelligent): Web search API

> UnifiedSearch IQS搜索引擎是一个面向Agent的开放域通用搜索引擎，致力于在检索效果、成本、时延等维度提供更好的服务能力。

Alibaba Cloud's web search API on its CN Edition (Intelligent) plan. It costs $2.692 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Text.
CNY 18.00 per 1,000 searches is $2.692 at the European Central Bank's rate of $0.14956 for CNY 1.
We haven't run Alibaba Cloud through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 569 plans we rank by price cost $3.992 per 1,000 searches or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 58% of the 569 plans.
[browserfoundry by keirolabs's $99.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/99-99-monthly-startup-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033.
[browserfoundry by keirolabs](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt), [Context.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/300-monthly/llms.txt) and [Exa](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/exa/top-up-from-5-developer-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-cn-edition-intelligent
- [Web search API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/2862023.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://cloud-iqs.aliyuncs.com/search/unified`, CNAuto
- API key: with the plan, on https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/2862023.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/3062218.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Alibaba Cloud (https://www.alibabacloud.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $2.692
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 10
- Extra fields: enhanced summary: +$0.419
- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: UnifiedSearch IQS搜索引擎是一个面向Agent的开放域通用搜索引擎，致力于在检索效果、成本、时延等维度提供更好的服务能力。

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You will comply with all applicable laws and regulations for using the Products (including without limitation, any applicable data protection, import, re-import, export, strategic goods control, and re-export control laws [...]) (3.6), it is solely your responsibility to establish a legal basis for the processing of such data under local law, including providing adequate privacy notices and obtaining any required consents (3.7)

## Plan

- Pay: monthly

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, engineType "CNAuto". Optional: timeRange, category, contents.mainText, contents.markdownText, contents.richMainBody, contents.summary, contents.rerankScore, advancedParams.numResults, advancedParams.startPublishedDate, advancedParams.endPublishedDate
- Method: POST
- Path: /search/unified

## About the plan

- Plan: CN Edition (Intelligent)
- Who can get it: anyone with a real-name-verified Alibaba Cloud account

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

request ID, page title, URL, snippet, published date, main text, markdown text, rich text body, images, site name, site logo, rerank score, dynamic authority score, static authority score, relevance tag, page tags, scene result type, scene result detail, search time, engine type, original query, original time range, query rewrite enabled, rewritten time range, cost credits

## Alibaba Cloud's plans (35)

- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, CN Edition (Intelligent)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-cn-edition-intelligent/llms.txt): $2.692 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, CN Edition (Lite)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-cn-edition-lite/llms.txt): $1.196 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Global Edition (GlobalAdvanced)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-global-edition-globaladvanced/llms.txt): $8.375 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-1/llms.txt): $6.282 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 1 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-1-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.70 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 2](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-2/llms.txt): $5.683 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 2 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-2-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.102 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 3](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-3/llms.txt): $5.085 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 3 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-3-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $5.504 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 4](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-4/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 4 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-4-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $4.906 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-1/llms.txt): $6.282 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 1 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-1-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.70 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 2](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-2/llms.txt): $5.683 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 2 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-2-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.102 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 3](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-3/llms.txt): $5.085 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 3 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-3-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $5.504 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-1/llms.txt): $6.282 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 1 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-1-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.70 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 4 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-4-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $4.906 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 2 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-2-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.102 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 60 QPS, tier 4](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-60-qps-tier-4/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 2](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-2/llms.txt): $5.683 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 3](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-3/llms.txt): $5.085 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 3 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-3-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $5.504 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 4](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-4/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 100 QPS, tier 4 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-100-qps-tier-4-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $4.906 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-1/llms.txt): $6.282 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 1 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-1-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.70 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 2](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-2/llms.txt): $5.683 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 2 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-2-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $6.102 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 3](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-3/llms.txt): $5.085 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 3 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-3-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $5.504 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 4](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-4/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 200 QPS, tier 4 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-200-qps-tier-4-with-advanced-package/llms.txt): $4.906 per 1,000, 33% complete

## Alibaba Cloud's calls for this API (5)

- `POST /search/unified`, CNAuto: [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, CN Edition (Intelligent)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-cn-edition-intelligent/llms.txt)
- `POST /search/unified`, CNLiteBasic: [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, CN Edition (Lite)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-cn-edition-lite/llms.txt)
- `POST /search/unified`, GlobalAdvanced: [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Global Edition (GlobalAdvanced)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-global-edition-globaladvanced/llms.txt)
- `POST /search/unified`, Generic: [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-1/llms.txt)
- `POST /search/unified`, GenericAdvanced: [Alibaba Cloud, pay as you go, Generic Edition 30 QPS, tier 1 with Advanced Package](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-generic-edition-30-qps-tier-1-with-advanced-package/llms.txt)

## Alibaba Cloud's APIs (3)

- [Alibaba Cloud: web search API pricing, 35 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-cn-edition-intelligent/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan, POST /, DescribeEmptyNumber](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-describeemptynumber/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan, GET /](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-get/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan, POST /, PhoneNumberStatusForAccount](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-phonenumberstatusforaccount/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan, POST /, PhoneNumberStatusForPublic](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-phonenumberstatusforpublic/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan, POST /, PhoneNumberStatusForReal](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-phonenumberstatusforreal/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan, POST /, PhoneNumberStatusForSms](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-phonenumberstatusforsms/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan, POST /, PhoneNumberStatusForVoice](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/alibaba-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-phonenumberstatusforvoice/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: email verification API pricing, 7 plans, POST /, SendValidateFile](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/alibaba-cloud/70-pack-10000-post-sendvalidatefile/llms.txt)
- [Alibaba Cloud: email verification API pricing, 7 plans, POST /, ValidateEmail](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/alibaba-cloud/70-pack-10000-post-validateemail/llms.txt)

## Alibaba Cloud: web search API alternatives

- [Mojeek, top-up, Startup](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/mojeek/top-up-startup/llms.txt): $2.667 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Anakin, top-up from $10, Business top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/anakin/top-up-from-10-business-top-up/llms.txt): $2.67 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Spider Cloud, top-up from $2,000, Pay as you go, $2,000 or more (+12% credits), POST /search, Search and crawl](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-2000-pay-as-you-go-2000-or-more-12-credits-post-search-search-and-crawl/llms.txt): $2.679 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $47 pack, Standard top-up, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/fastcrw/47-pack-standard-top-up-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $2.68 per 1,000, 33% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

- https://help.aliyun.com/en/direct-mail/user-guide/email-address-validity-verification?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://help.aliyun.com/en/document_detail/2837302.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://help.aliyun.com/zh/cpns/product-overview/billing-overview?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/2862023.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/3062218.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/legal/latest/alibaba-cloud-international-website-product-terms-of-service-v-3-8-0?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/directmail?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/directmail/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing