# API.SH, free: Web search API

> Searches the web for q and returns the top result pages read in full as clean markdown (or text / HTML), ready for an AI model or a RAG pipeline.

API.SH's web search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns none of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Author, Text, Summary and 2 more.
We haven't run API.SH through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 583 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.99 per 1,000 searches or less.
[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/api-sh/free
- [Web search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.api.sh/web/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://api.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.sh/docs/web-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: API.SH (https://api.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## 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: Searches the web for q and returns the top result pages read in full as clean markdown (or text / HTML), ready for an AI model or a RAG pipeline.

## 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: 125 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: max_results, country, language, format, time, engine, include_domains, exclude_domains
- Method: GET
- Path: /web/v1/search

## About the plan

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

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

engine, pages failed, result position, result title, result URL, result description, result date, result status, result HTTP status, result final URL, result page title, result page description, result language, result author, result published at, result format, result Markdown, result word count, result truncated, result load ms, result error, more results

## API.SH's plans (8)

- [API.SH, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [API.SH, top-up from $15](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/top-up-from-15/llms.txt): $16.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [API.SH, $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/50-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [API.SH, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/100-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [API.SH, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/250-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [API.SH, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/500-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [API.SH, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [API.SH, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/contact-us/llms.txt): 0% complete

## API.SH's calls for this API (1)

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

## API.SH's APIs (33)

- [API.SH: web search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
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- [API.SH: Instagram post API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: Instagram profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
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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)
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- [API.SH: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-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)
- [API.SH: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: Reddit post API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: Reddit profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: TikTok profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [API.SH: TikTok video API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/api-sh/free/llms.txt)
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## API.SH: web search API alternatives

- [Firecrawl, $3,990 yearly, Growth, POST /v2/search, Search with Content Scraping](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/firecrawl/3990-yearly-growth-post-v2-search-search-with-content-scraping/llms.txt): $7.98 per 1,000, 50% complete, 2 days
- [BestSearch, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bestsearch/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-advanced/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Tavily, pay as you go, POST /search, Search, basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tavily/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-basic/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, GET /v1/tavily/search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/socialcrawl/15-pack-starter-get-v1-tavily-search/llms.txt): $8.001 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 2026-11-05.

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