# Baidu AI Cloud, free: Web search API

> 百度搜索满足多样的常规搜索需求，用户可获取所需的多模态高质量内容。

Baidu AI Cloud's Free monthly calls plan for the web search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. Baidu AI Cloud's docs list 3: Date, Author, Text.
We haven't run Baidu AI Cloud through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 791 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.992 or less per 1,000 searches. [See the best free web search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
[SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/499-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033. [Octen's top-up plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/octen/top-up-from-5-base-post-pulse-search-pulse-search/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $5.00.
[Levirge's $29 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/levirge/29-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of searches. Levirge's $29 monthly plan costs less up front than SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan.
[Clawifi](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/299-monthly/llms.txt), [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/19-monthly/llms.txt) and [browserfoundry by keirolabs](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/free
- [Web search API in 2026: the best of 60+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan/s/1mh4sv6c4?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://qianfan.baidubce.com/v2/ai_search/web_search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan/s/1mh4sv6c4?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan-api/s/Wmbq4z7e5?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Baidu AI Cloud (https://cloud.baidu.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Date: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 95

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: 百度搜索满足多样的常规搜索需求，用户可获取所需的多模态高质量内容。

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: 您承诺在使用AI原生应用服务、API调用服务时，不得也不允许或协助任何人利用本服务采取以下行为： [...] （3）干扰本服务正常运行以及损害我们合法权益，包括： [...] 利用本服务开发与本服务存在竞争关系其他产品和服务（除非该限制违法相关法律规范）。 以任何方式（包括但不限于通过任何机器人、蜘蛛、其他自动设置/程序/算法/方法、设置镜像或任何手动过程）来访问、抓取、复制、监控本服务及其所包含的任何内容。 [...] 以导致平台的计算机系统或设施承受不合理负载的方式获取输出，或进行可能导致此类情况出现的行为。 未经我们授权，非法转售或对外提供本服务，或以商业化目的使用本服务。 [...] 5.3 您不得自行或允许、协助任何人使用组件、外挂、系统或第三方工具干扰、破坏、修改本服务的正常运行或施加其他影响，包括但不限于使用任何自动化程序、软件或类似工具接入本服务，收集或处理其中信息、内容。

## Plan

- Pay: CNY 0
- You get: 1,500 requests a month
- Enough for: 1,500 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 100,000
- Per second: 3
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: messages[].role "user", messages[].content. Optional: query_policy.enable_rewrite, query_policy.query_plan_type, resource_type_filter[].type, resource_type_filter[].top_k, edition, compliance_scene, search_filter.match.site, search_filter.image.size, search_filter.image.ratio, search_filter.image.format, search_filter.image.simi_threshold, search_filter.range.page_time.gte, search_filter.range.page_time.gt, search_filter.range.page_time.lte, search_filter.range.page_time.lt, search_filter.geo.city, block_websites, search_recency_filter, safe_search, config_id, chunks_per_doc
- Method: POST
- Path: /v2/ai_search/web_search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free monthly calls
- Who can get it: anyone with a Baidu AI Cloud account

## The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, position, URL, page title, published date, content excerpt, snippet, site icon URL, anchor text, result type, site name, images, author name, author signature, author verification type, rerank score, authority score, is Aladdin result, aladdin content, video URL, video width, video height, video size, video duration, video cover image URL, image URL, image width, image height

## Baidu AI Cloud's plans (13)

- [Baidu AI Cloud, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 352 pack, 10,000 calls: Pro, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-352-pack-10000-calls-pro-domestic-content/llms.txt): $10.529 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 352 pack, 10,000 calls: Standard, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-352-pack-10000-calls-standard-domestic-content/llms.txt): $5.264 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 352 pack, 10,000 calls: Turbo, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-352-pack-10000-calls-turbo-domestic-content/llms.txt): $5.264 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 352 pack, 10,000 calls: Turbo, foreign content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-352-pack-10000-calls-turbo-foreign-content/llms.txt): $10.529 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 3,420 pack, 100,000 calls: Pro, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-3420-pack-100000-calls-pro-domestic-content/llms.txt): $10.23 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 3,420 pack, 100,000 calls: Standard, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-3420-pack-100000-calls-standard-domestic-content/llms.txt): $5.115 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 3,420 pack, 100,000 calls: Turbo, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-3420-pack-100000-calls-turbo-domestic-content/llms.txt): $5.115 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 3,420 pack, 100,000 calls: Turbo, foreign content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-3420-pack-100000-calls-turbo-foreign-content/llms.txt): $10.23 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 30,600 pack, 1,000,000 calls: Pro, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-30600-pack-1000000-calls-pro-domestic-content/llms.txt): $9.153 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 30,600 pack, 1,000,000 calls: Standard, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-30600-pack-1000000-calls-standard-domestic-content/llms.txt): $4.577 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 30,600 pack, 1,000,000 calls: Turbo, domestic content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-30600-pack-1000000-calls-turbo-domestic-content/llms.txt): $4.577 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Baidu AI Cloud, CNY 30,600 pack, 1,000,000 calls: Turbo, foreign content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/cny-30600-pack-1000000-calls-turbo-foreign-content/llms.txt): $9.153 per 1,000, 50% complete

## Baidu AI Cloud's calls (1)

- `POST /v2/ai_search/web_search`: [Baidu AI Cloud, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/free/llms.txt)

## Baidu AI Cloud's APIs (1)

- [Baidu AI Cloud: web search API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/baidu-ai-cloud/free/llms.txt)

## Baidu AI Cloud: web search API alternatives

- [Bocha, CNY 3,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-3000-pack/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Staan, pay as you go, Pay for what you use, POST /search/web, Web Search for AI API](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/staan/pay-as-you-go-pay-for-what-you-use-post-search-web-web-search-for-ai-api/llms.txt): $4.501 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [CyberWareX, top-up, Prepaid credits, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/cyberwarex/top-up-prepaid-credits-post-v1-search/llms.txt): $4.545 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/19-monthly-basic-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $4.56 per 1,000, 33% 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 2026-11-09.

- https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan-api/s/Wmbq4z7e5?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan-docs/s/Jm8r1826a?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan/s/1mh4sv6c4?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan/s/2mh4su4uy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan/s/Cmh4stmpy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://cloud.baidu.com/doc/qianfan/s/Gmi5wd4fm?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing