# Bocha, free: Web search API

> 给AI用的世界知识搜索引擎 让你的AI应用连接世界知识，获得干净、准确、高质量的搜索结果。

Bocha's web search API on its 免费试用 plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Text.
We haven't run Bocha through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 569 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.992 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/bocha/free
- [Web search API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://bocha-ai.feishu.cn/wiki/JYSbwzdPIiFnz4kDYPXcHSDrnZb?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.bocha.cn/v1/web-search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://bocha-ai.feishu.cn/wiki/JYSbwzdPIiFnz4kDYPXcHSDrnZb?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://bocha-ai.feishu.cn/wiki/RXEOw02rFiwzGSkd9mUcqoeAnNK?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Bocha (https://open.bochaai.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-03

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: 给AI用的世界知识搜索引擎 让你的AI应用连接世界知识，获得干净、准确、高质量的搜索结果。

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "3.1博查搜索授予您一项非排他性、不可转让、可撤销的许可，允许您仅为本协议规定之目的访问和使用博查搜索API服务。3.2未经博查搜索事先书面同意，任何其他用途均被禁止。", "4.禁止行为 您在使用本服务时不得从事以下行为：4.1从博查搜索服务中抓取、挖掘或收集数据；干扰或破坏博查搜索服务的功能；从事危害国家安全的违法活动；从事可能损害博查搜索声誉或业务运营的活动；规避或试图规避博查搜索服务的付费机制等。4.2您应按照《网络信息内容生态治理规定》等法律法规的要求，作为网络信息内容生产者，履行网络信息安全义务，对终端用户的输入内容（如搜索关键词等）和输出内容（如搜索结果）进行审查 [...] 4.3您利用本服务进行搜索的全部搜索关键词应符合法律法规及政策、社会公共秩序和道德风尚，如禁止危害安全、色情、暴力、冒犯、侮辱等。"

## Plan

- Pay: CNY 0
- You get: 1,000 requests
- Enough for: 1,000 calls
- Expires: 3 months

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.15 s

## The call

- You send: query, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: freshness, summary, count
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/web-search

## About the plan

- Plan: 免费试用
- Who can get it: individuals 18 or older (or with a parent's or guardian's consent) and organizations, able to enter a legally binding contract

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

page title, URL, snippet, summary, site name, site icon, page date, result ID, image URL, image host page URL, image width, image height, total results, original query, search URL

## Bocha's plans (12)

- [Bocha, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, top-up, 按量付费, POST /v1/web-search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/top-up-post-v1-web-search/llms.txt): $5.384 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 3.60 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-3-60-pack/llms.txt): $0.538 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 36 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-36-pack/llms.txt): $5.384 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 60 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-60-pack/llms.txt): $8.974 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 320 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-320-pack/llms.txt): $4.786 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 600 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-600-pack/llms.txt): $8.974 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 3,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-3000-pack/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 6,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-6000-pack/llms.txt): $8.974 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 28,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-28000-pack/llms.txt): $4.188 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 60,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-60000-pack/llms.txt): $8.974 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Bocha, CNY 250,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/cny-250000-pack/llms.txt): $3.739 per 1,000, 33% complete

## Bocha's calls (2)

- `POST /v1/web-search`: [Bocha, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/free/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/ai-search`: [Bocha, top-up, 按量付费, POST /v1/ai-search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/top-up-post-v1-ai-search/llms.txt)

## Bocha's APIs (1)

- [Bocha: web search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bocha/free/llms.txt)

## Bocha: web search API alternatives

- [Context.dev, $3,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/3000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $1,639 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/1639-yearly/llms.txt): $0.53 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $140,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapingdog/140000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.543 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Search1API, $990 yearly, Professional (annual), POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/990-yearly-professional-annual-post-search-search/llms.txt): $0.55 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 2026-11-03.

- https://bocha-ai.feishu.cn/wiki/HmtOw1z6vik14Fkdu5uc9VaInBb?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://bocha-ai.feishu.cn/wiki/JYSbwzdPIiFnz4kDYPXcHSDrnZb?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://bocha-ai.feishu.cn/wiki/RXEOw02rFiwzGSkd9mUcqoeAnNK?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://open.bochaai.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://open.bochaai.com/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing