# Browserless, free: Web search API

> Search the web and optionally scrape each result page, returning structured, LLM-ready data.

Browserless's web search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Links.
We rank 379 plans by price. [Octen's top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/octen/top-up-from-5-base-post-pulse-search-pulse-search/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.10.
[Context.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/500-monthly/llms.txt), [Desearch](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/top-up/llms.txt) and [ContextFetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-post-tavily-search-tavily-compatible-search-basic/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/free
- [Best web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- Request: `POST https://production-sfo.browserless.io/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.browserless.io/rest-apis/search
- Sold by: Browserless (https://www.browserless.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 3
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Smart Scrape API · Content API · Scrape API · Unblock API · Screenshot API · PDF API · Map API · Crawl API · Function API · Download API · Export API · Performance API · Predefined Scrapers API · Agent Run API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search the web and optionally scrape each result page, returning structured, LLM-ready data.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws) [...] You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any contact on the website through which the service is provided, without express written permission by us [...] In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose, (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts, (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances, (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others, (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability, (f) to submit false or misleading information, (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet, (h) to collect or track the personal information of others, (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape, (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose, or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 7.96 s

## The call

- You send: query, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: limit, lang, country, location, tbs, categories, sources, proxy, timeout, scrapeOptions.formats, scrapeOptions.onlyMainContent, scrapeOptions.stripNonContentTags, scrapeOptions.removeBase64Images, scrapeOptions.includeTags, scrapeOptions.excludeTags, allowedDomains, credentials, externalProxyServer, integrationId, proxyCity, proxyCountry, proxyLocaleMatch, proxyPreset, proxyState, proxySticky
- Method: POST
- Path: /search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who is at least the age of majority in their state or province of residence

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, total results, page title, URL, snippet, result rank, date, image URL, image width, image height, Markdown, HTML, page links, screenshot, HTTP status, scrape strategy, unresponsive engines

## Browserless's plans (8)

- [Browserless, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Browserless, $35 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/35-monthly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Browserless, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/200-monthly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Browserless, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/500-monthly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Browserless, $300 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/300-yearly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Browserless, $1,680 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/1680-yearly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Browserless, $4,200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/4200-yearly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Browserless, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/contact-us/llms.txt): 33% complete, live

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

- `POST /search`: [Browserless, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/free/llms.txt)

## Browserless's APIs (2)

- [Browserless: web search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/free/llms.txt)
- [Browserless: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-content/llms.txt)
- [Browserless: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Browserless: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt)
- [Browserless: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api-full/llms.txt)
- [Browserless: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /unblock](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-unblock/llms.txt)

## Browserless: web search API alternatives

- [Context.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, free, Starter, POST /v1/search, Search, deep](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-search-search-deep/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Serpex, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpex/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Spider Cloud, free credits, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spider-cloud/free-credits-post-search-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Bigdata.com, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bigdata-com/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://docs.browserless.io/openapi.json
- https://docs.browserless.io/overview/unit-consumption
- https://docs.browserless.io/rest-apis/intro
- https://docs.browserless.io/rest-apis/search
- https://www.browserless.io/feature/rest-apis/rank-tracker-api
- https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- https://www.browserless.io/pricing.md
- https://www.browserless.io/scraping
- https://www.browserless.io/terms-of-service