# Bulkgrid, free: Web search API

> Search web pages, images, or news and optionally crawl their source pages.

Bulkgrid'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: Date, Text.
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/bulkgrid/free
- [Best web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://bulkgrid.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://bulkgrid.com/api/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://bulkgrid.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://bulkgrid.com/docs/api-reference/search/search-web-pages-images-or-news-and-optionally-crawl-source-pages
- Sold by: Bulkgrid (https://bulkgrid.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## 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: 10
- Also pays for: Crawl: 100 processed pages a month · Deep crawl: 100 processed pages a month · Extraction: 100 processed pages a month

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search web pages, images, or news and optionally crawl their source pages.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Bulkgrid grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the Services in accordance with these Terms and applicable laws." "You agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes and in compliance with these Terms, including any usage limits or account restrictions described in your plan." "You agree not to misuse the Services. Prohibited actions include (but are not limited to): Accessing or attempting to access accounts or systems without authorization, Using the Services to distribute malware, spam, or illegal content, Violating the rights of third parties, including copyrights or trademarks, Attempting to crawl, scrape, or collect data from websites or services in violation of their terms of use, Bypassing usage limits, rate limits, or billing thresholds set by Bulkgrid, Using the Services for purposes that may harm or overload Bulkgrid’s systems or networks." "You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the Services unless expressly permitted in writing by Bulkgrid."

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.43 s

## The call

- You send: query, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: type, limit, country, language, location, crawl, crawlOptions.formats, crawlOptions.includeTags, crawlOptions.excludeTags, crawlOptions.waitAfterLoad, crawlOptions.timeout, crawlOptions.blockAds, crawlOptions.useInteractions, crawlOptions.waitForSelector, crawlOptions.waitForImages, crawlOptions.removeConsentPopups, crawlOptions.screenshot, crawlOptions.useHttp, crawlOptions.useLlmsTxt
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over with the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, type, result count, warnings, title, URL, snippet, position, image URL, image width, image height, thumbnail URL, publisher, publication date, run ID, run status

## Bulkgrid's plans (4)

- [Bulkgrid, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bulkgrid/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Bulkgrid, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bulkgrid/29-monthly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Bulkgrid, $288 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bulkgrid/288-yearly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [Bulkgrid, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bulkgrid/contact-us/llms.txt): 33% complete, live

## Bulkgrid's calls (1)

- `POST /api/v1/search`: [Bulkgrid, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bulkgrid/free/llms.txt)

## Bulkgrid's APIs (1)

- [Bulkgrid: web search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bulkgrid/free/llms.txt)

## Bulkgrid: 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
- [Browserless, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/free/llms.txt): $0.00 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 2026-10-28.

- https://bulkgrid.com/docs/api-reference/search/search-web-pages-images-or-news-and-optionally-crawl-source-pages.md
- https://bulkgrid.com/docs/plan-gating-and-limits.md
- https://bulkgrid.com/docs/search.md
- https://bulkgrid.com/docs/versioning
- https://bulkgrid.com/legal/terms
- https://bulkgrid.com/pricing