Cloudsway SmartSearch pricing: web search API
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GET / api/ search/ smart Cloudsway SmartSearch's only call for this APIAbout this item
- A copy at most 10 minutes old. You get pages from Cloudsway SmartSearch's index.
- None of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Author, Text, Summary and 2 more.
- Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits, enough for 1,000 calls. Unused credits expire after 30 days.
- One call. You send
qtoGET /. You can also sendapi/ search/ smart count,freshness,enableContent,sites,blockWebsitesandPragma. The call returns the matching web pages. - Who can get it: anyone who registers an account and binds and activates a credit card. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: no API terms.
Cloudsway SmartSearch: web search API alternatives
Cloudsway SmartSearch alternatives: other web search API providers by price
The table starts with Cloudsway SmartSearch's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to Cloudsway SmartSearch's. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most an hour old.
| Cloudsway SmartSearch, top-up | Search1API, top-up from $5, Pay as you go, POST /ask | Nimble, pay as you go, POST /v2/search, Search, standard | DataGait, $5 monthly, Subscription, POST /search, Search, balanced | Quercle, $5 pack, Starter, POST /v1/search | |
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| $ per 1,000 searches | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Completeness | 0% | 33% | 17% | 17% | 0% |
| Billing | pay first | pay first | pay as you go | monthly | pay first |
| Pay | any amount | $5 | monthly | $5 | $5 |
| Enough for | as many as you pay for | as many as you pay for | as many as you pay for | 1,000 calls a month | 1,000 calls |
| Freshness | 10 minutes | live | live | live | live |
| Who can get it | anyone who registers an account | anyone | anyone who signs up | anyone with an account | anyone at least 18 years old or with parental consent |
Sources
From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-06.
Product details
The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.
- Date, not in the answer
- Author, not in the answer
- Text, not in the answer
- Summary, not in the answer
- Links, not in the answer
- Answer, not in the answer
| $ per 1,000 searches | $0.00 |
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| Per | call |
| Billing | free |
| Aggregators | none |
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| Most per search | 50 |
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| Also pays for | from the same budget: Reader API |
| $ per 1,000 | $0.00 |
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| Their pitch | Retrieve ranked web results with rich snippets, page content, and source metadata to support research and grounded answers. |
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| Freshness | 10 minutes |
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| Keep data | no API terms |
| Use data | no API terms |
| Pay | $0 |
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| You get | 1,000 credits |
| Enough for | 1,000 calls |
| Expires | 30 days |
| Batch | 1 |
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| Answer | in the call |
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| You send | q. Optional: count, freshness, enableContent, sites, blockWebsites, Pragma |
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| Method | GET |
| Path | /api/search/smart |
| Plan | Free Trial |
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| Who can get it | anyone who registers an account and binds and activates a credit card |
The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold
query, result rank, result title, result URL, result publish date, result summary, result source, result content crawled, result full content, result logo, request ID