# Context.dev, free: Web search API

> Search the live web in plain language and get ranked results with the passages that matter, ready to ground answers and cite sources.

Context.dev's web search API on its Free Tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 1 of the 6 key fields we check: Text.
The cheapest of the 177 plans we rank by price is [Ceramic, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ceramic/99-monthly/llms.txt), at $0.20 per 1,000 searches.
[Search1API](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/19-monthly-basic-post-search-search/llms.txt), [Firecrawl](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-scale/llms.txt) and [Valyu](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/valyu/499-monthly/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/free
- [Best web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.context.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.context.dev/v1/web/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.context.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/web-scraping/search
- Sold by: Context.dev (https://www.context.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 100
- Extra fields: highlights, highlights outcome: +$0.00 · page markdown, markdown final DOM state, markdown outcome: +$0.00
- Also pays for: Logo Link · from the same budget: Scrape · Map URLs · Crawl Website · Search People · Answers · Search Companies · Retrieve Brand · Search Brands · Extract Styleguide · Search News · Parse File · Batches · Monitor runs · Enrich Person

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search the live web in plain language and get ranked results with the passages that matter, ready to ground answers and cite sources.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: As a user of the Services, you agree not to: [...] Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Use data: The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. [...] As a user of the Services, you agree not to: [...] Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise. [...] "Customer IP" means the queries, prompts, URLs, instructions, and other content you submit to the Services, together with the results returned in response. You retain any rights you hold in that content. [...] API access does not grant a license to reuse third-party material.

## Plan

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

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 2

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: numResults, includeDomains, excludeDomains, freshness, country, languages, markdownOptions.enabled, markdownOptions.includeLinks, markdownOptions.includeImages, markdownOptions.shortenBase64Images, markdownOptions.useMainContentOnly, markdownOptions.pdf.shouldParse, markdownOptions.pdf.start, markdownOptions.pdf.end, markdownOptions.includeFrames, markdownOptions.maxAgeMs, markdownOptions.waitForMs, markdownOptions.timeoutOpts.milliseconds, markdownOptions.timeoutOpts.behavior, highlightsOptions.enabled, highlightsOptions.maxCharacters, descriptionMaxCharacters, timeoutOpts.milliseconds, timeoutOpts.behavior, zdr, tags
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/web/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Tier
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over, one unpaid organization per person

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

page title, URL, description, relevance, partial results, query, cache status, cache age, request ID, credits consumed, credits remaining

## Context.dev's plans (12)

- [Context.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/20-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/300-monthly/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $950 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/950-monthly/llms.txt): $0.38 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/200-yearly/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $900 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/900-yearly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [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
- [Context.dev, $5,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/5000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.417 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $9,500 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/9500-yearly/llms.txt): $0.317 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/contact-us/llms.txt): 17% complete, live

## Context.dev's calls for this API (1)

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

## Context.dev's APIs (7)

- [Context.dev: company discovery API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: people search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: cached people enrichment API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-person-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: cached reverse email lookup API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-reverse-email-lookup-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: web search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by domain](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-domain/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by email](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-email/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by name](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-name/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by ticker](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-ticker/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by transaction](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-transaction/llms.txt)

## Context.dev: web search API alternatives

- [Search1API, $4,990 yearly, Enterprise (annual), POST /news, News](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/4990-yearly-enterprise-annual-post-news-news/llms.txt): $0.416 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Serpex, top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpex/top-up-from-500/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Oxylabs, $30 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/oxylabs/30-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Nimble, pay as you go, Pay as you go, POST /v2/search, Search, lite](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v2-search-search-lite/llms.txt): $1.10 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 2026-10-27.

- https://docs.context.dev/account/billing
- https://docs.context.dev/account/credits
- https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/people/enrich
- https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/web-scraping/search.md
- https://docs.context.dev/optimization/rate-limits
- https://docs.context.dev/optimization/responsible-use
- https://docs.context.dev/people/overview
- https://docs.context.dev/search/overview.md
- https://docs.context.dev/search/page-content.md
- https://www.context.dev/people-enrichment
- https://www.context.dev/pricing
- https://www.context.dev/search-api
- https://www.context.dev/terms