# DataBlue, free: Web search API

> Send a query, and DataBlue searches Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo, then optionally scrapes each result into requested page formats in the same job.

DataBlue'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. 1 is in the plan's price: Text. 1 costs extra: Links.
We rank 399 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/datablue/free
- [Best web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.datablue.dev/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.datablue.dev/search
- Sold by: DataBlue (https://www.datablue.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Extra fields: Markdown, HTML, raw HTML, page links, images, headings, structured data, screenshot, extracted data, page metadata: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 43 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Send a query, and DataBlue searches Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo, then optionally scrapes each result into requested page formats in the same job.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the Services to: Violate any law, regulation, or third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, and data-protection laws, Collect, store, or process personal data in a manner that violates applicable law or the rights of data subjects, Send spam, malware, or unsolicited communications, or facilitate fraud, phishing, or deceptive practices, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other accounts, or our systems, or probe, scan, or test their vulnerability without authorization, Resell, sublicense, or expose the raw Services as a competing API without our written permission, Exceed rate limits, circumvent usage metering, or place an unreasonable load on the infrastructure, or Use the Services to build profiles for unlawful surveillance, discrimination, or harassment. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your specific use of the data you obtain through the Services complies with the laws, regulations, and terms that apply to you and to the sources you target.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 500 calls

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: query, formats "[]", Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: num_results, engine, language, country, safe_search, format_options, only_main_content, mobile, mobile_device, headers, cookies, extract, webhook_url, webhook_secret
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, job ID, job status, query, engine requested, engine used, provider used, fallback used, fallback chain, total results, completed results, time taken, result ID, result rank, URL, page title, snippet, result success, scraped

## DataBlue's plans (12)

- [DataBlue, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/29-monthly/llms.txt): $1.45 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/59-monthly/llms.txt): $0.656 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/149-monthly/llms.txt): $0.579 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.52 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $699 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/699-monthly/llms.txt): $0.482 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $319 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/319-yearly/llms.txt): $1.329 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $649 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/649-yearly/llms.txt): $0.601 per 1,000, 33% 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
- [DataBlue, $3,289 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/3289-yearly/llms.txt): $0.477 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $7,689 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/7689-yearly/llms.txt): $0.442 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataBlue, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/contact-us/llms.txt): 17% complete, live

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

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

## DataBlue's APIs (5)

- [DataBlue: web scraping API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: web search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: SERP API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/data/google/serp, Google SERP Advanced](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/datablue/free-get-v1-data-google-serp-google-serp-advanced/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: SERP API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/data/google/serp, Google SERP Lite](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/datablue/free-get-v1-data-google-serp-google-serp-lite/llms.txt)

## DataBlue: web search API alternatives

- [Search1API, $4,990 yearly, Enterprise (annual), POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/4990-yearly-enterprise-annual-post-search-search/llms.txt): $0.416 per 1,000, 33% 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
- [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
- [CrawlerData, $1,250 pack, Scale, GET /customsearch/v1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/crawlerdata/1250-pack-scale-get-customsearch-v1/llms.txt): $0.50 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.datablue.dev/plans-credits
- https://docs.datablue.dev/rate-limits
- https://docs.datablue.dev/search
- https://www.datablue.dev
- https://www.datablue.dev/legal/terms-of-service
- https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- https://www.datablue.dev/search-api