# DeepSeek, top-up: Web search API

> Search the web for a query and return a ranked list of structured results.

DeepSeek's web search API on its Topped-up balance plan. It costs $0.75 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Text.
We haven't run DeepSeek through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 569 plans we rank by price cost $3.992 per 1,000 searches or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 85% of the 569 plans.
[browserfoundry by keirolabs's $99.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/99-99-monthly-startup-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033.
[browserfoundry by keirolabs](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt), [Context.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/300-monthly/llms.txt) and [Exa](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/exa/top-up-from-5-developer-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/deepseek/top-up
- [Web search API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: DeepSeek (https://www.deepseek.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Date: ✓
- Text: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.75
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search the web for a query and return a ranked list of structured results.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Subject to your compliance to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit, (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you, (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc." "As a user of this Open Platform Service, you should procure that both of you and your end users comply with the requirements of the "DeepSeek Terms of Use" (especially regarding user conduct norms), adhering to principles of voluntariness, equality, fairness, and good faith, without violating any applicable law, not using this service to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of others or to seek improper gains, and not disrupting the normal order of the internet platform." "Without our permission, you or your end users shall not use any trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, website names, company logos (LOGOs), URLs, or other prominent brand features related to the Services, including but not limited to "DeepSeek," etc., in any way, either singly or in combination." "You shall clearly disclose to your end users that the Output content is generated by AI, and may contain errors or omissions and are for reference only." "You represent and warrant that Services may not be used in or for the benefit of, or exported, re-exported, or transferred (a) to or within any country subject to comprehensive sanctions under Export Control and Sanctions Laws, (b) to any party on any restricted party lists under any applicable Export Control and Sanctions Laws that would prohibit your use of Services."

## Rate limit

- Per second: 100
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: count, ori_question, localization, need_content
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/tools/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Topped-up balance
- Who can get it: anyone with a DeepSeek Open Platform account

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

relevance score, title, URL, snippet, summary, page content, site name, site icon URL, publication date, authority tier

## DeepSeek's plans (1)

- [DeepSeek, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/deepseek/top-up/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 33% complete

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

- `POST /v1/tools/search`: [DeepSeek, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/deepseek/top-up/llms.txt)

## DeepSeek's APIs (2)

- [DeepSeek: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/deepseek/top-up/llms.txt)
- [DeepSeek: web search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/deepseek/top-up/llms.txt)

## DeepSeek: web search API alternatives

- [Context.dev, $900 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/900-yearly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [CrawlerData, $375 pack, Standard, GET /customsearch/v1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/crawlerdata/375-pack-standard-get-customsearch-v1/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [AlterLab, $300 pack, Deposit $300, POST /api/v1/search, Search the web](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alterlab/300-pack-deposit-300-post-api-v1-search-search-the-web/llms.txt): $0.752 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $7,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapingdog/7000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.757 per 1,000, 0% complete

## 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://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/error_codes?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/rate_limit?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-open-platform-terms-of-service.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing