# glim.sh, free: Web search API

> Semantic search across the open web

glim.sh's web search API on its Free credit plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns none of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Author, Text, Summary and 2 more.
We haven't run glim.sh through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 569 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.992 per 1,000 searches or less.
[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/glim-sh/free
- [Web search API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://glim.sh/api/v1/web/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=web&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: glim.sh (https://glim.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search tweets with advanced query operators - body param is query · Fetch a tweet with thread context, or a user profile · Search Reddit posts by keyword query · Fetch a Reddit post with comments, subreddit feed, or user · Fetch a web page as clean extracted content · Search GitHub repos, conversations, discussions, or code · Fetch GitHub repo metadata, files, PRs, issues, or discussions · Search Amazon product listings · Fetch Amazon product details by ASIN · Fetch a cleaned YouTube transcript · Search Telegram channels and indexed public posts · Fetch a public Telegram channel's posts or a post with comments · Search tweets (paginated) - body param is q, not query · Fetch multiple tweets by id (comma-separated ids) · Fetch replies to a tweet · Fetch quote tweets of a tweet · Fetch users who retweeted a tweet · Fetch the full thread context of a tweet · Fetch the attached Twitter article of a tweet · Fetch a single tweet by id · Search Twitter user profiles by keyword · Check the follow relationship between two users · Fetch multiple users by id (comma-separated ids) · Fetch a user's recent tweets · Fetch a user's mentions timeline · Fetch a user's followers · Fetch the accounts a user follows · Fetch a user's verified followers · Fetch a single user profile by @handle or id · Fetch tweets from a list · Fetch the member profiles of a Twitter list · Fetch trending topics (by WOEID) · LLM chat completion (OpenAI-compatible, streaming supported) · Anthropic Messages API compatible LLM inference (streaming supported)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Semantic search across the open web

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: No unlawful use, and no use that violates the rights of others. Data is retrieved from publicly available sources on your behalf. You are responsible for how you use it, including compliance with the source platforms' terms and applicable law. No attempts to disrupt, overload, or reverse the service's payment gating.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 100 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: include_domains, exclude_domains, published_within_days
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/web/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credit
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in at glim.sh/app with an email code: new accounts get $1 of free calls

## The 3 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, URL, excerpt

## glim.sh's plans (3)

- [glim.sh, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [glim.sh, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/glim-sh/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [glim.sh, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/glim-sh/top-up/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 0% complete

## glim.sh's calls for this API (1)

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

## glim.sh's APIs (10)

- [glim.sh: Amazon product API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Amazon search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: GitHub repository API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: web search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Reddit post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Telegram channel API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Telegram channel post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/users/{ref}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-users-ref/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/get](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-get/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X post API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/get](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-get/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X post API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/users/{ref}/tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-users-ref-tweets/llms.txt)

## glim.sh: web search API alternatives

- [browserfoundry by keirolabs, $10 pack, Starter Pack, POST /api/v2/search/content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-content/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Hobby, POST /v2/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-hobby/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Hyperbrowser, $30 monthly, Startup, POST /api/web/search, Search with location](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hyperbrowser/30-monthly-startup-post-api-web-search-search-with-location/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Linkup, pay as you go, x402, paid per request in USDC on Base, POST /v1/search, Search, standard, sourced answer](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/linkup/pay-as-you-go-x402-paid-per-request-in-usdc-on-base-post-v1-search-search-standard-sourced-answer/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Z.ai, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/z-ai/top-up/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 17% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://glim.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=changelog&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=introduction&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=payments&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=web&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing