# HivemindOS, pay as you go: Web search API

> pages from across the web for a search, each with its title, address, a snippet and when it was published, from an independent index. Use it to find pages to read or cite.

HivemindOS's x402 pay per call plan for the web search API costs $10.00 per 1,000 searches. HivemindOS's docs list 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Date, Text.
We haven't run HivemindOS through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
We rank 778 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.844 or less per 1,000 searches. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 22% of the 778 plans.
[SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/499-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033. [Octen's top-up plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/octen/top-up-from-5-base-post-pulse-search-pulse-search/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $5.00.
[Clawifi](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/299-monthly/llms.txt), [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/19-monthly/llms.txt) and [browserfoundry by keirolabs](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go
- [Web search API in 2026: the best of 50+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://hivemindos.app/superagent-api/docs/pay-per-call?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.hivemindos.app/v1/x402/web-data/web.search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.hivemindos.app/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: HivemindOS (https://hivemindos.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $10.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 20
- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: pages from across the web for a search, each with its title, address, a snippet and when it was published, from an independent index. Use it to find pages to read or cite.

## Data

- Keep data: only as long as you need them, for leads: terms 11, "Keep downloaded leads secure, keep them only as long as you need them, and delete a person's details when they ask."
- Use data: 11 (sales agent leads): "You may use leads only to contact people about your own business, one to one, and only as the law allows where you and they are. [...] When you use leads: Stop contacting anyone who asks you to, and mark them "Don't contact again" in HivemindOS. Say who you are, give a way to reply, and include any postal address or opt-out the law requires. Do not sell, share, publish or hand leads to anyone else, add them to bulk mailing lists, or use them for anything other than contacting the person about your business. Keep downloaded leads secure, keep them only as long as you need them, and delete a person's details when they ask. Do not use the sales agent to contact consumers at personal addresses, children, or anyone the law says you need consent to contact and you don't have it." 10: "You may use the Services only in compliance with applicable law, contractual duties, licenses, platform rules, and the rights of others. [...] Do not submit content or data you lack the right to use, or use generated material in a way that infringes privacy, publicity, intellectual-property, confidentiality, or other rights." (Terms, effective October 1, 2026)

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: limit, country, language, freshness
- Method: POST
- Path: /web-data/web.search

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC on Base (x402)

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

page title, URL, snippet, published date

## HivemindOS's plans (2)

- [HivemindOS, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [HivemindOS, top-up from $1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hivemindos/top-up-from-1/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% complete

## HivemindOS's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /web-data/web.search`: [HivemindOS, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- `POST /services/web-data/invoke`: [HivemindOS, top-up from $1](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hivemindos/top-up-from-1/llms.txt)

## HivemindOS's APIs (4)

- [HivemindOS: SERP API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: web search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: local business search API pricing, 2 plans, POST /leadgen-data/leads.discover](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-leadgen-data-leads-discover/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: local business search API pricing, 2 plans, POST /leadgen-data/leads.nearby](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-leadgen-data-leads-nearby/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: news API pricing, 2 plans, POST /web-data/news.recent](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-web-data-news-recent/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: news API pricing, 2 plans, POST /web-data/web.news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-web-data-web-news/llms.txt)

## HivemindOS: 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
- [DataGait, top-up from $1, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search, balanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datagait/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-balanced/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Spidra, $5 pack, 500 credit top-up, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spidra/5-pack-500-credit-top-up-post-search-search/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [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

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://api.hivemindos.app/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://api.hivemindos.app/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://api.hivemindos.app/v1/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://hivemindos.app/superagent-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://hivemindos.app/superagent-api/docs/pay-per-call?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://hivemindos.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing