# Ilmenite, free, POST /v1/search, Search: Web search API

> Submit a search query and get back ranked results with cleaned snippets. Optionally fetch the top N results and return full markdown alongside the list — one call instead of search + fan-out scrape.

Ilmenite's web search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Ilmenite's docs list 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Text.
We haven't run Ilmenite through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 712 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.80 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/ilmenite/free-post-v1-search-search
- [Web search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://ilmenite.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.ilmenite.dev/v1/search`, Search
- API key: with the plan, on https://ilmenite.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://ilmenite.dev/docs/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Ilmenite (https://ilmenite.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Extra fields: Markdown: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Scrape · Map · PDF · Browser session · Extract (LLM) · Discover APIs

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Submit a search query and get back ranked results with cleaned snippets. Optionally fetch the top N results and return full markdown alongside the list — one call instead of search + fan-out scrape.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use Ilmenite to: Violate applicable laws or third-party rights. Scrape personal data without consent or lawful basis. Circumvent authentication, paywalls, or technical controls. Attack, overload, or otherwise disrupt services. Generate or distribute malware, spam, or phishing content.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $5 a month
- Enough for: 2,500 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: limit, region, lang, freshness
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, result count, page title, URL, snippet, published date, latency

## Ilmenite's plans (6)

- [Ilmenite, free, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/free-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Ilmenite, $5 pack, Top-up $5, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/5-pack-top-up-5-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Ilmenite, $25 pack, Top-up $25, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/25-pack-top-up-25-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Ilmenite, $50 pack, Top-up $50 (+10% bonus), POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/50-pack-top-up-50-10-bonus-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $1.818 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Ilmenite, $200 pack, Top-up $200 (+25% bonus), POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/200-pack-top-up-200-25-bonus-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Ilmenite, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/contact-us-enterprise-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): 33% complete

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

- `POST /v1/search`, Search: [Ilmenite, free, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/free-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/search`, Search, full: [Ilmenite, free, POST /v1/search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/free-post-v1-search-search-full/llms.txt)

## Ilmenite's APIs (2)

- [Ilmenite: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ilmenite/free-post-v1-scrape-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Ilmenite: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, stealth](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ilmenite/free-post-v1-scrape-scrape-stealth/llms.txt)
- [Ilmenite: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, unlock](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ilmenite/free-post-v1-scrape-scrape-unlock/llms.txt)
- [Ilmenite: web search API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ilmenite/free-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt)

## Ilmenite: web search API alternatives

- [Bulkgrid, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bulkgrid/29-monthly/llms.txt): $1.58 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Firecrawl, $399 monthly, Growth, POST /v2/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/firecrawl/399-monthly/llms.txt): $1.596 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Social Fetch, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/social-fetch/29-monthly/llms.txt): $1.611 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Webclaw, $490 yearly, Growth, billed yearly, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/webclaw/490-yearly-growth-billed-yearly-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $1.633 per 1,000, 0% complete, 1 hour

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-06.

- https://ilmenite.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/docs/auth?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/docs/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/docs/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://ilmenite.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing