# MIAPI, free: Web search API

> Returns raw search results without LLM processing. Ideal for LangChain, RAG pipelines, or bring-your-own-model setups.

MIAPI's Free plan for the web search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. MIAPI's docs list 1: Text.
In [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt), the best plan from MIAPI scores 45.1 out of 100. MIAPI ranks 43rd of 83 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 864 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.774 or less per 1,000 searches. [287 web search API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) [ScrapeNest](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/free-post-v1-search-web-search/llms.txt) has a free plan with 200 calls a month. ScrapeNest is the best web search API in our benchmark.
[Scrape.land's $19 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrape-land/19-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches, with no charge per call. You get as many searches as Scrape.land's rate limit allows. [UAPI's CNY 24.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/uapi/cny-24-90-pack/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: about $3.72.
[Levirge's $29 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/levirge/29-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of searches, and costs more up front than Scrape.land's $19 monthly plan.
[ScrapeNest](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/99-monthly-growth-post-v1-search-web-search/llms.txt), [Clawifi](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/299-monthly/llms.txt) and [Desearch](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/top-up/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/free
- [Web search API in 2026: the best of 80+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.miapi.uk/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing#pricing
- Its API docs: https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing#docs
- Sold by: MIAPI (https://miapi.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 20
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search recent news articles (POST /v1/news) · Search for images (POST /v1/images) · Grounded AI answer with web search (POST /v1/answer) · OpenAI-compatible endpoint (POST /v1/chat/completions) · Streaming AI answer (POST /v1/stream)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns raw search results without LLM processing. Ideal for LangChain, RAG pipelines, or bring-your-own-model setups.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use MIAPI for lawful purposes only. You may not use the API to generate spam, misinformation, or content that violates applicable laws. You may not attempt to reverse-engineer, overload, or exploit the service.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.06 s

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: num_results, search_domains, exclude_domains
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

title, URL, snippet

## MIAPI's plans (6)

- [MIAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [MIAPI, $9 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/9-pack/llms.txt): $3.60 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [MIAPI, $33 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/33-pack/llms.txt): $3.30 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [MIAPI, $90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/90-pack/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [MIAPI, $250 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/250-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [MIAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 17% complete

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

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

## MIAPI's APIs (3)

- [MIAPI Image search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt)
- [MIAPI News API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt)
- [MIAPI Web search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt)

## MIAPI: web search API alternatives

[MIAPI alternatives: every web search API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/miapi-alternatives.txt)

We list MIAPI's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to MIAPI in price per 1,000 searches.

- [MIAPI, $250 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/250-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [SearchPipe, top-up from $1, Credit recharge, custom amount, POST /v1/search, Search API, fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/top-up-from-1-credit-recharge-custom-amount-post-v1-search-search-api-fast/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 33% complete, 5 minutes
- [Sofya, top-up from $10, Pay as you go, POST /v1/search, Search, snippets](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/sofya/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-snippets/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Sitedex, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/sitedex/100-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Olostep, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/olostep/1000-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 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 2026-11-10.

- https://api.miapi.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing#docs
- https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing#pricing
- https://miapi.uk/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://miapi.uk/terms.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing