# Minifetch, free: Web search API

> Keyword web search by Ceramic.ai that returns ranked results as structured JSON: a title, URL, and text snippet per result.

Minifetch's web search API on its Free starter credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Minifetch's docs list 1 of the 6 key fields we check: Text.
We haven't run Minifetch 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/minifetch/free
- [Web search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://minifetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://minifetch.com/api/v1/search/keyword`
- API key: with the plan, on https://minifetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://minifetch.com/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Minifetch (https://minifetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 10
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Extract URL Metadata · Extract URL Content · Extract URL Preview · Extract URL Links · Run SEO Page Audit

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Keyword web search by Ceramic.ai that returns ranked results as structured JSON: a title, URL, and text snippet per result.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use this service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You shall not use our service to: (1) attempt to access password-protected, authentication-required, or otherwise non-public websites, (2) retrieve data for purposes that violate applicable laws or regulations, (3) conduct activities that could reasonably be expected to adversely impact the availability of our service to other users, or (4) bypass or attempt to bypass our robots.txt compliance mechanisms. You acknowledge that our service is designed for accessing publicly available data.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $0.25
- Enough for: 250 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: limit, descriptionLength
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/search/keyword

## About the plan

- Plan: Free starter credits
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up

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

title, URL, snippet

## Minifetch's plans (3)

- [Minifetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/minifetch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Minifetch, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/minifetch/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Minifetch, top-up from $2](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/minifetch/top-up-from-2/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 17% complete

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

- `GET /api/v1/search/keyword`: [Minifetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/minifetch/free/llms.txt)
- `GET /search/keyword`: [Minifetch, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/minifetch/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## Minifetch's APIs (2)

- [Minifetch: web search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/minifetch/free/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/extract/url-content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-extract-url-content/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/extract/url-content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-extract-url-content/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/render/extract/url-content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-render-extract-url-content/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/extract/url-links](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-extract-url-links/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/extract/url-links](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-extract-url-links/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/render/extract/url-links](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-render-extract-url-links/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/extract/url-metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-extract-url-metadata/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/extract/url-metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-extract-url-metadata/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/render/extract/url-metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-render-extract-url-metadata/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/extract/url-preview](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-extract-url-preview/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/extract/url-preview](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-extract-url-preview/llms.txt)
- [Minifetch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/proxy/render/extract/url-preview](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/minifetch/free-starter-credits-get-api-v1-proxy-render-extract-url-preview/llms.txt)

## Minifetch: web search API alternatives

- [Desearch, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/top-up/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, stored
- [ContextFetch, top-up from $10, Pay as you go, POST /v1/answer](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-answer/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Parallel, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/search, Search (fast)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/parallel/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-fast/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored
- [Search1API, top-up from $5, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Liner, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/liner/top-up/llms.txt): $1.00 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 2026-11-06.

- https://minifetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/search-keyword-result/example-green-tea?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/url-content-result/example-apnews?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/url-links-result/example-ubuntu?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/url-metadata-result/example-github?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/url-preview-result/example-github?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://minifetch.com/user-faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing