# Nimble, free, Free, POST /v2/search, Search, standard: Web search API

> Real-time web search that understands query intent and returns structured, agent-ready data

Nimble's web search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 1 of the 6 key fields we check: Text.
The cheapest of the 177 plans we rank by price is [Ceramic, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/ceramic/99-monthly/llms.txt), at $0.20 per 1,000 searches.
[Search1API](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/19-monthly-basic-post-search-search/llms.txt), [Firecrawl](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-scale/llms.txt) and [Valyu](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/valyu/499-monthly/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-standard
- [Best web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://sdk.nimbleway.com/v2/search`, Search, standard
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/search/search
- Sold by: Nimble (https://www.nimbleway.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 100

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Real-time web search that understands query intent and returns structured, agent-ready data

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 requests
- Enough for: 5,000 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.94 s

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: search_depth "standard", max_results, full_content, content_type, country, end_date, exclude_domains, focus, include_domains, locale, output_format, start_date, time_range
- Method: POST
- Path: /v2/search

## About the plan

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

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, total results, position, page title, URL, description, country, locale, entity type, driver, agent name, additional data

## Nimble's plans (7)

- [Nimble, free, Free, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Nimble, pay as you go, Pay as you go, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Nimble, $30,000 yearly, Startup, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/30000-yearly-startup-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [Nimble, $84,000 yearly, Scale, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/84000-yearly-scale-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [Nimble, $180,000 yearly, Professional, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/180000-yearly-professional-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [Nimble, contact us, Custom, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/contact-us-custom-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [Nimble, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/contact-us-enterprise-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): 17% complete, live

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

- `POST /v2/search`, Search, lite: [Nimble, free, Free, POST /v2/search, Search, lite](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-lite/llms.txt)
- `POST /v2/search`, Search, standard: [Nimble, free, Free, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt)

## Nimble's APIs (2)

- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp, Google AI Overview](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-google-ai-overview/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async, Google AI Overview Async](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-async-google-ai-overview-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/batch, Google AI Overview Batch](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-batch-google-ai-overview-batch/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp, Google Images](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-google-images/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async, Google Images Async](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-async-google-images-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/batch, Google Images Batch](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-batch-google-images-batch/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp, Google News](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-google-news/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async, Google News Async](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-async-google-news-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/batch, Google News Batch](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-batch-google-news-batch/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp, SERP](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async, SERP Async](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/batch, SERP Batch](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-batch/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt)

## Nimble: web search API alternatives

- [Social Fetch, $59 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/social-fetch/59-pack/llms.txt): $2.36 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, top-up from $10, Pay as you go, POST /tavily/search, Tavily-compatible search, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-post-tavily-search-tavily-compatible-search-advanced/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Search1API, top-up from $5, Pay as you go, POST /ask](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-ask/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Tavily, $500 monthly, Growth, POST /search, Search, basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tavily/500-monthly-growth-post-search-search-basic/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 50% 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 2026-10-27.

- https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/openapi.json
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/admin/pricing.md
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/admin/rate-limits.md
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/web-tools/search-depth.md
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/web-tools/search.md
- https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing
- https://www.nimbleway.com/terms-of-use