# Notte, free: Web search API

> Search looks up the public web and returns ranked results, a sourced answer, or structured output.

Notte'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: Answer.
We rank 511 plans by price. [browserfoundry's $99.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry/99-99-monthly-startup-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033.
[browserfoundry](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry/29-99-monthly-essential-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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/notte/free
- [Best web search API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.notte.cc/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.notte.cc/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.notte.cc/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.notte.cc/api-reference/search/search-web?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Notte (https://www.notte.cc?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Answer: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search looks up the public web and returns ranked results, a sourced answer, or structured output.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You shall use the Platform solely for your internal purposes and only as intended for its designated functionality, provided that entities may use the Platform for commercial purposes in developing their own products or services, but not to copy, clone, or substantially replicate the Platform or its functionality. [...] You may use the Platform only for lawful purposes and in accordance with this Agreement. [...] Allowed [...] Web scraping (public data, in compliance with applicable laws and target site terms) [...] Not Allowed [...] Unauthorized access to systems or networks [...] Circumventing authentication or security controls on third-party sites [...] Scraping personal data in violation of GDPR, CCPA, or other privacy laws [...] Any activity that violates applicable law

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $10
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.84 s

## The call

- You send: q, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: depth, outputType
- Method: POST
- Path: /search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with the legal authority to bind their company to its Terms of Use, and not under 13

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

result URL, result name, result content, answer, answer sources

## Notte's plans (4)

- [Notte, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/notte/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Notte, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/notte/20-monthly/llms.txt): 17% complete
- [Notte, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/notte/100-monthly/llms.txt): 17% complete
- [Notte, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/notte/contact-us/llms.txt): 17% complete

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

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

## Notte's APIs (2)

- [Notte: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/notte/free/llms.txt)
- [Notte: web search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/notte/free/llms.txt)

## Notte: web search API alternatives

- [browserfoundry, free, POST /api/v2/deep](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry/free-post-api-v2-deep/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Context.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Exa, free, Starter, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/exa/free-starter-post-search-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Desearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, stored
- [Keenable, free, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/keenable/free-free/llms.txt): $0.00 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 2026-10-31.

- https://console.notte.cc/fair-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://console.notte.cc/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.notte.cc/api-reference/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.notte.cc/api-reference/search/search-web.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.notte.cc/concepts/scraping.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.notte.cc/concepts/search.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.notte.cc?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.notte.cc/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing