# Quercle, free, POST /v1/raw_search: Web search API

> Run web search and return raw results.

Quercle'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.
We haven't run Quercle through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 569 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.992 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/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-search
- [Web search API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://quercle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.quercle.dev/v1/raw_search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://quercle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://quercle.dev/docs/api/raw-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Quercle (https://quercle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Extra fields: unsafe content flag: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search · Fetch · Raw Fetch · Extract

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Run web search and return raw results.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You retain ownership of any content you process through our Service. We do not claim any intellectual property rights over the content you fetch or search results you generate. You agree not to use the Service to: Violate any laws or regulations, Collect personal information without consent, Engage in any activity that could harm, disable, or impair our servers, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any systems, Use the Service for spam, phishing, or malicious purposes, Redistribute or resell the Service without authorization, Circumvent rate limits or usage restrictions

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: 50 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: format, use_safeguard
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/raw_search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old or with parental consent

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

title, URL, page content

## Quercle's plans (4)

- [Quercle, free, POST /v1/raw_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Quercle, $5 pack, Starter, POST /v1/raw_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/5-pack-starter-post-v1-raw-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Quercle, $19 pack, Pro, POST /v1/raw_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/19-pack-pro-post-v1-raw-search/llms.txt): $0.95 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Quercle, $350 pack, Scale, POST /v1/raw_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/350-pack-scale-post-v1-raw-search/llms.txt): $0.875 per 1,000, 17% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/raw_search`: [Quercle, free, POST /v1/raw_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/search`: [Quercle, free, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-search/llms.txt)

## Quercle's APIs (2)

- [Quercle: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-extract/llms.txt)
- [Quercle: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-fetch/llms.txt)
- [Quercle: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/raw_fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-fetch/llms.txt)
- [Quercle: web search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/raw_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-search/llms.txt)

## Quercle: web search API alternatives

- [Search1API, $99 pack, Pay as you go, $99 (+20% bonus), POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/99-pack-pay-as-you-go-99-20-bonus-post-search-search/llms.txt): $0.833 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Spider Cloud, top-up from $5,000, Pay as you go, $5,000 or more (+15% credits), POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-5000-pay-as-you-go-5000-or-more-15-credits-post-search-search/llms.txt): $0.87 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [AlterLab, $50 pack, Deposit $50, POST /api/v1/search, Search the web](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alterlab/50-pack-deposit-50-post-api-v1-search-search-the-web/llms.txt): $0.909 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://quercle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://quercle.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://quercle.dev/docs/api/raw-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://quercle.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing