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Search1API pricing and alternatives: web search API, POST /ask

Search1API's sitellms.txtBest web search API in 2026
17% complete: 1 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesThe cheapest of the 161 plans we rank by price is Keenable, free, Keyless, at $0.00 per 1,000 searches.
Plan: Free one of Search1API's 11 plans
Call: POST /ask one of Search1API's 5 calls
API: Web search API Search1API's only API

About this item

  • Live. The call searches the web when you make it.
  • 1 of the 6 key fields we check. Date.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 20 calls. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send query to POST /ask. The call returns the matching web pages.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Search1API: web search API alternatives

The table starts with Search1API's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to Search1API's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

Search1API, $4,990 yearly, Enterprise (annual), POST /askOxylabs, $2,500 monthlyNimble, pay as you go, Pay as you go, POST /v2/search, Search, liteLLMLayer, top-upContextFetch, $499 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/search, Search, deep
$ per 1,000 searches$2.079$1.00$1.10$2.00$2.303
Completeness17%0%0%17%33%
Billingyearlymonthlypay as you gopay firstmonthly
Pay$4,990$2,500monthlyany amount$499
Enough for200,000 calls a month2,500,000 calls a monthas many as you pay foras many as you pay forabout 216,666 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyonebuyers who ask for an offer ("Get an offer"), plans start at $2,500 a monthanyone who signs upanyone at least 18 years old, with the authority to enter the Agreement and not prohibited by law from using the Servicesanyone with a signed-in account

Every web search API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. api.search1api.com/openapi.json
  2. blog.s1.dev/pages/acceptable-use
  3. blog.s1.dev/pages/terms
  4. s1.dev/docs/basic/ask
  5. s1.dev/docs/essentials/credits-and-limits.md
  6. s1.dev/pricing.md
  7. search1api.com
  8. search1api.com/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Date
  • Author, not in the answer
  • Text, not in the answer
  • Summary, not in the answer
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Answer, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Most per search10
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Search · News · Maps · Crawl · Screenshot · Sitemap · Trending · Extract · DeepCrawl
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchOne API to search, crawl, and ingest the real-time web.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use data"Our Products must not be used to transmit, distribute or store any material in violation of any applicable law. This includes but isn't limited to: any material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and any material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat or violates export control laws.", "Our Products must not be used for the purpose of sending unsolicited bulk or commercial messages in violation of the laws and regulations applicable to your jurisdiction (\"spam\").", "Our Products must not be used for the purpose of running unconfirmed mailing lists or telephone number lists (\"messaging lists\")." [...] "Our Products must not be used to access any account or electronic resource where the group or individual attempting to gain access does not own or is not authorized to access the resource", "Our Products must not be used for the purpose of intentionally or recklessly introducing viruses or malicious code into our Products and systems.", "Our Products must not be used for purposely engaging in activities designed to harass another group or individual.", "Other activities considered unethical, exploitative, and malicious include: Obtaining (or attempting to obtain) services from us with the intent to avoid payment, [...] Any act or omission in violation of consumer protection laws and regulations, Any violation of a person's privacy.", "Our Products may not be used by any person or entity, which is involved with or suspected of involvement in activities or causes relating to illegal gambling, terrorism, narcotics trafficking, arms trafficking [...]", "We provide our facilities with the assumption your use will be \"business as usual\", as per our offer schedule. If your use is considered to be excessive, then additional fees may be charged, or capacity may be restricted."
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for20 calls, once
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second0.5
Speed
Answerin the call
Median6.49 s
The call
You sendquery
MethodPOST
Path/ask
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, search keywords, engines used, time range, page title, URL, snippet, published date, source, relevance score

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