# SearchPipe, free tier, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced: Web search API

> Find sources for a question or topic in one call: multi-engine retrieval, full-text fetching, LLM reranking, and an optional cited answer or structured output.

SearchPipe's Free tier plan for the web search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. SearchPipe's docs list 3: Date, Text, Answer.
In [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt), the best plan from SearchPipe scores 57.7 out of 100. SearchPipe ranks 12th of 80 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 836 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.756 or less per 1,000 searches. [See the best free web search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
[GadgetHumans' $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/gadgethumans/15-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. GadgetHumans' $15 monthly plan covers up to 100,000 searches a day. [UAPI's CNY 24.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/uapi/cny-24-90-pack/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: about $3.72.
[Levirge's $29 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/levirge/29-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of searches. Levirge's $29 monthly plan costs more up front than GadgetHumans' $15 monthly plan.
[ScrapeNest](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/99-monthly-growth-post-v1-search-web-search/llms.txt), [Clawifi](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/299-monthly/llms.txt) and [Desearch](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/top-up/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced
- [Web search API in 2026: the best of 80+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://searchpipe.tech/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://searchpipe.tech/v1/search`, Search API, advanced
- API key: with the plan, on https://searchpipe.tech/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://searchpipe.tech/docs/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: SearchPipe (https://searchpipe.tech?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Date: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Answer: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 20
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search API, fast · Search API, basic · Extract API · Verify API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find sources for a question or topic in one call: multi-engine retrieval, full-text fetching, LLM reranking, and an optional cited answer or structured output.

## Data

- Freshness: 5 minutes
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: "You must not use the Service for any of the following: Any activity that violates applicable laws and regulations, Generating, distributing or assisting in the distribution of illegal, infringing, false, fraudulent, harassing, hateful or discriminatory content, Reverse engineering, crawling, stress testing the Service, or attempting to bypass usage limits, Transferring, renting or sharing your API keys with third parties, Any activity that may harm the normal operation of the Service or the rights of other users."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 500 calls a month
- Expires: at the end of the calendar month (UTC)

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1.67 (100 a minute)
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 5.29 s

## The call

- You send: query, search_depth "advanced". Optional: max_results, include_domains, exclude_domains, time_range, start_date, end_date, topic, language, country, safe_search, include_raw_content, include_images, output_type, objective, output_schema, stream
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: anyone with a verified email address

## The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, result ID, URL, page title, snippet, relevance score, raw content, published date, evidence quote, evidence start offset, evidence end offset, source tier, fetch status, redirected, final URL, fetched at, images, AI generated, request ID, response time, credits charged, cached, warnings, notices, answer, structured output, answer audit score, answer audit statement text, answer audit statement verdict, answer audit statement confidence, answer audit statement citations

## SearchPipe's plans (7)

- [SearchPipe, free tier, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 5 minutes
- [SearchPipe, top-up from $1, Credit recharge, custom amount, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/top-up-from-1-credit-recharge-custom-amount-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 5 minutes
- [SearchPipe, $40 pack, Credit recharge, $40, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/40-pack-credit-recharge-40-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 5 minutes
- [SearchPipe, $80 pack, Credit recharge, $80, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/80-pack-credit-recharge-80-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 5 minutes
- [SearchPipe, $10 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/10-monthly-starter-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 5 minutes
- [SearchPipe, $20 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/20-monthly-pro-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 5 minutes
- [SearchPipe, $35 monthly, Max, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/35-monthly-max-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 5 minutes

## SearchPipe's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /v1/search`, Search API, advanced: [SearchPipe, free tier, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/search`, Search API, basic: [SearchPipe, free tier, POST /v1/search, Search API, basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-basic/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/search`, Search API, fast: [SearchPipe, free tier, POST /v1/search, Search API, fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-fast/llms.txt)

## SearchPipe's APIs (2)

- [SearchPipe: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/free/llms.txt)
- [SearchPipe: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt)

## SearchPipe: web search API alternatives

- [Tavily, $100 monthly, Bootstrap, POST /search, Search, ultra-fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tavily/100-monthly-bootstrap-post-search-search-ultra-fast/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [ScrapeNest, top-up, Pay-as-you-go, POST /v1/search/deep, Deep Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-deep-deep-search-full/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $10, POST /api/v1/search, Search the web, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/alterlab/top-up-from-10-deposit-10-post-api-v1-search-search-the-web-full/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Tako, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /api/v3/search, Search, fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tako/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v3-search-search-fast/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 33% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://searchpipe.tech?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://searchpipe.tech/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://searchpipe.tech/docs/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://searchpipe.tech/docs/verify?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://searchpipe.tech/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://searchpipe.tech/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://searchpipe.tech/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing