# ShowAPI, free: Web search API

> 为生成式AI提供全网实时信息检索，支持多模态输出与智能总结，助力高效获取关键信息。

ShowAPI's Free pack (one per account) plan for the web search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. ShowAPI's docs list 2: Author, Text.
We haven't run ShowAPI through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 791 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.992 or less per 1,000 searches. [See the best free web search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
[SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/499-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033. [Octen's top-up plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/octen/top-up-from-5-base-post-pulse-search-pulse-search/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $5.00.
[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 less up front than SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan.
[Clawifi](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/299-monthly/llms.txt), [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/19-monthly/llms.txt) and [browserfoundry by keirolabs](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/free
- [Web search API in 2026: the best of 60+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.showapi.com/apis/baidu-search-3351?tab=price&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://route.showapi.com/3351-1`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.showapi.com/apis/baidu-search-3351?tab=price&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.showapi.com/apis/baidu-search-3351?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: ShowAPI (https://www.showapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Author: ✓
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: 为生成式AI提供全网实时信息检索，支持多模态输出与智能总结，助力高效获取关键信息。

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: 您使用我们的产品或服务，不得违反本协议宗旨用于其他目的或转让给第三方使用，不得将接口产品所涉查询核验结果用于约定以外的应用场景或者再次分发、销售、许可、分许可、授权、转售、出租、租借、进出口、转授权或转让集成使用，也不得将接口产品以任何形式交由第三方使用。

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 requests
- Enough for: 10 calls, once
- Expires: 12 months

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: count, search_domain_filter, block_domain_filter, search_recency_filter
- Method: POST
- Path: /3351-1

## About the plan

- Plan: Free pack (one per account)
- Who can get it: anyone with a mobile-verified account

## The 18 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, URL, snippet, content, date, website, web anchor, image URL, image height, image width, author name, author verification type, author signature, authority score, result type, icon, result ID, rerank score

## ShowAPI's plans (6)

- [ShowAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [ShowAPI, CNY 10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/cny-10-pack/llms.txt): 33% complete
- [ShowAPI, CNY 36 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/cny-36-pack/llms.txt): $5.384 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [ShowAPI, CNY 170 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/cny-170-pack/llms.txt): $5.085 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [ShowAPI, CNY 600 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/cny-600-pack/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [ShowAPI, CNY 5,200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/cny-5200-pack/llms.txt): $3.889 per 1,000, 33% complete

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

- `POST /3351-1`: [ShowAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)

## ShowAPI's APIs (8)

- [ShowAPI: business verification API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: company enrichment API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: domain WHOIS API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: IP company lookup API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ip-company-lookup-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: web search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/showapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: news API pricing, 1 plan, POST /109-35](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/showapi/free-l0-basic-post-109-35/llms.txt)
- [ShowAPI: news API pricing, 1 plan, POST /109-36](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/showapi/free-l0-basic-post-109-36/llms.txt)

## ShowAPI: web search API alternatives

- [Tencent Cloud, pay as you go, Flagship](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tencent-cloud/pay-as-you-go-flagship/llms.txt): $3.889 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [CyberWareX, top-up, Prepaid credits, GET /search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/cyberwarex/top-up-prepaid-credits-get-search/llms.txt): $3.954 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Search1API, $99 monthly, Professional, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/99-monthly-professional-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $3.96 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Orange Slice, $99 monthly, Pro, POST /api/v1/run, web_batch_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/orange-slice/99-monthly-pro-post-api-v1-run-web-batch-search/llms.txt): $3.96 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://www.showapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.showapi.com/about/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.showapi.com/apis/baidu-search-3351?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.showapi.com/apis/baidu-search-3351?tab=price&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.showapi.com/island/free-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.showapi.com/openapi/market/3351.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://www.showapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing