# SpecStream, free: Web search API

> Ask in plain words, in any language, and get an answer from the live web in a few seconds. One GET request returns the answer, the matching rows, and the search results read.

SpecStream's Free plan for the web search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. SpecStream's docs list 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text, Answer.
We haven't run SpecStream through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 766 plans for web search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.80 per 1,000 searches or less. [See how many web search API plans are free.](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.
[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/specstream/free
- [Web search API: the best of 50+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://specstream.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.specstream.ai/v1/web-search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://specstream.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://specstream.ai/docs/search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: SpecStream (https://specstream.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Text: ✓
- Answer: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search API batch · Extract API · Deep Search

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Ask in plain words, in any language, and get an answer from the live web in a few seconds. One GET request returns the answer, the matching rows, and the search results read.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use and export the results available to your account, subject to applicable law and any rights in the underlying sources. [...] Use SpecStream only for lawful purposes and within the permissions you hold. Do not use it for harassment, stalking, discrimination, fraud, unlawful surveillance, credential theft, or unauthorized access. Do not seek private information by bypassing access controls or use the service to make unlawful decisions about people. Do not interfere with the service, evade spending or access limits, abuse free grants, or submit malicious material. [...] Do not use SpecStream or any result as a factor in deciding a person’s eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, housing, tenancy, education, government benefits, or any other purpose those laws cover, and do not use it to screen tenants or employees.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $10
- Enough for: 2,000 calls, once
- Expires: 30 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: passages, Idempotency-Key header
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/web-search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old and able to enter into a contract, once per eligible verified billing account

## The 34 fields the plan's answer can hold

kind, query, columns, answer, answer page, answer read time, answer confirmed, result name, result page, result snippet, match probability, result sources, result facts, fact page, fact read time, fact confirmed, source URL, source title, source site, source snippet, source published date, source cited, handoff line, handoff request, handoff rows estimated, handoff rows basis, handoff count page, handoff next call, passage URL, passage title, passage text, request ID, response time, cost in dollars

## SpecStream's plans (9)

- [SpecStream, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/19-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/99-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/499-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $228 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/228-yearly/llms.txt): $4.167 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $1,188 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/1188-yearly/llms.txt): $4.167 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $5,988 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/5988-yearly/llms.txt): $4.167 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SpecStream, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/contact-us/llms.txt): 33% complete, live

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

- `GET /v1/web-search`: [SpecStream, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt)

## SpecStream's APIs (2)

- [SpecStream: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt)
- [SpecStream: web search API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt)

## SpecStream: web search API alternatives

- [Geekflare, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/geekflare/10-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Mojeek, top-up, Business](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/mojeek/top-up-business/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/crawlforge/990-yearly/llms.txt): $4.125 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Search1API, $99 pack, Pay as you go, $99 (+20% bonus), POST /ask](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/99-pack-pay-as-you-go-99-20-bonus-post-ask/llms.txt): $4.167 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 2026-11-07.

- https://specstream.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/agents.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/docs/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/docs/search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing