# Stophy, free: Web search API

> Ranked results with page text for the top ones, not just snippets.

Stophy's Free plan for the web search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Stophy's docs list 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist. 1 is in the plan's price: Text. 1 costs extra: Links.
We haven't run Stophy 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/stophy/free
- [Web search API: the best of 50+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.stophy.dev/api-reference/endpoint/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Stophy (https://stophy.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓ costs more

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: page of 10
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 100
- Extra fields: page markdown, page HTML, raw HTML, page links, screenshot, page metadata, scrape error: +$0.00 · page summary, extracted JSON: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 110 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Ranked results with page text for the top ones, not just snippets.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 hour
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use Stophy to violate any law or regulation, infringe the rights of any third party, transmit malicious code, abuse or overload our infrastructure, or use the service in any way that creates legal liability for Stophy or other users. You are solely responsible for ensuring your use of Stophy and its outputs complies with applicable laws and any applicable third-party terms in your jurisdiction.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 credits
- Enough for: 2,500 pages, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: sources "web", categories, includeDomains, excludeDomains, highlights, limit, tbs, location, country, maxAge, safe, timeout, ignoreInvalidURLs, scrapeOptions
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up, no card

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

page title, URL, snippet, position, warning, credits used

## Stophy's plans (6)

- [Stophy, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, 1 hour
- [Stophy, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, 1 hour
- [Stophy, top-up from $100](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-100/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, 1 hour
- [Stophy, top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500/llms.txt): $2.40 per 1,000, 33% complete, 1 hour
- [Stophy, top-up from $2,000](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-2000/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 33% complete, 1 hour
- [Stophy, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/contact-us/llms.txt): 17% complete, 1 hour

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

- `POST /v1/search`: [Stophy, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)

## Stophy's APIs (41)

- [Stophy: Amazon product API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Amazon search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: App Store API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: App Store review API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: App Store search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: eBay product API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-product-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: eBay search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Facebook Ad Library API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Facebook Marketplace search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-marketplace-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Facebook page API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Facebook post API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: G2 review API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/g2-review-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Glassdoor review API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/glassdoor-review-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Google Ads Transparency API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ad-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Local business reviews API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/scrape, google-maps-reviews](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/free-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Local business reviews API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/scrape, yelp-reviews](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/free-post-v1-scrape-yelp-reviews/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Local business search API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/scrape, google-maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/stophy/free-post-v1-scrape-google-maps/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Local business search API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/scrape, yelp-search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/stophy/free-post-v1-scrape-yelp-search/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Google Play API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Google Play review API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Google Play search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Instagram post API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Instagram profile API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: LinkedIn Ad Library API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-ad-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Realtor.com property API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/realtor-com-property-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Realtor.com search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/realtor-com-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: image search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: news API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: web search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Threads post API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Threads profile API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: TikTok Ad Library API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-ad-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: TikTok profile API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: TikTok video API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Trustpilot review API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/trustpilot-review-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: X post API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: X profile API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: video search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: YouTube channel API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: YouTube channel video API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Zillow property API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/zillow-property-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)
- [Stophy: Zillow search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/zillow-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)

## Stophy: web search API alternatives

- [ScrapeNest, $599 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/search/deep, Deep Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/599-monthly-scale-post-v1-search-deep-deep-search/llms.txt): $1.797 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Webcrawl, $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/webcrawl/50-monthly/llms.txt): $1.818 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [browserfoundry by keirolabs, $504 yearly, Pro, POST /api/v2/search/content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/504-yearly-pro-post-api-v2-search-content/llms.txt): $1.867 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Webclaw, $45 pack, Growth credit pack, 24,000 credits, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/webclaw/45-pack-growth-credit-pack-24000-credits-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt): $1.875 per 1,000, 0% complete, 1 hour

## 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://api.stophy.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/api-reference/endpoint/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://stophy.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://stophy.dev/tos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing