# switch402, pay as you go: Web search API > Up to 10 ranked web results for a query, each with title, URL and snippet. switch402's Pay per call (x402) plan for the web search API costs $8.00 per 1,000 searches. switch402's docs list 1 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text. We haven't run switch402 through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) yet. Half of the 766 plans we rank by price cost $3.80 per 1,000 searches or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 27% of the 766 plans. [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/switch402/pay-as-you-go - [Web search API: the best of 50+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) - Get it: https://switch402.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing#pricing - Request: `POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/search` - API key: not needed - Its API docs: https://switch402.com/mcp-web-search-server?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing - Sold by: switch402 (https://switch402.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing) - Checked: 2026-11-07 ## In the answer - Completeness: 17% - Text: ✓ ## Price - $ per 1,000 searches: $8.00 - Per: call - Billing: pay as you go ## Aggregators - Aggregators: none ## Charges - Most per search: 10 - Also pays for: nothing else ## Not found - $ per 1,000: $0.00 ## In their words - Their pitch: Up to 10 ranked web results for a query, each with title, URL and snippet. ## Data - Keep data: no limit - Use data: Do not use switch402 for anything illegal. Do not use it to fetch, scrape or copy content from sites you do not have the right to access or use, to get around logins, paywalls or other access controls, or to overload or attack any site. You are responsible for what you request and how you use the results. ## Plan - Pay: per call ## Rate limit - Batch: 1 ## Speed - Answer: in the call ## The call - You send: q. Optional: limit - Method: POST - Path: /v1/search ## About the plan - Plan: Pay per call (x402) - Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC on Base over x402 ## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold query, result count, position, page title, URL, snippet, response time, attempts ## switch402's plans (5) - [switch402, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 17% complete - [switch402, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/5-pack/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 17% complete - [switch402, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/10-pack/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 17% complete - [switch402, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/20-pack/llms.txt): $7.619 per 1,000, 17% complete - [switch402, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/50-pack/llms.txt): $7.273 per 1,000, 17% complete ## switch402's calls for this API (1) - `POST /v1/search`: [switch402, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt) ## switch402's APIs (2) - [switch402: web search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt) - [switch402: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans, POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt) - [switch402: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans, POST /v1/pdf](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-pdf/llms.txt) - [switch402: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt) - [switch402: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans, POST /v1/scrape/lite](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-scrape-lite/llms.txt) - [switch402: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans, POST /v1/map](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-map/llms.txt) ## switch402: web search API alternatives - [BestSearch, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/bestsearch/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-advanced/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 17% complete - [API.SH, $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/api-sh/50-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 0% complete - [Tavily, pay as you go, POST /search, Search, basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tavily/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-basic/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live - [SocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, GET /v1/tavily/search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/socialcrawl/15-pack-starter-get-v1-tavily-search/llms.txt): $8.001 per 1,000, 33% 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 2026-11-07. - https://api.switch402.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing - https://api.switch402.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing - https://switch402.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing - https://switch402.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing - https://switch402.com/mcp-web-search-server?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing - https://switch402.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing