# WebSearchAPI.ai, free, Free, POST /ai-search, Search API, full: Web search API

> Search Google, Bing, Brave, Yandex, Baidu, and DuckDuckGo—plus public conversations on X, Reddit, and Discourse. Fetch, deduplicate, rerank, and return clean content or structured AI output.

WebSearchAPI.ai's web search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Answer.
The cheapest of the 260 plans we rank by price is [Keenable, free, Keyless](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/keenable/free-keyless/llms.txt), at $0.00 per 1,000 searches.
[Context.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/300-monthly/llms.txt), [Serpex](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/serpex/top-up-from-50/llms.txt) and [Search1API](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/499-monthly-enterprise-post-search-search-full/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/free-free-post-ai-search-search-api-full
- [Best web search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://websearchapi.ai/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.websearchapi.ai/ai-search`, Search API, full
- API key: with the plan, on https://websearchapi.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://websearchapi.ai/docs/search-api
- Sold by: WebSearchAPI.ai (https://websearchapi.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 10
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Scraper API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search Google, Bing, Brave, Yandex, Baidu, and DuckDuckGo—plus public conversations on X, Reddit, and Discourse. Fetch, deduplicate, rerank, and return clean content or structured AI output.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Our API is provided under a non-exclusive, non-transferable license. Usage must comply with our documentation and call volume limits. [...] Users must not use our API to generate outputs that violate intellectual property rights, distribute malware, or attempt unauthorized access.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2,000 credits a month
- Enough for: about 666 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, includeContent "true", includeAnswer "true", Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: maxResults, contentLength, contentFormat, country, language, timeframe, safeSearch, includeDomains, excludeDomains, siteSearch, exactTerms, excludeTerms, fileType
- Method: POST
- Path: /ai-search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

search parameters, page title, URL, description, position, score, response time, page content, answer

## WebSearchAPI.ai's plans (3)

- [WebSearchAPI.ai, free, Free, POST /ai-search, Search API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/free-free-post-ai-search-search-api-full/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [WebSearchAPI.ai, $189 monthly, Pro, POST /ai-search, Search API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/189-monthly-pro-post-ai-search-search-api-full/llms.txt): $11.34 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [WebSearchAPI.ai, $1,250 monthly, Expert, POST /ai-search, Search API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/1250-monthly-expert-post-ai-search-search-api-full/llms.txt): $7.50 per 1,000, 33% complete, live

## WebSearchAPI.ai's calls (2)

- `POST /ai-search`, Search API: [WebSearchAPI.ai, free, Free, POST /ai-search, Search API](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/free-free-post-ai-search-search-api/llms.txt)
- `POST /ai-search`, Search API, full: [WebSearchAPI.ai, free, Free, POST /ai-search, Search API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/free-free-post-ai-search-search-api-full/llms.txt)

## WebSearchAPI.ai's APIs (1)

- [WebSearchAPI.ai: web search API pricing, 3 plans, POST /ai-search, Search API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/free-free-post-ai-search-search-api-full/llms.txt)

## WebSearchAPI.ai: web search API alternatives

- [Nimble, pay as you go, Pay as you go, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Search1API, top-up from $5, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 33% 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
- [Tavily, $30 monthly, Project, POST /search, Search, basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/tavily/30-monthly-project-post-search-search-basic/llms.txt): $7.50 per 1,000, 50% 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 2026-10-27.

- https://websearchapi.ai
- https://websearchapi.ai/ai-search-api
- https://websearchapi.ai/api-playground
- https://websearchapi.ai/docs/quick-start
- https://websearchapi.ai/docs/scraper-api
- https://websearchapi.ai/docs/search-api
- https://websearchapi.ai/pricing
- https://websearchapi.ai/terms-of-use