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Zhipu pricing: web search API, POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Pro-Sogou

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$7.478per 1,000 searchesCNY 50.00 per 1,000 searches is $7.478 at the European Central Bank's rate of $0.14956 for CNY 1.We haven't run Zhipu through our web search API benchmark yet.Half of the 569 plans we rank by price cost $3.992 per 1,000 searches or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 31% of the 569 plans.browserfoundry by keirolabs's $99.99 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033.browserfoundry by keirolabs, Context.dev and Exa are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Plan: Prepaid balance (充值) Zhipu's only plan
Call: POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Pro-Sogou one of Zhipu's 4 calls
API: Web search API Zhipu's only API

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 2 of the 6 key fields we check. Date, Text.
  • A balance you top up. You pay any amount. You spend the whole balance on calls.
  • One call. You call POST /paas/v4/web_search with the inputs in Product details. The call returns the matching web pages.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Zhipu: web search API alternatives

Zhipu alternatives: every web search API provider ranked

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 searches.

This planZhipu, top-up, Prepaid balance (充值), POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Pro-Sogou极速数据 JisuAPI, CNY 50 packbrowserfoundry by keirolabs, $100 pack, Scale Pack, POST /api/v2/search/contentSofya, top-up from $10, Pay as you go, POST /v1/search, Search, snippets, fullTavily, $30 monthly, Project, POST /search, Search, basic
$ per 1,000 searches$7.478$7.478$7.50$7.50$7.50
Completeness33%50%17%50%50%
Billingpay firstpay firstpay firstpay firstmonthly
Payany amountCNY 50$100$10$30
Enough foras many as you pay for1,000 callsabout 13,333 callsabout 1,333 calls4,000 calls a month
Freshnessunknownunknownliveunknownlive
Who can get itanyone with a real-name verified (经实名认证) Zhipu Open Platform account, paid services are not open to users under 18anyone who registers a 极速数据 account, as an individual user (个人用户) or a business user (单位用户), each real-name verified (实名认证) with ID card photos or business licence photosanyone who creates an account with an email addressanyone: email sign-ups start at 0 credits on pay-as-you-goanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority, with the legal capacity to enter the Terms, or authorized to bind the company

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-03.

  1. docs.bigmodel.cn/api-reference/%E5%B7%A5%E5%85%B7-api/%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2.md
  2. docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/api/rate-limit.md
  3. docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/guide/start/pricing.md
  4. docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/guide/tools/web-search.md
  5. docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/terms/recharge-agreement.md
  6. docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/terms/service-agreement.md
  7. docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/terms/user-agreement.md

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Date
  • Author, not in the answer
  • Text
  • Summary, not in the answer
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Answer, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$7.478
Percall
Billingpay first
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Most per search50
In their words
Their pitchWeb Search API 是一个专给大模型用的搜索引擎，在传统搜索引擎网页读取、排序的能力基础上，增强了意图识别能力，返回更适合大模型处理的结果（网页标题、网页 URL、网页摘要、网站名称、网站图标等）。
Data
Keep datano limit
Use data"除本协议明确约定外，未经智谱及相关权利人书面同意，您不得复制、转让、出售、出租、出借、许可、提供他人使用或以任何智谱明确允许之外的商业化方式使用智谱开放平台、平台内模型等平台上的内容。为免疑义，您可以在按照智谱开放平台届时有效的规则支付费用后，根据具体产品的规则商业化使用平台内模型及其生成的内容。", "您不应以以下方式不当使用智谱开放平台： 以任何方式试图从智谱开放平台中提取数据、参数或代码； 将智谱开放平台使用于任何对主体资格有要求的服务中，包括但不限于医疗、财务、投资、保险、信贷、教育、就业、住房、法律事务、医疗决定或其他重大决定； 利用智谱开放平台用于任何决策行为； [...] 您除将平台内模型与您具体的业务场景结合后使用外，不得将平台内模型、提示词和通过平台内模型提示生成的内容用于平台内模型之外的新模型或其他模型的开发、训练、标注、微调、优化、迭代以及其他类似活动，不得利用平台内模型或导出数据开发、训练或改善其他与智谱存在竞争关系的算法、模型； [...] 其他未经智谱明示授权的行为和其他可能损害智谱利益的使用方式。", "未经智谱事先书面同意，您不得通过出租、出借、出售、分销、转售、转让、共享账号、转授权、二次封装、服务中转、聚合中转或其他变相方式，向任何第三方提供智谱开放平台服务，或提供与本服务相关的 API Key、API Token、访问凭证、账号权限或其他服务能力。为免疑义，您将本服务依法合规集成至您自有产品、应用或功能中，并向该等产品、应用或功能的终端用户提供服务的，不视为前述受限行为，但您应确保该等使用符合本协议及智谱不时发布的产品规则、订阅规则。", "您从智谱开放平台导出的非用户上传数据的数据（以下简称“导出数据”）应当遵守以下使用限制： 您不得将导出数据用于直接销售、转售、许可给第三方或作为独立数据产品进行商业化使用； 您不得利用导出数据开发、修改与本公司有竞争关系的模型或产品； [...]"
Plan
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendsearch_query, search_engine "search_pro_sogou", search_intent, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: count, search_domain_filter, search_recency_filter, content_size
MethodPOST
Path/paas/v4/web_search
About the plan
PlanPrepaid balance (充值)
Who can get itanyone with a real-name verified (经实名认证) Zhipu Open Platform account, paid services are not open to users under 18
The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

search ID, created at, request ID, search intent, original query, intent type, rewritten keywords, page title, URL, description, site name, site icon, reference index, page date

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