# Zhipu, top-up, Prepaid balance (充值), POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Std: Web search API

> Web 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）。

Zhipu's web search API on its Prepaid balance (充值) plan. It costs $1.496 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Date, Text.
CNY 10.00 per 1,000 searches is $1.496 at the European Central Bank's rate of $0.14956 for CNY 1.
We haven't run Zhipu through [our web search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt) 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 70% of the 569 plans.
[browserfoundry by keirolabs's $99.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/99-99-monthly-startup-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033.
[browserfoundry by keirolabs](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-lite/llms.txt), [Context.dev](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/300-monthly/llms.txt) and [Exa](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/exa/top-up-from-5-developer-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search/llms.txt) are the best web search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhipu/top-up-prepaid-balance-post-paas-v4-web-search-search-std
- [Web search API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/guide/start/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4/web_search`, Search-Std
- API key: with the plan, on https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/guide/start/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.bigmodel.cn/api-reference/%E5%B7%A5%E5%85%B7-api/%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Zhipu (https://bigmodel.cn?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-03

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Date: ✓
- Text: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $1.496
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50

## In their words

- Their pitch: Web 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 data: no 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

- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: search_query, search_engine "search_std", search_intent, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: count, search_domain_filter, search_recency_filter, content_size
- Method: POST
- Path: /paas/v4/web_search

## About the plan

- Plan: Prepaid balance (充值)
- Who can get it: anyone 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

## Zhipu's plans (1)

- [Zhipu, top-up, Prepaid balance (充值), POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Std](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhipu/top-up-prepaid-balance-post-paas-v4-web-search-search-std/llms.txt): $1.496 per 1,000, 33% complete

## Zhipu's calls (4)

- `POST /paas/v4/web_search`, Search-Pro-Quark: [Zhipu, top-up, Prepaid balance (充值), POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Pro-Quark](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhipu/top-up-prepaid-balance-post-paas-v4-web-search-search-pro-quark/llms.txt)
- `POST /paas/v4/web_search`, Search-Pro-Sogou: [Zhipu, top-up, Prepaid balance (充值), POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Pro-Sogou](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhipu/top-up-prepaid-balance-post-paas-v4-web-search-search-pro-sogou/llms.txt)
- `POST /paas/v4/web_search`, Search-Pro: [Zhipu, top-up, Prepaid balance (充值), POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Pro](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhipu/top-up-prepaid-balance-post-paas-v4-web-search-search-pro/llms.txt)
- `POST /paas/v4/web_search`, Search-Std: [Zhipu, top-up, Prepaid balance (充值), POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Std](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhipu/top-up-prepaid-balance-post-paas-v4-web-search-search-std/llms.txt)

## Zhipu's APIs (1)

- [Zhipu: web search API pricing, 1 plan, POST /paas/v4/web_search, Search-Std](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhipu/top-up-prepaid-balance-post-paas-v4-web-search-search-std/llms.txt)

## Zhipu: web search API alternatives

- [DataBlue, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/29-monthly/llms.txt): $1.45 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Firecrawl, $749 monthly, Scale, POST /v2/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/firecrawl/749-monthly/llms.txt): $1.498 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Social Fetch, $225 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/social-fetch/225-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $900 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapingdog/900-yearly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Scrapall, $45 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapall/45-pack/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 17% 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 2026-11-03.

- https://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?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/api/rate-limit.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/guide/start/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/guide/tools/web-search.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/terms/recharge-agreement.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/terms/service-agreement.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/terms/user-agreement.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-search-api-pricing