# 9 Zhihu alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 8, 2026.

Zhihu alternatives for Zhihu question answer APIs. AIsa and AnyAPI have free plans. Qovia costs $0.05 per 1,000 answers. Zhihu's website is developer.zhihu.com.

## Zhihu question answer API alternatives

On our [Zhihu plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-apis/zhihu/free), we compare each Zhihu plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 answers first.

- [AIsa, free](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-apis/aisa/free): $0.00 per 1,000 answers
- [AnyAPI, free, Starting balance](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key#free-starting-balance): $0.00 per 1,000 answers
- [Qovia, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-apis/qovia/free#top-up): $0.05 per 1,000 answers
- [DataXAPI, $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-apis/dataxapi/free#500-pack): $0.083 per 1,000 answers
- [SandBase, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-apis/sandbase/free#top-up): $0.20 per 1,000 answers

Compare every Zhihu question answer API plan: [Zhihu question answer API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-api-pricing)

## Web search API alternatives

On our [Zhihu plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/zhihu/free), we compare each Zhihu plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

- [ScrapeNest, $599 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/search/deep, Deep Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/free-post-v1-search-deep-deep-search#599-monthly-scale-post-v1-search-deep-deep-search): $1.80 per 1,000 searches
- [Searlo, $74.99 pack, Scale, POST /search-and-scrape, Search and Scrape, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searlo/free-credits-post-search-and-scrape-search-and-scrape-full#74-99-pack-scale-post-search-and-scrape-search-and-scrape-full): $1.80 per 1,000 searches
- [Anakin, $300 monthly, Advanced (social data)](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/anakin/free#300-monthly-advanced-social-data): $1.80 per 1,000 searches
- [Scrapingdog, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapingdog/free#90-monthly): $1.80 per 1,000 searches

Compare every web search API plan: [Web search API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-api-pricing)

## See also

- [AIsa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/aisa-alternatives)
- [AnyAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/anyapi-alternatives)
- [Qovia alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/qovia-alternatives)
- [DataXAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/dataxapi-alternatives)
- [SandBase alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/sandbase-alternatives)
- [ScrapeNest alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrapenest-alternatives)
- [Searlo alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/searlo-alternatives)
- [Anakin alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/anakin-alternatives)