Search API prices, October 2026.
Prices checked , updated daily until the month ends
So far in October 2026 the cheapest web search API with its own index is Parallel Search, fast at $1 per 1,000 searches, against $5 typical, checked 21 Oct.
The month so far
Typical search API
$7/1k
per 1,000, Google results and own index
Prices
93
from 16 providers
Prices moved
0
0 cheaper · 0 dearer · from 20 Oct
New providers
1
+11 new prices from providers already here
Free tiers
11
prices that cost nothing
Cheapest by what a search returns
The cheapest price per 1,000 searches at 1,000 searches a month, and the typical one, for each kind of search. A price with tokens on top and a queued mode are counted above, not here.
1 new provider
First read in October, with the prices each had at the last refresh.
How we count
This report is rewritten by every daily refresh until October 2026 ends, and after that it is never changed. This version was written from the refresh of 21 Oct 2026.
A move is a price that ended the month somewhere other than where it started it, in the provider's own currency, so an exchange rate moving is not a move, and a price that went down and back up again is not one either.
Our price record for this section begins on 20 Oct 2026, so this month's moves and new providers are counted from that day, and a provider already here on that day did not join.
The cheapest of a tier is a price that could lead a ranking on the day: the provider shows it as available and its prices were read in the last three days.
Every price is per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 a month and buy them the cheapest way the provider sells: pay as you go, the plan that covers them with its overage, or a pack spread over the months it lasts. Free allowances are not subtracted.
A price held by the price gate, or not yet a week old, is never called the cheapest of its month; it is counted in the typical price. A price with tokens on top and a queued mode are never in a tier.
Prices by month