Search API prices, November 2026.
Prices checked , updated every 3 days until the month ends
So far in November 2026 the cheapest web search API with its own index is Parallel Search, fast at $1 per 1,000 searches, against $5 typical, checked 1 Nov.
The month so far
Typical search API
$7/1k
level with October
Prices
93
from 16 providers, as many as October
Prices moved
0
0 cheaper · 0 dearer
New providers
0
+0 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.
Google results, per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month
Google, live
Pay as you go
DataForSEO
Google results: typically $32.50 per 1,000, the middle of 6. The same cheapest price as in October.
Own web index, per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month
Search, fast
Pay as you go
Parallel
Own web index: typically $5 per 1,000, the middle of 13. The same cheapest price as in October.
Written answers, per 1,000 answers at 1,000 a month
Answer
Pay as you go
Exa
Written answers: typically $6 per 1,000, the middle of 5. The same cheapest price as in October.
A model's own search tool, per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month
web_search tool
Pay as you go
xAI
A model's own search tool: typically $10 per 1,000, the middle of 8. The same cheapest price as in October.
How we count
This report is rewritten by every refresh until November 2026 ends, and after that it is never changed. This version was written from the refresh of 1 Nov 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.
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