Linkup search API pricing.
Prices checked
Linkup Standard search costs $5 per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 a month and $5 at 100,000, checked .
At 1,000 searches a month
Linkup
Standard search · pay as you go
What 1,000 searches cost you, bought the cheapest way Linkup sells them.
At 100,000 a month
Linkup
pay as you go
The same price per search at any volume: no discount for more.
Every way Linkup sells it
Standard search, Own index
$5 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $5 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$5/1k searches - 2
Free balance
4,000 a month
free
Standard sourced answer, Answers
$6 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $6 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$6/1k searches
Deep search, Own index
$50 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $50 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$50/1k searches
Deep sourced answer, Answers
$55 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $55 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$55/1k searches
How each price is read
- Each result carries the page's content, per call.
- A $20 balance topped up every month for an account with a professional email address.
- An answer with its sources, per call.
How we count
Each price is per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 or 100,000 searches a month and buy them the cheapest way that provider sells: pay as you go, the plan that covers them with its overage, or a pack spread over the months it lasts. A free allowance is not subtracted; free tiers are listed on their own.
A free tier is a limit, not a price: it is listed on every page and called the cheapest on none. A price read for the first time, or that moved a lot, is marked while a second reading checks it.
Similar APIs
Other web search APIs with their own index, cheapest first. Each percentage is against Linkup's $5 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 searches a month.
Search, fast
pay as you go · $1 at 100k · page text
Parallel$1/1k searches80% lessSearch API, fast
pay as you go · $1 at 100k · page text
Perplexity$1/1k searches80% lessLite search
pay as you go · $4 at 100k · page text
Exa$4/1k searches20% lessSearch
pay as you go · $5 at 100k · page text
Brave Search API$5/1k searchesSame price
Frequently asked
- How much does the Linkup search API cost?
- $5 per 1,000 searches for Standard search when you make 1,000 a month (pay as you go), and $5 per 1,000 searches at 100,000 a month (pay as you go), checked 21 Oct 2026. Tax is extra.
- Does Linkup have a free tier?
- Yes. Standard search: 4,000 a month free. A free tier is a limit, not a price: it is listed on every page and called the cheapest on none.
- What does a Linkup search return?
- Own index: Results from the provider's own web index, built for a model to read, most with the page's text. Answers: A written answer with its sources, from one call.
- What is cheaper than Linkup?
- Among web search APIs with their own index, Parallel Search, fast at $1 per 1,000 searches, Perplexity Search API, fast at $1 per 1,000 searches, Exa Lite search at $4 per 1,000 searches, each at 1,000 searches a month.
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