Parallel search API pricing.
Prices checked
Parallel Search, fast costs $1 per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 a month and $1 at 100,000, checked .
At 1,000 searches a month
Parallel
Search, fast · pay as you go
What 1,000 searches cost you, bought the cheapest way Parallel sells them.
At 100,000 a month
Parallel
pay as you go
The same price per search at any volume: no discount for more.
Every way Parallel sells it
Search, fast, Own index
$1 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $1 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
- 1
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$1/1k searches - 2
Free requests
5,000 a month
free
Search, basic, Own index
$5 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $5 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
- 1
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$5/1k searches
Responses API, low, Answers
$10 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $10 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$10/1k searches
How each price is read
- Turbo or fast mode. Ten pages with excerpts of their text; each page past ten adds $1 per 1,000 requests.
- Requests a month for free, across the APIs.
- Basic or advanced mode. Ten pages with excerpts of their text; each page past ten adds $1 per 1,000 requests.
- A cited answer per request at low effort; medium costs $50 and high $250 per 1,000.
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 Parallel's $1 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 searches a month.
Search API, fast
pay as you go · $1 at 100k · page text
Perplexity$1/1k searchesSame priceLite search
pay as you go · $4 at 100k · page text
Exa$4/1k searches300% moreSearch
pay as you go · $5 at 100k · page text
Brave Search API$5/1k searches400% moreStandard search
pay as you go · $5 at 100k · page text
Linkup$5/1k searches400% more
Frequently asked
- How much does the Parallel search API cost?
- $1 per 1,000 searches for Search, fast when you make 1,000 a month (pay as you go), and $1 per 1,000 searches at 100,000 a month (pay as you go), checked 21 Oct 2026. Tax is extra.
- Does Parallel have a free tier?
- Yes. Search, fast: 5,000 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 Parallel 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 Parallel?
- Nothing of the same kind is cheaper at 1,000 searches a month today.
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