Tavily search API pricing.
Prices checked
Tavily Basic search costs $8 per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 a month and $5 at 100,000, checked .
At 1,000 searches a month
Tavily
Basic search · pay as you go
What 1,000 searches cost you, bought the cheapest way Tavily sells them.
At 100,000 a month
Tavily
Growth plan
38% less a search than at 1,000 a month, on the Growth plan.
Every way Tavily sells it
Basic search, Own index
$8 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $5 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
- 1
Growth
$500 a month for 100,000 · then $8 per 1,000 searches
$5/1k searches - 2
Startup
$220 a month for 38,000 · then $8 per 1,000 searches
$5.79/1k searches - 3
Bootstrap
$100 a month for 15,000 · then $8 per 1,000 searches
$6.67/1k searches - 4
Project
$30 a month for 4,000 · then $8 per 1,000 searches
$7.50/1k searches - 5
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$8/1k searches - 6
Researcher
1,000 a month
free
Advanced search, Own index
$16 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $13 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
- 1
Growth
$500 a month for 50,000 · then $16 per 1,000 searches
$10/1k searches - 2
Startup
$220 a month for 19,000 · then $16 per 1,000 searches
$11.58/1k searches - 3
Bootstrap
$100 a month for 7,500 · then $16 per 1,000 searches
$13.33/1k searches - 4
Project
$30 a month for 2,000 · then $16 per 1,000 searches
$15/1k searches - 5
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$16/1k searches
How each price is read
- 100,000 credits a month at 1 credit a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 38,000 credits a month at 1 credit a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 15,000 credits a month at 1 credit a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 4,000 credits a month at 1 credit a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 0.8 cents a credit at 1 credit a search, as Tavily states it.
- 1,000 credits a month with no card, at 1 credit a search, as Tavily states it.
- 100,000 credits a month at 2 credits a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 38,000 credits a month at 2 credits a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 15,000 credits a month at 2 credits a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 4,000 credits a month at 2 credits a search, as Tavily states it; past them, the pay-as-you-go rate.
- 0.8 cents a credit at 2 credits a search, as Tavily states it.
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 Tavily's $8 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 searches a month.
Search, fast
pay as you go · $1 at 100k · page text
Parallel$1/1k searches87% lessSearch API, fast
pay as you go · $1 at 100k · page text
Perplexity$1/1k searches87% lessLite search
pay as you go · $4 at 100k · page text
Exa$4/1k searches50% lessSearch
pay as you go · $5 at 100k · page text
Brave Search API$5/1k searches37% less
Frequently asked
- How much does the Tavily search API cost?
- $8 per 1,000 searches for Basic search when you make 1,000 a month (pay as you go), and $5 per 1,000 searches at 100,000 a month (Growth plan), checked 21 Oct 2026. Tax is extra.
- Does Tavily have a free tier?
- Yes. Basic search: 1,000 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 Tavily search return?
- Own index: Results from the provider's own web index, built for a model to read, most with the page's text.
- What is cheaper than Tavily?
- 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, Brave Search API Search at $5 per 1,000 searches, each at 1,000 searches a month.
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