Simple Pay-As-You-Go Pricing for Web Search APIs
Predictable, usage-based pricing for web search API pipelines without monthly commitments or hidden fees. Prepaid credits cover input and output tokens, with bonus credits added on larger top-ups.
- $0.25
- per 1M input tokens
- $1.00
- Output tokens / 1M
- 64,000
- token context
- $0.50
- trial credit
- 300
- requests per minute
No subscription. Prepaid credit never expires.
Worked examples
Extracting and summarizing 50 search result snippets for an AI agent
Input: 100,000 tokens ($0.025). Output: 10,000 tokens ($0.010). Total: $0.035 per batch of 50 results.
Processing a single long-context document for post-processing
Input: 500,000 tokens ($0.125). Output: 50,000 tokens ($0.050). Total: $0.175 for one 64k token context window.
High-volume real-time extraction from 200 search queries
Input: 500,000 tokens ($0.125). Output: 100,000 tokens ($0.100). Total: $0.225 for 200 concurrent extractions.
Pay-As-You-Go Rates
Our web search API pricing is straightforward: you pay only for the tokens you use. Input tokens are billed at $0.25 per million tokens, while output tokens are $1.00 per million tokens. This model ensures that your costs scale linearly with your data processing needs, without any fixed monthly fees or minimum commitments.
Unlike subscription models where unused seats are wasted, prepaid credits cover both input and output tokens without distinction. The bonus credit behaves exactly like your base credit, covering both input and output usage. This makes it easy to predict costs for your AI agent memory pipelines or text summarization tasks.
Credit Bonuses
We reward higher usage with bonus credits added to your account balance. Top up from $10 to start, and receive a 5% bonus on amounts of $50 or more. For $100 or higher, you get a 10% bonus. These bonuses are not separate tiers; they simply increase your total available balance, allowing you to process more data for the same base spend.
There are no hidden processing fees for standard crypto (USDT or USDC) transactions. Your prepaid balance is the only cost, and it never expires. This structure supports both small-scale testing and high-volume web search api pipelines.
Payment Methods & No Expiration
Start with $0.50 in trial credit, valid for 7 days, requiring only an email and password. No card or phone number is needed. For ongoing use, top up via crypto (USDT or USDC). Your prepaid credit never expires, so you can pause usage without losing funds.
This approach keeps spend predictable because usage can never exceed what was loaded. Combined with our 300 requests per minute limit, it ensures stable performance for real-time data processing without surprise charges.
What your credit buys
No tiers: every key gets the full feature set and the same limits.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Completion length | up to 16,000 tokens per request (default 2,048) |
| Function calling | Yes — tools, tool_choice; replies carry tool_calls, also when streaming; send results back as role: tool |
| JSON mode | JSON object mode via response_format json_object |
| Max context | 64,000 tokens, input and output combined |
| Rate limit | 300/min per key |
| Parallel requests | up to 8 in parallel per key |
| Free trial | $0.50 for 7 days, no card |
| Payment | USDT (TRC20) or USDC (Base), any whole amount from $10 to $500 |
| Price | $0.25 per 1M input tokens · $1.00 per 1M output tokens |
| Credit expiry | paid credit never expires, no subscription |
| Bonus credit | +5% on $50+, +10% on $100+ |
Questions and answers
Do I need a credit card to start?
No. New accounts receive $0.50 in trial credit valid for 7 days. You only need an email and password. No card or phone number is required to begin processing.
How do bonus credits work?
Bonus credits are added to your main balance and work identically to base credits. A 5% bonus applies to top-ups of $50 or more, and 10% for $100 or more. They cover both input and output tokens without distinction.
Does my prepaid credit expire?
No. Prepaid credit never expires. The only exception is the $0.50 trial credit, which is valid for 7 days from account creation. Your top-up balance remains available indefinitely.
Are there hidden fees for payments?
No. There are no hidden processing fees for standard crypto (USDT or USDC) transactions. You pay only for the tokens consumed, with the exact cost calculated per token usage.
Your key is one form away
Create an account, copy the key, change the base URL. That is the whole setup.
