> SearchAPI
SearchAPI: Google/Bing/Bing/30+ engines SERP API — structured JSON results in seconds; billed only for successful 200-status searches; 100 free requests at signup (no card); prepaid subscription plans $40-$5,000/mo (Developer 10k searches at $4/1k down to Octo 5M at $1/1k); rate limit = 20% of plan credits/hour; up to $2M legal protection guarantee.
API key from SearchAPI (query param or Bearer auth)
Value taken from the provider’s own published free-tier terms, expressed in USD.
note: 100 free signup requests × $0.004/search (Developer plan rate $4/1k) ≈ $0.40 one-time value.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer Plan | subscription | $40.00/mo | — | — | Includes 10,000 searches ($4.00 per 1,000 searches). |
| Production Plan | subscription | $100.00/mo | — | — | Includes 35,000 searches ($2.85 per 1,000 searches). |
| Free signup grant | free | — | — | — | 100 free requests on signup, no credit card required (one-time, not monthly). |
| Developer | subscription | $40.00/mo | — | — | $40/month for 10,000 searches ($4/1k); standard or enhanced speed; 99.9% SLA; max 20% of credits/hour (2,000/hr). |
| Production | subscription | $100.00/mo | — | — | $100/month for 35,000 searches ($3/1k); team management + legal protection guarantee + 99.9% SLA. |
| BigData | subscription | $250.00/mo | — | — | $250/month for 100,000 searches ($2.50/1k); medium throughput. |
| Scale | subscription | $500.00/mo | — | — | $500/month for 250,000 searches ($2/1k); high throughput + search analytics. |
| Octo 500K | subscription | $900.00/mo | — | — | $900/month for 500,000 searches ($1.80/1k); dedicated throughput, priority support. |
| Octo 1M | subscription | $1,500.00/mo | — | — | $1,500/month for 1,000,000 searches ($1.50/1k). |
| Octo 2M | subscription | $2,800.00/mo | — | — | $2,800/month for 2,000,000 searches ($1.40/1k). |
| Octo 5M | subscription | $5,000.00/mo | — | — | $5,000/month for 5,000,000 searches ($1.00/1k). |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| SearchAPI Google | — | — | — |
$ Does SearchAPI have a free tier?
Yes — SearchAPI offers a free tier that we value at roughly $0.40 in free credits. Always confirm current limits on SearchAPI's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does SearchAPI cost per 1M tokens?
SearchAPI does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is SearchAPI safe to use?
Uprouter rates SearchAPI as low risk. Established official commercial SERP API (searchapi.io) with public plan pricing, 99.9% SLA, and $2M legal coverage; free tier is a one-time 100-request grant, not monthly. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
Raw community sentiment, shown unblended. Votes never feed into objective data fields like price, risk, or status — and never into sort order.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
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live_status
current: unknownNo probes recorded yet.
Uprouter runs its own probes; best-effort, not a guarantee. Probe results depend on our network location and cadence — for production, always use the provider’s own status page.
risk_&_confidence
Established official commercial SERP API (searchapi.io) with public plan pricing, 99.9% SLA, and $2M legal coverage; free tier is a one-time 100-request grant, not monthly.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# SearchAPI's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "searchapi-google",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.