Cheapest Web Search APIs for Developers in 2026

Find the most affordable web search APIs for your AI projects. Complete pricing breakdown.

8 min readKeiro Team

The Complete 2026 Pricing Guide

Looking for the cheapest web search API? Here is the definitive comparison.

Price Per 1,000 Requests

API Base Price Caching Batch
Keiro $0.30 50% off FREE
Brave $3.00 N/A N/A
SerpAPI $5.00 N/A N/A
Exa $6.13 None Paid
Tavily $8.00 None Paid

Monthly Cost

Requests Keiro Exa Tavily
10K $3 $61 $80
100K $30 $613 $800
1M $300 $6,130 $8,000

Why Keiro Wins

  1. Base price $0.30/1K
  2. 50% cache discount
  3. FREE batch processing
  4. No hidden fees

Quality Check

Metric Keiro Others
Relevance 9.1/10 8.5/10
Speed 420ms 700ms

Annual Savings vs Exa

  • 100K/month: $6,996/year saved
  • 1M/month: $69,960/year saved

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