FREE WEB SEARCH API

The World
Engine
for AGI.

Your model can reason. Give it the world to reason with.
Find relevant sources. Bring usable context into every answer.

Free Plan · All features included
Terminal
export LANGSEARCH_API_KEY="YOUR_LANGSEARCH_API_KEY" codex mcp add langsearch --url https://mcp.langsearch.com/mcp --bearer-token-env-var LANGSEARCH_API_KEY

Add your LangSearch API key, then run the command or save the configuration in your client.

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BENCHMARKS / THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER

Compare
the essentials.

Price, accuracy, and response latency.
Three ways to look at your next search.

LANGSEARCH / PRICE
$0API fees

Free changes the equation.

Every supported search feature is included in the Free Plan. No charge for extra context or results.

Daily token allowance applies.Explore the Free Plan
Usage cost (USD)Lower is better
Search requests
$0$20$40$60$800k requests5k requests10k requests
LangSearch$0
Exa$70
Tavily$80
Brave$50

At 10,000 requests · straight-line usage cost, not a monthly-plan quote.

DATA & METHODOLOGY

Calculated from published usage rates before free credits, tax or volume discounts. Exa: standard search, up to 10 results; Tavily: Basic PAYG; Brave: Search. Pricing modes differ from the performance comparison. LangSearch usage is subject to a daily token allowance.

Pricing details & sources
Pricing, without the complexity

Every Web Search feature.
Free.

Spend your time building.
Not working out the price of your next request.

THE OTHER WAY TO PAY

One search price.
Then the line items.

Requests, results, pages, credits, tokens. Here’s how the bill can grow.

Exa

Standard search · up to 10 results

$7/ 1k requests
$20 signup + $10 monthly credits
Other rates & separately billed productsPublished rate
  • More than 10 results

    Added to the base search price.

    $1 / 1k extra results
  • Contents: text + highlights

    Each requested content type is metered separately.

    $1 / 1k pages / type
  • Deep / Deep Reasoning

    Extra results and optional content can add to the cost.

    $12–15 / 1k requests
Tavily

Basic search · pay as you go

$8/ 1k requests
1,000 free credits / month
Other rates & separately billed productsPublished rate
  • Advanced search

    Twice Basic’s credits. Auto parameters may select Advanced.

    2 credits / request
  • Advanced extraction

    Basic uses 1 credit per 5 successfully extracted URLs.

    2 credits / 5 URLs
  • Map with instructions

    Regular mapping uses 1 credit per 10 pages.

    2 credits / 10 pages
  • Crawl

    Both operations contribute to the total.

    Map + Extract
Brave

Search · LLM context included

$5/ 1k requests
$5 free credits / month
Other rates & separately billed productsPublished rate
  • Answers input + output

    In addition to $4 per 1k Answers requests. Not Search.

    $5 / million tokens each
Different features. Same price.With LangSearch, every line is Free.

USD usage rates before free credits, checked September 13, 2026. Charges shown are published rates. Independent extraction, mapping, research and generated-answer products are separate from Web Search; LangSearch’s included context is not an AI-generated answer or a standalone extraction product. Tavily search content options and Brave Search LLM context do not incur the separate product fees shown here.

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USE CASE / CODING AGENTS

Ship against the latest docs.

Find official documentation, migration guides and release notes. Give your coding agent current source material to plan an upgrade and write the implementation.

START WITH A QUESTIONHow do I migrate to the latest Stripe API?
API documentationRelease notes
Explore Web Search
Glass lens and layered research reports with a violet chart
USE CASE / MARKET RESEARCH

Turn a question into a sourced brief.

Retrieve recent announcements, product launches and industry coverage. Pass the evidence to your research agent to compare developments and draft a brief with source links.

START WITH A QUESTIONWhat changed in the AI infrastructure market this week?
Fresh sourcesMarket intelligence
Explore Web Search
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USE CASE / SALES INTELLIGENCE

Know the account before the call.

Search company websites, newsroom posts and public coverage. Equip your sales agent with context to prepare an account brief and identify relevant conversation starters.

START WITH A QUESTIONFind this company’s latest launches and expansion news.
Company researchAccount briefs
Explore Web Search
Enterprise

Enterprise-grade security.
Built on trust.

Protect your data.
Count on your search infrastructure.

SOC 2

Type II audited

Independently audited security controls for enterprise operations.

ZDR

Zero data retention

Enterprise search with zero data retention.

GDPR

Privacy compliance

GDPR-compliant data handling and protection.

99.99%

Availability SLA

A service-level commitment for your production search workloads.

A FEW GOOD QUESTIONS

Clear answers.
No fine print.

Is the Web Search API really free?+

Yes. Web Search and its supported features are free, including snippets, full webpage text, date and domain filtering, and up to 50 results per request.

What’s included in the Free Plan?+

A daily token allowance with all supported Web Search features included. Input and output token prices are currently $0. Your daily allowance resets at 00:00 UTC.

Is there a usage limit?+

Yes. New accounts start at 5 RPS; existing accounts retain their configured request rate. Usage is measured in tokens, with limits per minute (TPM) and per day (TPD). All your Web Search API keys and MCP calls share the same allowance. Your dashboard shows tokens used, the percentage consumed, and the next daily reset.

How is token usage measured?+

Each successful search counts the query as input tokens and returned search content as output tokens. Titles, URLs and other metadata are excluded. The API reports input_tokens and output_tokens in usage. Longer returned content consumes more of your token allowance.

Does full webpage text cost extra?+

No. Set contents.text to true to receive text instead of snippet, with a default limit of 5000 characters per result. Use contents.text: { "max_characters": 3000 } to choose a different positive limit. Available source text may be shorter. There is no extra feature fee, but the returned text counts toward your token allowance.

Can I choose dates and domains?+

Yes. Use freshness with a preset, a specific date (YYYY-MM-DD), or an inclusive date range (YYYY-MM-DD..YYYY-MM-DD). Use includeDomains and excludeDomains to focus on the sources you need.

Can I use this with an AI agent?+

Yes. Call the Web Search API from your agent’s tools and pass the returned context and source URLs to your model. You can also connect through MCP or add the LangSearch Skill to your agent workflow.

How are the prices compared?+

We use published USD usage rates, dated September 13, 2026. Free credits and plan discounts can reduce other providers’ bills. Separate research, extraction and answer products are identified and are not presented as equivalent LangSearch features.

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LESS BETWEEN YOUR AGENT AND THE WEB

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worth searching for.

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