Is there a free web search API for agents?

Yes. As of 2026-09-29, 6 free web search offers we track are available, each dated when last verified against the provider's page.

OfferProviderStatusWhat it offersExpiryVerifiedSourceCaveats
Brave Search API monthly creditBraveavailable$5 in free credits every month, auto-applied (~1,000 queries on the base Search plan), 50 QPS capacity. The same $5/month credit also applies to the newer Answers plan ($4 per 1,000 requests + $5 per…no stated expiry2026-09-16sourcecard required for anti-fraud identity check (not charged on free usage). Re-read first-party 2026-09-16 and holds. Note the Answers plan's capacity is 2 QPS against Search's 50 — the credit is the same size but buys far…
Exa free tierExaavailableNew accounts get $20 in free credits (about 2,800 searches), and the Free Tier adds $10 in credits every monthno stated expiry2026-09-08sourceCORRECTED 2026-09-08 — THIS ROW WAS WRONG. It previously said the $0 tier covers “up to 20,000 requests/month”. Exa's pricing page is now credit-denominated, not request-capped: “New accounts get $20 in free credits (ar…
Firecrawl free planFirecrawlavailable1,000 credits/month, which the pricing page now quantifies as "500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped"; 2 concurrent requests; "No cost, no card, no hassle"no stated expiry2026-09-16sourcecredits don't roll over; concurrency of 2 limits parallel agents. Re-read first-party 2026-09-16 and holds. CORRECTION 2026-09-16: this row read "~1,000 pages scraped" as the whole of the tier; the page states the credi…
Jina Reader/Search free tokensJina AIavailableEvery new API key includes 10,000,000 free tokens across all Jina products; keyless Reader (r.jina.ai) works at 20 req/min, free key raises Reader to 500 req/min and unlocks Search at 100 req/minno stated expiry2026-09-16sourcefree tokens are one-time per key, not monthly; keyless Reader is slow (~8s)
Serper new-user queriesSerperavailable2,500 free Google SERP queries for new users, no credit cardno stated expiry2026-09-16sourceone-time signup credit, not monthly
Tavily Researcher planTavilyavailable1,000 API credits/month, ongoing, no credit card requiredno stated expiry2026-09-08source—

Other offers in this category

Discounts, spend-unlocks, and offers that ended or do not exist. They are not a free tier, and they are listed so nothing is hidden.

OfferProviderStatusWhat it offersExpiryVerifiedSourceCaveats
Ramp Rewards — Perplexity Enterprise Pro 50% offPerplexity (via Ramp Rewards)available50% off Perplexity Enterprise Pro for 3 months, unlimited seats. List price is $40 per seat per month, so roughly $20 per seat per month for the first three months.no stated expiry2026-08-23sourcenot free — a discount on a paid seat product, and the first row in this catalog that is not free; redeemable only from inside the Ramp dashboard (“Get Ramp today and redeem within the product dashboard”), so it needs an…

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