Google search API alternative
$1.50 per 1,000. Google is $5.
Search the whole web as ranked JSON for $1.50 per 1,000 searches, against Google's $5. No daily query cap, and a page reader Google does not offer.
Damn Good Search vs Google, head to head.
The numbers that decide it, side by side.
| Feature | Damn Good Search | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per 1,000 searches | $1.50 | $5 |
| Page text | Optional, +$1.50 | Not offered |
| Search and contents together | $3 | $5 |
| Our own web index | Yes | Yes |
| Results as clean JSON | Yes | Yes |
List prices per 1,000 searches from each provider's public pricing page, June 2026. Sources: developers.google.com/custom-search.
Why developers switch from Google.
$1.50 per 1,000 against Google's $5, and no daily query cap to plan around. One flat rate, prepaid credits, no quota tiers.
Google's programmable search has no page reader. Our contents endpoint returns any URL as clean markdown an LLM can read, at the same flat rate, so search and the page live behind one API.
Results come back ranked and deduplicated as structured JSON, the shape tool calls and retrieval pipelines expect, not HTML you have to scrape.
Switch from Google. No daily cap.
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