0.2¢ per search, from

Web search API for LLM

Give your LLM agent live web search.

Four search APIs from one balance: Google rankings, source excerpts, domain-restricted results and an independent index. Your agent picks one per search.

One TaskFuel account and prepaid balance. Connect your agent and it shows the price before it pays.

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Web search API for LLM: what your agent gets.

One search per API on 4 November 2026, five results each. Your agent shows the price for your own request before it pays.

  • Google rankings

    Google web results for a query, with titles, snippets and related questions. Our test returned five results.

    $0.002 / search
  • Search with source excerpts

    Tavily basic-depth search. Our test returned five results, each with an excerpt from the source.

    $0.01 / search
  • Search within named domains

    Exa auto-mode search restricted to the domains you name. Our test returned five results, all on postgresql.org.

    $0.01 / search
  • Independent web index

    Brave web search. Our test returned five web results, four of them community articles.

    $0.035 / search

Web search, tested.

We sent the same question to four search APIs, one call each. All returned five results; the sources differ.

TaskFuel test run ·

Charged $0.057

Your agent asked

Search for PostgreSQL 17 incremental backup documentation through four search APIs
Data from
Serper, Tavily, Exa and Brave

What came back

Per search
Serper $0.002, Tavily $0.01, Exa $0.01, Brave $0.035

One question, one search per API, five results each.

Try the API request Quote first, then run

1. Check the price

Use your TaskFuel API key as TASKFUEL_API_KEY in your terminal or server. Keep it out of browser code. This request checks the price without paying.

These are the exact inputs of the Tavily search in the test. Serper, Exa and Brave take their own parameters. Results change over time.

curl --fail-with-body https://app.taskfuel.ai/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKFUEL_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @- <<'TASKFUEL_REQUEST'
{
  "url": "https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tavily/search",
  "method": "POST",
  "body": {
    "query": "PostgreSQL 17 incremental backup documentation",
    "search_depth": "basic",
    "max_results": 5,
    "include_answer": false,
    "include_raw_content": false
  },
  "dryRun": true
}
TASKFUEL_REQUEST

2. Run the request

Review amount_usd in the quote. To pay and run, change dryRun to false and add maxAmountUsd with that approved amount inside the same JSON object. Keep the inputs unchanged; this limit applies to one call.

3. Read the result

Read results: each item has title, url and content, the excerpt from that source.

Setup and API reference · Job polling and timeout recovery

Try it in your next task.

Sign in to TaskFuel and connect your existing agent. Ask it to search the web for a question and show the price before it makes the paid call.

01

Name the task

Tell your agent what the output needs to contain.

02

See the price

Your agent shows the provider and price before spending.

03

Review the response

Check the output against your task. The call reports its cost and remaining balance.

When to use it.

Answering a current question

Search, then read the sources.

Your agent runs a search and reads the titles, snippets or excerpts that come back, then opens the pages it needs.

Staying on official sources

Limit a search to named domains.

Your agent restricts one search to the sites you name, such as a vendor's documentation.

Comparing what different indexes return

Run the same question through two APIs.

Your agent sends one question to Google results and to a different index, and compares the sources that come back.

Providers for this task.

CapabilityProvidersReference
Search the webMunition, StableEnrich, 2s, BlockRun, Brave Search, Search1API, Tavily, Andi Search API, Context.dev, Crustdata, Linkup API, Otto AI, Perplexity, ScrapeGraphAI, Seltz, Tavily APICompare providers · Endpoint data

Good Questions.

Do I need a search API account?

No. Your agent pays from your TaskFuel balance, so there is nothing else to sign up for.

What does a web search cost?

Our four test searches on 4 November 2026 cost $0.002 (Serper), $0.01 (Tavily), $0.01 (Exa) and $0.035 (Brave). Your agent shows the price for your own request before it pays.

Which search APIs can my agent use?

Serper for Google results, Tavily for source excerpts, Exa for domain-restricted search and Brave for an independent index. Each is a separate call with its own price.

How do these differ?

Serper returns Google rankings with titles and snippets. Tavily returns excerpts from each source. Exa can restrict results to named domains. Brave runs its own index.

Does a search return full page text?

Search calls return results, not whole pages. Reading a full page is a separate call, covered in the webpage extraction guide.

Are there guides for each provider?

Yes. The comparison guides for Tavily, Exa, Brave and SerpApi alternatives show a tested search, its price and the trade-offs.

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