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AnySearch alternatives in 2026

Search at $1 per 1,000 calls.

AnySearch gives 1,000 free calls a day, then sells Pro packs at $3 per 1,000 calls, listed down from $5. A search returns up to 10 results, and each page it reads is one more call, one URL at a time.

SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Search costs $1 per 1,000 with speed=fast, pages $0.80 per 1,000 at up to 20 a call, and Deep Search returns every match as structured rows.

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New accounts get $10 of credit, no card. It covers 10,000 fast searches or 12,500 pages.

SpecStream and AnySearch side by side

SpecStreamAnySearch
What it isThe live web data engine: the Search API, the Extract API and Deep Search, on one key and one balanceSearch for AI agents over the web and 20+ vertical domains, such as finance, academia, code, patents and travel, through one endpoint
Search price$1 per 1,000 searches of up to 10 results with speed=fast. The default search, with the answer and the page it was read from, is $5 per 1,000Pro: $3 per 1,000 calls, listed down from $5. A one time pack, not a monthly plan, and the calls never expire
Free to start$10 of credit once, no card: 10,000 fast searches or 12,500 pages1,000 calls a day at up to 10 QPS, with no key needed. Unused free calls do not roll over, and a spent day returns HTTP 402 until 00:00 UTC
Results per callnum from 1 to 100, with page up to 10. Each started block of 10 more results adds $0.0012 on the fast tiermax_results from 1 to 10
Reading pagesExtract API: $0.80 per 1,000 pages, up to 20 URLs a call. A page that gives no text is not charged/v1/extract takes one URL a request and counts one call for valid content, $3 per 1,000 on Pro. Content stops at 50,000 characters
What is not chargedA search that returns no results, and a page with no textFailed, timed out or invalid requests. A search counts one call for non-empty results, and cache hits count as calls
Data as rowsDeep Search: describe the data in plain words and get every match on the live web as structured rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. Source URL and read time on every valueResults as structured Markdown over MCP and Skill, or JSON with one schema over the REST API
Keeping data currentA saved request reruns hourly to yearly. Changed and new rows cost half their rate and unchanged rows 1¢, with new matches sent to Slack, email, a sheet, a CRM or a signed webhookEach search runs live, and a query that asks for fresh data is routed to real time sources
MCP and SDKsMCP server at https://api.specstream.ai/mcp over Streamable HTTP, with OAuth or an API key. REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs, a CLI and A2AMCP server at https://api.anysearch.com/mcp, a Skill package for Python, Node.js, PowerShell and Bash, and a REST API
Measured accuracy97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions and 64.0 item F1 on all 200 official WideSearch tasks, with the method on the benchmarks pageIts own published runs report 76.4% overall accuracy across Frames, FreshQA and WebWalkerQA

Why AnySearch users move to SpecStream

What 100,000 searches and pages cost on each

On AnySearch Pro, 100,000 searches cost $300 and reading 100,000 pages costs another $300, one URL per call. On SpecStream, 100,000 fast searches cost $100 and 100,000 pages cost $80, sent 20 URLs a call. An agent that searches once and reads three pages per question pays $1,200 per 100,000 questions on AnySearch Pro and $340 on SpecStream.

The free tier, and what comes after it

AnySearch's 1,000 free calls a day suit testing and light use. They reset at 00:00 UTC, do not roll over, and a spent day answers HTTP 402 until the reset. SpecStream gives $10 of credit once, no card, which is 10,000 fast searches, and after that every search costs $0.001 with no plan, no seat and no pack to buy first.

Rows from the whole web, past ten results

AnySearch routes a query to its vertical sources and returns up to 10 results. When the job is a list, such as every company, paper, filing or product that meets several conditions, ten results are the start of the work. On SpecStream you write the request in plain words and Deep Search returns every match as a structured row, with facts from many sites joined into one record and a source URL and read time on every value, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row. A row that fails one of your conditions is not delivered and not billed.

Scored on the official benchmarks

SpecStream's search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions (978 correct), and 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official WideSearch tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Scores and method are at specstream.ai/benchmarks.

Other AnySearch alternatives

SpecStream

The live web data engine for teams and agents. The Search API costs $1 per 1,000 searches with speed=fast and $5 with the answer, the Extract API $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and Deep Search returns every match as structured rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row. New accounts get $10 of credit, no card.

Exa

A search API with its own index. Search starts at $4 per 1,000 requests, and a request returns links with text. SpecStream answers Exa's call too, at https://api.specstream.ai/exa/search, for $1 per 1,000 searches.

Tavily

A search API for agents, billed in credits at $0.008 each pay as you go, with 1,000 free credits a month. Requests stop when the month's credits run out. SpecStream answers Tavily's call too, at https://api.specstream.ai/tavily/search, for $0.001 a search.

Brave Search API

Web search from Brave's own index at $5 per 1,000 requests, and its Answers plan at $4 per 1,000 requests. A request returns ranked results. A SpecStream search costs $1 per 1,000 for results, and $5 for the answer with the page it was read from.

How SpecStream scores

The same numbers as the benchmarks page, from the official tasks and scorers.

SpecStreamParallelExaTavilyPerplexity
Web researchWideSearch, GPT-5.6 Luna60.945.553.047.947.0
Factual accuracySimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Luna9694919494
Factual accuracySimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Sol9997919295

How to switch from AnySearch

Create a key under Agents & API in the workspace. A new account gets $10 of credit, no card, which covers 10,000 fast searches. Then point the search call at SpecStream: q takes the place of query, and num the place of max_results.

# Before
curl -s -X POST https://api.anysearch.com/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYSEARCH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "latest EU AI Act guidance", "max_results": 10}'

# After
curl -s -X POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/web-search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "latest EU AI Act guidance", "speed": "fast", "num": 10}'

The reply holds the results in data.sources, each with its url, title, site and snippet. For page text, send up to 20 URLs a call to POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/extract in place of one /v1/extract call per URL. More on the Search API and Extract API pages.

In an MCP client, replace https://api.anysearch.com/mcp with https://api.specstream.ai/mcp. Your agent then searches, reads pages and runs Deep Search from the same balance as your team, inside the limits you set on its key.

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Frequently asked questions

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How much does AnySearch cost?
Pro costs $3 per 1,000 calls, listed down from $5, sold as a one time pack whose calls never expire. The Free plan gives 1,000 calls a day at up to 10 QPS, and Enterprise is priced by contact. A page read through its extract endpoint is one call.
What is the best AnySearch alternative?
SpecStream, at $1 per 1,000 searches with speed=fast, $0.80 per 1,000 pages at up to 20 a call, and Deep Search rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row. Its search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 SimpleQA Verified questions.
Is AnySearch free?
Yes, up to 1,000 calls a day at up to 10 QPS, with no key needed. The quota resets at 00:00 UTC and unused calls do not roll over. Students and developers who qualify can apply for 2,000 a day. SpecStream gives $10 of credit once, no card: 10,000 fast searches.
Does AnySearch read web pages?
Yes. Its /v1/extract endpoint takes one public URL a request and returns the title and cleaned content, up to 50,000 characters, as one call: $3 per 1,000 on Pro. SpecStream's Extract API reads up to 20 URLs a call at $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and a page with no text is not charged.
How many results does an AnySearch call return?
1 to 10, set by max_results. A SpecStream search returns 1 to 100 results with num, at $0.001 for up to 10 on the fast tier and $0.0012 for each started block of 10 more.
Does SpecStream have an MCP server?
Yes, at https://api.specstream.ai/mcp over Streamable HTTP, with OAuth or an API key. The Search API costs $5 per 1,000 searches, or $1 with speed=fast, and the Extract API $0.80 per 1,000 pages, from one balance.

Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. Each rival figure comes from that company's own page.

  1. SpecStream pricingspecstream.ai/pricing, read Nov 12, 2026
  2. SpecStream for agentsspecstream.ai/agents.md, read Nov 12, 2026
  3. SpecStream benchmarksspecstream.ai/benchmarks, read Nov 12, 2026
  4. AnySearch pricinganysearch.com/pricing, read Nov 12, 2026
  5. AnySearch FAQanysearch.com/faq, read Nov 12, 2026
  6. AnySearch authenticationanysearch.com/docs/auth.md, read Nov 12, 2026
  7. AnySearch Search APIanysearch.com/docs/api-endpoints/v1-search.md, read Nov 12, 2026
  8. AnySearch Web Content Extraction APIanysearch.com/docs/api-endpoints/v1-extract.md, read Nov 12, 2026
  9. AnySearch MCP Server Setupanysearch.com/docs/mcp-install.md, read Nov 12, 2026
  10. AnySearch homeanysearch.com/, read Nov 12, 2026
  11. Exa pricingexa.ai/pricing, read Nov 12, 2026
  12. Tavily pricingtavily.com/pricing, read Nov 12, 2026
  13. Brave Search APIbrave.com/search/api/, read Nov 12, 2026