aimux Google search stops on January 1, 2027

The change is one setting

aimux's google_pse provider calls its base URL when one is set and https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1 when none is. In the provider settings, before and after:

{
  "package": "google_pse",
  "settings": {
    "apiKey": "<your Google key>"
  }
}

{
  "package": "google_pse",
  "settings": {
    "apiKey": "<your SpecStream key>",
    "baseUrl": "https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1"
  }
}

aimux refuses a search with no cx. Keep the one you have, or set GOOGLE_CSE_ID to any value: SpecStream accepts cx and does not use it. This is the call aimux then sends, with key, cx, q and num from the call's result count:

curl "https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1?key=$SPECSTREAM_API_KEY&cx=any&q=rust+llm+gateway&num=5"

The same JSON, so aimux's parser reads it

aimux reads items[] and maps each item's title, link and snippet to a search result's title, URL and content. SpecStream returns items[] with those fields in Google's shape. The same call from Python, to see what your code will get:

import os, requests

reply = requests.get(
    "https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1",
    params={"key": os.environ["SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"], "cx": "any", "q": "rust llm gateway", "num": 5},
).json()

for item in reply["items"]:
    print(item["title"], item["link"], item["snippet"])

The route also reads start, hq, exactTerms, orTerms, excludeTerms, siteSearch and siteSearchFilter for code that sends them. Every parameter and field is in the Google Custom Search guide.

$5 per 1,000 searches, with no daily limit

A search of up to 10 results costs $0.005. There is no monthly plan and no daily limit. Credit you buy never expires, and a new account starts with $10 of credit, which covers 2,000 searches. A busy call gets a 429 with Retry-After and charges nothing.

The most accurate web search API, in about one second

On SimpleQA Verified the SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official questions, 978 of them correct. On WideSearch it scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Every score and its method is on the benchmarks page.

Every drop-in call runs the fast search. Measured on production on November 9, 2026, its median was 0.82 s at 1 search a second and 1.07 s at 20 a second, the 95th percentile stayed between 1.09 and 1.73 s, and it answered 718 of 720. There is no limit per key and no daily limit.

You decide what is kept, on each key

Create the key with zero_retention and a search made with it keeps no request text and no answer after the reply. spend_cap_cents is the most the key can spend.

curl -X POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/account/keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "production", "scopes": ["account:read", "finds:spend"], "spend_cap_cents": 500000, "zero_retention": true}'

Search, pages and rows on one key

The same key reads up to 20 pages or documents a call with the Extract API at $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and a page with no text is not charged. Deep Search returns every match for a request in plain words as structured rows, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with a source URL on every value. The most a run can cost is approved before it starts.

Google Custom Search, until January 1, 2027

Existing customers can leave baseUrl unset until Google ends the API: $5 per 1,000 queries after 100 free a day, up to 10,000 a day. A new project gets no key. SpecStream costs the same $5 per 1,000, with no daily limit, behind one setting.

Tavily

A search API billed in credits at $0.008 each on pay as you go: 1 credit a basic search and 2 an advanced one, so $8 to $16 per 1,000. Requests stop when the monthly credits run out. SpecStream keeps your Google code, at $5 per 1,000 with no daily limit.

Brave Search

Brave's Search plan costs $5 per 1,000 requests, up to 50 queries per second, with $5 in free credits every month. Moving to it means a new request and a new reply format. SpecStream answers the call aimux already sends, at the same $5 per 1,000 and 97.9 on SimpleQA Verified.