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# LazyLLM Google search after January 1, 2027: one base_url

Compared on Nov 10, 2026. The page: https://specstream.ai/google-pse/lazyllm

LazyLLM's `GoogleSearch` tool calls Google's Custom Search JSON API. Google closed that API to new customers and ends it on January 1, 2027, so a new project gets no key for the tool.

`GoogleSearch` takes a `base_url`. Pass `https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1` with a SpecStream key as `custom_search_api_key` and any `search_engine_id`. LazyLLM's own `GoogleSearch.search` read 10 results this way on November 10, 2026.

SpecStream scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 SimpleQA Verified questions and costs $5 per 1,000 searches, with no daily limit. A new account gets $10 of credit, no card.

[Get an API key](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-google-pse-lazyllm&utm_source=alternatives-md&utm_campaign=google-pse-lazyllm&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fsearch%3Froute%3Dgoogle) New accounts get $10 of credit, no card. It covers 2,000 searches.

## LazyLLM's GoogleSearch on SpecStream and the other options, from each company's own pages and LazyLLM's source on Nov 10, 2026

| | SpecStream | Google Custom Search | Agent Search (Vertex AI Search) | Tavily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setting in LazyLLM | `GoogleSearch(base_url="https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1")`, a SpecStream key as `custom_search_api_key`, any `search_engine_id` | `GoogleSearch` default: `https://customsearch.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1`, with a Google key and engine ID | Not among LazyLLM's search tools. A separate Google Cloud API | `TavilySearch`, a separate tool, defaults to `https://api.tavily.com` |
| Open to a new account | Yes. Create a key and start with $10 of credit, no card | No. Closed to new customers, and existing customers have until January 1, 2027 | Yes, with a free trial of 10,000 queries a month | Yes, with 1,000 free credits a month and no card |
| Price per 1,000 searches | $5. `GoogleSearch` asks for 10 results, so each search is $0.005 | $5 per 1,000 queries after 100 free queries a day, for existing customers only | $1.50 per 1,000 queries on Search Standard Edition, $4.00 on Enterprise Edition | $8 on pay as you go: 1 credit a basic search at $0.008 a credit |
| Limit | No limit per key and no daily limit. A busy call gets a `429` with `Retry-After` and is not charged | 10,000 queries a day | Up to 50 domains, in Google's words | On a monthly plan, requests stop when the month's credits run out |
| What comes back | `items[]` with `title`, `link` and `snippet` in Google's shape, the three fields `GoogleSearch` reads | The URL, title and text snippets of each result, in Google's own format | A different API: a `POST` to an engine's servingConfigs search | Tavily's own JSON, read by LazyLLM's `TavilySearch` |
| What answers the search | The whole live web, read at the moment of the call. 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 SimpleQA Verified questions | The Programmable Search Engine you configured | The domains you give it | Tavily's search API |

## Why LazyLLM developers point GoogleSearch at SpecStream

### The change is one argument

LazyLLM describes itself as "a low-code development tool for building" multi-agent LLM applications, and `GoogleSearch` is one of the search tools its agents call. The tool sends its request to `base_url` and puts the key in the `key` parameter. Before and after, in the constructor:

```
from lazyllm.tools.tools import GoogleSearch

# Before: Google's address, the default
google = GoogleSearch(
    custom_search_api_key="<your Google key>",
    search_engine_id="<your engine ID>",
)
```

```
import os
from lazyllm.tools.tools import GoogleSearch

# After: SpecStream answers the same call
google = GoogleSearch(
    custom_search_api_key=os.environ["SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"],
    search_engine_id="any",
    base_url="https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1",
)

for result in google.search("web data api"):
    print(result["title"], result["url"])
```

The tool sends `cx` from `search_engine_id`, and SpecStream accepts `cx` without using it, so any value works. Your agent keeps the tool, its name and its result format: each result still carries `title`, `url`, `snippet` and `source`.

### Google's JSON, so the tool's parser reads it

`GoogleSearch.search` reads `items` from the reply and takes `title`, `link` and `snippet` from each one. SpecStream returns `items[]` with those fields in Google's shape, with `searchInformation.totalResults` and `queries.nextPage`. The route honours `q`, `num`, `start`, `hq`, `exactTerms`, `orTerms`, `excludeTerms`, `siteSearch` and `siteSearchFilter`.

The call the tool makes, in Python with requests:

```
import os, requests

reply = requests.get(
    "https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1",
    params={"key": os.environ["SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"], "cx": "any", "q": "web data api", "num": 10},
).json()

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

Every parameter and field of the route is in the [Google Custom Search guide](https://specstream.ai/migrate/google-custom-search?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=google-pse-lazyllm). LazyLLM's `BingSearch` moves the same way, by its `endpoint`: see [LazyLLM after the Bing Search API](https://specstream.ai/bing-search/lazyllm?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=google-pse-lazyllm).

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

A search of up to 10 results costs $0.005, and `GoogleSearch` always asks for 10. There is no monthly plan and no daily limit. Credit you buy never expires, and a new account starts with $10 of credit, enough for 2,000 searches. A call stopped by a `429` charges nothing.

### The most accurate web search API, in about one second

The SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions, with 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. The method behind each score is on the [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=google-pse-lazyllm) page.

Every drop-in call runs the fast search. 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, its 95th percentile stayed between 1.09 and 1.73 s, and it answered 718 of 720 calls.

### You decide what is kept, on each key

A key made with `zero_retention` keeps no request text and no answer after the reply. `spend_cap_cents` sets the most the key can spend, so an agent loop has a ceiling.

```
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 key that searches also reads up to 20 pages or documents a call with the [Extract API](https://specstream.ai/extract-api?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=google-pse-lazyllm), at $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and a page with no text is not charged. [Deep Search](https://specstream.ai/deep-search?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=google-pse-lazyllm) turns a request in plain words into structured rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with a source URL on every value, and the most a run can cost is approved before it starts.

## Other web search options for a LazyLLM agent

### Google Custom Search, until January 1, 2027

Existing customers can keep the default `base_url` 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 charges the same $5 per 1,000 with no daily limit, behind one argument.

### Agent Search (Vertex AI Search)

Google's named alternative, for searching up to 50 domains, at $1.50 per 1,000 queries on Standard Edition. It is a different API with its own request, so `GoogleSearch` cannot call it. SpecStream searches the whole live web and answers the call the tool already sends.

### LazyLLM's TavilySearch

A separate tool that calls `https://api.tavily.com`. Tavily bills in credits, $0.008 each on pay as you go and 1 credit a basic search, and on a monthly plan requests stop when the credits run out. SpecStream costs $0.005 a search, and its credit never expires.

### LazyLLM's BingSearch

Microsoft retired the Bing Web Search API on August 11, 2025, so the tool's default address no longer answers. SpecStream answers Bing's v7 call too, in Bing's JSON, at the same $5 per 1,000.

## How to move LazyLLM's GoogleSearch to SpecStream

1. Create a key under Agents & API in the SpecStream workspace. A new account gets $10 of credit, no card, which covers 2,000 searches.

2. Check the key with the call the tool will send. A `200` with `items` means `GoogleSearch` gets the same.

```
curl "https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1?key=$SPECSTREAM_API_KEY&cx=any&q=test&num=10"
```

3. Pass `base_url` where you build the tool, with the SpecStream key and any engine ID:

```
google = GoogleSearch(
    custom_search_api_key=os.environ["SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"],
    search_engine_id="any",
    base_url="https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1",
)
```

4. Run one search with `google.search(...)`, then give the tool back to your agent. Each search shows in your SpecStream request log with its price.

## Frequently asked questions

### Why will LazyLLM Google search stop working?

Google ends the Custom Search JSON API on January 1, 2027 and already closed it to new customers, so `GoogleSearch` at its default address gets no new key. With `base_url="https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1"` and a SpecStream key it keeps searching.

### What is the GoogleSearch base_url in LazyLLM?

It is the address the tool calls, `https://customsearch.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1` by default. Set it to `https://api.specstream.ai/customsearch/v1` and the same tool reads SpecStream's results, as it did on November 10, 2026.

### Which key goes in custom_search_api_key?

Your SpecStream key, sent as `key` the way Google's was. A new account starts with $10 of credit, no card, and `search_engine_id` can be any value.

### What is the best Custom Search API replacement for LazyLLM?

SpecStream, at $5 per 1,000 searches with no daily limit and 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 SimpleQA Verified questions. It answers the tool's own Google call in Google's JSON, so one argument moves it.

### How much does LazyLLM web search cost with SpecStream?

$0.005 a search, or $5 per 1,000. `GoogleSearch` asks for 10 results a call, which is one price, and credit you buy never expires.

### Is there a daily limit?

No. Google allows 10,000 queries a day; SpecStream has no daily limit and no limit per key.

## Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. LazyLLM's arguments come from its source and docs on GitHub, and each provider's figure from that company's own page.

- [LazyLLM, search/google_search.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LazyAGI/LazyLLM/main/lazyllm/tools/tools/search/google_search.py), read Nov 10, 2026
- [LazyLLM, search/tavily_search.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LazyAGI/LazyLLM/main/lazyllm/tools/tools/search/tavily_search.py), read Nov 10, 2026
- [LazyLLM, docs/tools/search.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LazyAGI/LazyLLM/main/lazyllm/docs/tools/search.py), read Nov 10, 2026
- [LazyLLM README](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LazyAGI/LazyLLM/main/README.md), read Nov 10, 2026
- [Google Custom Search JSON API overview](https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview), read Nov 10, 2026
- [Google Custom Search, using REST](https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/using_rest), read Nov 10, 2026
- [Agent Search pricing, Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/pricing), read Nov 10, 2026
- [Agent Search servingConfigs search reference](https://cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.locations.collections.engines.servingConfigs/search), read Nov 10, 2026
- [Tavily pricing](https://tavily.com/pricing), read Nov 10, 2026
- [Tavily API credits](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits.md), read Nov 10, 2026
- [Bing Search API retirement, Microsoft](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement), read Nov 10, 2026
- [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks), read Nov 10, 2026
- [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing), read Nov 10, 2026
- [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md), read Nov 10, 2026