SearchApi.io compatible

The call, before and after

# Before
curl -G "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search" -d engine=google \
  --data-urlencode "q=python programming language" -H "Authorization: Bearer $SEARCHAPI_API_KEY"

# After
curl -G "https://api.specstream.ai/searchapi/api/v1/search" -d engine=google \
  --data-urlencode "q=python programming language" -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"

The parameters and the parser stay. The address gains /searchapi after the host, and the key changes. api_key in the address works as it does on SearchApi.

Apps and SDKs that take the address as a setting

Each line was run on production on November 10, 2026 through that client's own request and reply code. Put your SpecStream key wherever the client takes its key.

LiteLLM: set SEARCHAPI_API_BASE to the whole address, https://api.specstream.ai/searchapi/api/v1/search, and put your SpecStream key in SEARCHAPI_API_KEY.

Cherry Studio: in the SearchApi provider, set API host to https://api.specstream.ai/searchapi.

What the route reads, and what it refuses

Read and applied: q, engine google, num (1 to 100), page, time_period, time_period_min and time_period_max, and the key as api_key or a Bearer token. page=2 returns the next 10 results, none of them on page 1.

Refused: any engine other than google gets 400 with This route answers engine=google. Every parameter was measured on production on Nov 10, 2026, and the full pass table lists each one and its result.

Every field that comes back

The reply has search_metadata with id, status and total_time_taken, search_parameters with engine and q, search_information.query_displayed, organic_results[], and pagination with current and next. Each result has position, title, link, domain, snippet, and date when the page has one.

The route does not return search_metadata.created_at, request_url, html_url or json_url, search_information.total_results, answer_box, knowledge_graph, related_searches, or a result's source, displayed_link, snippet_highlighted_words, sitelinks and favicon. One field is added, specstream, with the call's price_usd.

$5 per 1,000 searches, with no monthly plan

SearchApi sells monthly plans from $40 for 10,000 searches, and lets a plan use 20% of its credits in an hour. On SpecStream every call of up to 10 results costs $0.005, each started block of 10 more adds $0.006, and there is nothing to renew. A busy call gets 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.

A call of up to 10 results on the first page 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. One account can send up to 8,800 searches a minute.

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. The full comparison is on the SearchApi.io alternative page.

SerpApi

Google results as JSON on monthly plans: Starter is $25 for 1,000 searches with 200 an hour, Developer $75 for 5,000. SpecStream charges $0.005 a search with no plan, and answers the SearchApi call your code already sends.

Serper

Google results in credit packs from $1.00 per 1,000 for 50,000 credits, with 2,500 free queries, in Serper's own reply. SpecStream keeps SearchApi's request and reply, and scores 97.9 F-score on SimpleQA Verified.

Zenserp

Google results on monthly plans, from Small at $49.99 for 25,000 searches, and 50 free searches a month. SpecStream needs no plan, and the credit you buy never expires.