Free Keyless Search API for AI Agents using Firecrawl

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You can use Firecrawl search api for free without even api key now.

Just make the api call

curl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/search" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{
 "query": "free search api for ai agents",
 "limit": 3
 }'

And get the result like this

{
	"success": true,
	"data": {
		"web": [{
			"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1pf9avo/whats_the_best_toolapi_for_web_search_in_an/",
			"title": "What's the best tool/API for web search in an agentic stack? - Reddit",
			"description": "# What’s the best tool/API for web search in an agentic stack?\nGet $5/month in free credits for Parallel's Search, Extract, Monitor, and Task APIs.",
			"position": 1
		}, {
			"url": "https://www.vellum.ai/blog/best-web-search-apis-and-mcps-for-ai-agents",
			"title": "Best Web Search APIs & MCPs for AI Agents 2026 - Vellum",
			"description": "Compare the top 5 web search APIs and MCPs for AI agents: Firecrawl, Brave Search, Exa, Perplexity Sonar, Parallel AI. Free, no API key needed ...",
			"position": 2
		}, {
			"url": "https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/best-web-search-apis",
			"title": "Best Web Search APIs for AI Applications in 2026 - Firecrawl",
			"description": "Find the best web search API for your AI project. We compare top web search APIs including Firecrawl, Exa, Tavily, SerpAPI, and more - with ...",
			"position": 3
		}]
	},
	"creditsUsed": 2,
	"id": "01a049a5-ba23-71a6-b0b9-0c17baf526a3"
}

That’s pretty much it.

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Free Keyless Search API for AI Agents using Firecrawl