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Bing Search API pricing, retirement and replacement

Bing Web Search cost $15 to $25 per 1,000 calls until Microsoft retired the Bing Search APIs on August 11, 2025. Searlo returns live Google results as JSON from $0.30 per 1,000 searches today, with an MCP server for AI agents.

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GET/api/v1/search/web?q=postgres+connection+pooling&num=3
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{  "searchTime": 0.17,  "totalResults": 85000,  "page": 1,  "organic": [    {      "position": 1,      "title": "31.10. Connection Pools and Data Sources",      "link": "www.postgresql.org/docs/…",      "domain": "postgresql.org",      "snippet": "For an environment without an application se…"    },    { "position": 2, "domain": "medium.com", … },    { "position": 3, "domain": "stackoverflow.blog", … }  ],  "credits": 1}

What did the Bing Search API cost?

Before Microsoft retired it on August 11, 2025, Bing Web Search cost $15 per 1,000 calls for web results only (the S2 tier) or $25 per 1,000 with image, news, video and entity answers included (S1), after 1,000 free calls a month. Those prices applied from May 1, 2023.

It cannot be bought today at any price. Searlo's web search returns the same kind of ranked result list for $0.30 per 1,000 at the Scale pack rate.

S2: web results only
$15 per 1,000 calls, up to 100 calls a second— Microsoft pricing page, archived 2025-03-04
S1: web, images, news, video, entities
$25 per 1,000 calls, up to 250 calls a second— Microsoft pricing page, archived 2025-03-04
Free tier
1,000 calls a month, 3 a second— Microsoft pricing page, archived 2025-03-04
Retired
August 11, 2025: existing instances decommissioned, no new signups— Microsoft Lifecycle
Searlo web search
$0.30 per 1,000 searches, 3,000 free credits, no Azure subscription— our pricing

Third-party figures on this page last verified against the sources linked above. Prices change; if you find one of these stale, tell us and we will correct it.

Bing Search API pricing, tier by tier

Bing Search API v7 prices from May 1, 2023 until the retirement on August 11, 2025, from Microsoft's pricing page as archived on 2025-03-04.
TierRate limitWhat it includedPrice
Free (F1)3 calls a secondEvery Bing Search API1,000 calls a month free
S1250 calls a secondWeb results with image, news, video and entity answers; Autosuggest and Spell Check$25 per 1,000 calls
S2100 calls a secondWeb results only; Autosuggest and Spell Check$15 per 1,000 calls
S3 to S8100 to 150 calls a secondWeb results with one or more of images, video, news or entities$15 to $22 per 1,000 calls
S930 calls a secondVisual Search$15 per 1,000 calls
Statistics add-in—Usage reporting, optional on paid tiers$10 per 1,000 calls extra

Is the Bing Search API still available, and what replaced it?

No. Microsoft retired the Bing Search APIs on August 11, 2025 — existing instances were decommissioned and new signups closed, so there is no price at which you can buy it today. Microsoft's own migration path is Grounding with Bing Search inside Azure AI Agents.

That replacement is an agent feature, not a search endpoint: you get web-grounded model answers through Azure AI Agents rather than a ranked result set you can parse. If what you actually needed was the JSON — results, positions, links — you need a search API, and Searlo is a drop-in of that shape at $0.30 per 1,000 queries against live Google results.

  • Retirement date August 11, 2025 — Microsoft Lifecycle
  • What happened to existing keys Instances decommissioned; product no longer available for use or new signup — Microsoft Lifecycle
  • Microsoft's recommended replacement Grounding with Bing Search, part of Azure AI Agents — Microsoft Lifecycle
  • Docs status Bing Web Search API reference moved to /previous-versions and marked retired — learn.microsoft.com
  • Searlo, if you need the JSON $0.30 per 1,000 live Google queries, 3,000 free credits, no Azure subscription — our pricing

What should replace the Bing Search API for AI agents?

It depends on how your agent used Bing. If it ran inside Azure AI Agents and only needed grounded answers, Microsoft's own successor is Grounding with Bing Search: the agent gets web-grounded model answers inside Azure.

If your agent called Bing as a tool and read the results itself, it needs a search API that returns that list: titles, links and snippets it can quote and cite. Searlo's GET /search/web returns it for 1 credit. Its MCP server gives Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients a web search tool with no code to write, and POST /search-and-scrape adds the text of each page for agents that read before they answer.

Why Choose Searlo Over Other Bing Alternatives

  • Transparent Pricing

    $0.30/1K searches with one-time credit packs. No Azure subscription complexity. New users get 1-year validity; legacy accounts keep unlimited credits.

  • Measured Latency

    Web search returns in about 1 second at the median and 2.5 seconds at p90, measured on production traffic in September 2026. Real-time Google results.

  • Google-Powered Results

    Get results from the world's most used search engine, returned as clean structured JSON.

Migrate from Bing in 4 Steps

Features

  • Sign Up & Get API Key

    Create a free Searlo account and get your API key in 30 seconds. 3,000 free credits included.

  • Update Your Base URL

    Replace api.bing.microsoft.com with api.searlo.tech/api/v1. Our REST API follows similar patterns.

  • Map Response Fields

    Searlo returns structured JSON with title, link, snippet, and more. Map to your existing data models.

  • Test & Deploy

    Run your test suite against Searlo. Most Bing API consumers migrate in under an hour.

Bing Search API vs Searlo

Bing Search API vs Searlo
FeatureBing Search API (retired)Searlo
StatusRetired August 11, 2025Available
Search EngineBingGoogle
Price per 1,000$15 (S2) to $25 (S1)$0.30 (Scale pack)
Free Tier1,000 calls a month3,000 credits, once
BillingAzure subscription, per callOne-time packs, valid 1 year
MCP serverNo official serverYes
TOON FormatNoYes

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Bing Search API still available, and what replaced it?

No. Microsoft retired the Bing Search APIs on August 11, 2025 — existing instances were decommissioned and new signups closed, so there is no price at which you can buy it today. Microsoft's own migration path is Grounding with Bing Search inside Azure AI Agents. That replacement is an agent feature, not a search endpoint: you get web-grounded model answers through Azure AI Agents rather than a ranked result set you can parse. If what you actually needed was the JSON — results, positions, links — you need a search API, and Searlo is a drop-in of that shape at $0.30 per 1,000 queries against live Google results.

Is Bing Search API really deprecated?

It is fully retired, not just deprecated. Microsoft's lifecycle announcement set the retirement date at August 11, 2025: existing instances were decommissioned and the product is no longer available for use or new customer signup. Microsoft directs customers to Grounding with Bing Search as part of Azure AI Agents, which returns web-grounded model answers rather than a parseable result set.

How long does it take to migrate from Bing API to Searlo?

Most developers complete the migration in under an hour. The main changes are: (1) swap the base URL, (2) update your API key header, and (3) map a few response field names. The REST pattern is very similar.

Does Searlo return Google results instead of Bing?

Yes. Searlo returns real-time Google search results, which account for ~90% of global search traffic — a different, generally richer result set than Bing's index.

How does Searlo pricing compare to the old Bing API?

Until it was retired on August 11, 2025, Bing Web Search cost $15 per 1,000 calls for web results only (S2) or $25 per 1,000 with images, news, video and entities (S1), after 1,000 free calls a month; those prices applied from May 1, 2023. Bing billed per call through an Azure subscription. Searlo sells one-time credit packs, $0.30 per 1,000 searches at the Scale pack rate, with no recurring fee, 1-year validity for new users and unlimited credits on legacy accounts.

What should replace the Bing Search API for AI agents?

If your agent ran inside Azure AI Agents and only needs grounded answers, Microsoft's successor is Grounding with Bing Search. If your agent called Bing as a tool and read the results itself, use a search API that returns the result list: Searlo's GET /search/web (1 credit), its MCP server for Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients, or POST /search-and-scrape when the agent should read the pages too.

Does Searlo support MCP protocol?

Yes. Searlo supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which Bing API did not. This lets AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code connect to Searlo for web search without any code.

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