Searlo

Google Search API Without the Limits

Frustrated with Google CSE's 100/day limit and missing search types? Searlo delivers full search results with no daily caps.

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GET/api/v1/search/web?q=postgres+connection+pooling&num=3
200 OK0.17s1 credit85,000 results
{  "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}

Google CSE Limitations

The Google Custom Search API has significant limitations that hold back developers.

Features

  • 100 Free Queries/Day

    Google CSE limits you to just 100 free queries daily. That's gone by mid-morning for most apps.

  • No Image, News, or Shopping Search

    Google CSE is limited to basic web results. No dedicated image, news, or shopping search endpoints.

  • Complex Setup

    You need to create a Custom Search Engine, configure it, get API keys from Google Cloud Console...

  • $5 per 1,000 Queries

    At scale, Google CSE costs significantly more than alternatives like Searlo.

Searlo Solves These

Get everything you need without the limitations.

Features

  • 94% Cost Savings

    At $0.30/1K vs Google's $5/1K, you save significantly at every scale.

  • Web, Image, News & Shopping

    One API key for organic, image, news, video, and shopping search — not just basic web results.

  • No Daily Limits

    Search as much as you need. No artificial caps stopping your application.

  • Simple Integration

    One API key, one endpoint. No CSE configuration required.

Site-Restricted Search and Advanced Query Operators

A lot of what pulls developers toward Google CSE in the first place isn't "search the whole web" — it's the site: operator and the advanced-search filters: a date range, a file type, an exact phrase, a term to exclude. Searlo has direct equivalents for both, as their own endpoints instead of a query string you build and escape yourself.

Features

  • Site-restricted search

    GET /search/site takes a required site parameter and returns results restricted to exactly that domain — the same job as CSE's site: operator, without hand-building the query string.

  • Advanced search operators

    GET /search/advanced (also available as POST with a JSON body) takes dateRange, fileType, exactTerms, and excludeTerms as real parameters — no intitle:, filetype:, or quoted-phrase syntax to construct and escape.

Feature Comparison

Feature Comparison
FeatureSearloGoogle CSE
Free Tier3,000 free credits100/day
Price per 1K$0.30$5.00
Daily LimitNone10,000
Image, News & Shopping SearchYesNo
Setup ComplexitySimple API keyCSE ID + API Key
Avg Latencyavg ~300ms~300ms

FAQ

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Features

  • Why not just use Google Custom Search API?

    Google CSE has significant limitations: 100 free queries/day, no image/news/shopping search, and $5/1K at scale. Searlo removes all these limitations while being more affordable.

  • Do you return the same results as Google?

    Yes! We return real-time Google search results, plus search types that Google CSE doesn't include: dedicated image, news, video, and shopping search.

  • How does pricing compare?

    Google CSE: $5 per 1,000 queries. Searlo: $0.30 per 1,000 queries. That's over 94% savings.

  • Is there a free tier?

    Yes! 3,000 free credits with no credit card required. That's far more than Google's 100/day free tier.

  • Does Searlo support the site: operator and advanced query filters?

    Yes — as their own endpoints rather than query-string syntax. GET /search/site restricts results to one domain; GET /search/advanced (also POST) takes dateRange, fileType, exactTerms, and excludeTerms as real parameters.

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