Pricing trends for Search: 6 tracked pricing changes across 6 vendors. Direction: prices rising.

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Search Pricing Trends

Pricing direction: ↑ Prices rising

6
Vendors
6
Tracked Changes
1%
of All Tracked Changes
3
At-Risk Vendors
removed 2 reduced 2 deprecated 1 rebranded 1

Pricing Change Timeline

removed bonsai.io discovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknown high
The free tier no longer exists. The lowest tier is now a 'Staging' plan at $15/month with 1 GB storage and 256 MB memory. Source ↗
reduced Algolia discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown high
The 'Build' tier is no longer explicitly listed. The free tier now includes 10K search requests/month and 50K records. Previously 10K search requests/month and 1M records. The 'Grow' plan includes 10K search requests/month and 100K records. Source ↗
deprecated searchly.com effective 2026-04-19 low
Homepage returns HTTP 502. Removed from index. We hold no source for this record, so it does not set searchly.com's rating.
rebranded CommandBar effective 2026-04-13 low
Rebranded to Command AI, no free tier visible, demo-only We hold no source for this record, so it does not set CommandBar's rating.
removed Brave Search API effective 2026-02-12 high
Free tier (2,000 queries/month) eliminated. Replaced with $5 prepaid metered credits at $0.003-$0.005 per query (pay-as-you-go). Credit card required, no spending cap Source ↗
reduced Google Programmable Search Engine effective 2026-01-22 high
Free full-web search being discontinued. Free tier restricted to max 50 domains per search engine. Migration deadline January 1, 2027 Source ↗

At-Risk Vendors

Brave Search API risky 2026-02-12 removed bonsai.io risky discovered 2026-09-05 removed Algolia caution discovered 2026-08-28 reduced

Stable Picks

Vendors with no recent pricing changes and low risk scores.

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