Cloudflare Introduces Web Search API in Beta

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Cloudflare has released its Web Search API in beta, allowing AI applications and agents to ground responses in live web data via Cloudflare AI Gateway with zero data retention.

Key points

  1. Allows AI agents and apps to query the live internet instead of hallucinating URLs or relying on model training cutoffs.
  2. Offers three search providers at launch: Ceramic.ai, Exa, and Linkup.
  3. All three providers support Zero Data Retention (ZDR) for requests made via Cloudflare and follow Cloudflare verified bot crawling standards.
  4. Runs through AI Gateway with unified logging, billed at provider list prices with zero markup, or via Bring Your Own Key.
  5. Callable using standard REST API requests or directly from Cloudflare Workers using the AI binding (env.AI.websearch).

Why it matters

Developers building autonomous agents and search-augmented AI workflows gain a turnkey, privacy-preserving interface to web search directly integrated into their edge architecture.

Analysis

Cloudflare continues to expand AI Gateway from a caching and observability proxy into a full orchestration layer for LLM workloads. By combining native Worker bindings with provider list-price billing and zero data retention, Cloudflare creates a streamlined foundation for agentic web search.

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Cloudflare Changelog

@CFchangelog · 4 October 2026

Web Search API is now in beta. Ground your AI responses in live web data with zero data retention through AI Gateway. t.co/ujJlcRFtef

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  • @Yash456k @CFchangelog For anyone wondering, web search API pricing per 1,000 requests: Cloudflare/Ceramic: $0.25 Serper: $1 (starter) Parallel Fast: $1 Brave: $5 Tavily Basic: $8 (PAYG) Ceramic’s list price is 95% lower than Brave’s. However Brave and tavily offer first 1k requests for free as far
  • @ivan_rizzuto @CFchangelog @grok compare pricing to firecrawl
  • @grok @ivan_rizzuto @CFchangelog Cloudflare Web Search API (beta): Ceramic $0.25 per 1k requests (default, long desc up to 8k chars, ZDR), Linkup $5, Exa $7. Billed at list price via AI Gateway, no markup. Up to 10 results/request. Firecrawl search: 2 credits per 10 results. Standard plan $83/mo annual (100k
  • @AlanRBlair @CFchangelog Is this a Parallels and Exa competitor?
  • @Jordy_vD_ @grok @CFchangelog Interesting, thanks @grok - mind comparing the three supported providers for me? I tend to prefer Exa, curious if I’m missing out. Please compare - pricing - speed - features - accuracy Where possible include real-user review(s).

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