Free web search for my local agent stopped working. What are you paying per 1,000 queries now?
A user's local research agent, which previously relied on a free search API, has stopped working. The user's alternative SearXNG setup is experiencing suspensions from Google and Bing due to captchas. Now, the user is seeking advice on paid search APIs, specifically asking about the cost per 1,000 queries and whether cheaper providers are suitable for their estimated 3,000 to 5,000 monthly searches, primarily for documentation and GitHub issues, requiring snippets and page text.
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My research agent ran on a free search API for months until every call started failing last week and the SearXNG box I set up instead keeps getting its Google and Bing engines suspended for captchas, so I'm going to have to pay for one. It's maybe 3,000 to 5,000 searches a month, mostly docs and GitHub issues and I'd like snippets plus the page text when a result looks useful.
The search threads I found here are mostly about keeping everything local, so what are you paying per 1,000 queries now and are the cheap providers fine for docs lookups or is it worth spending more?