What is Google Search Open?
Fast and reliable Search API supporting images, PDFs, YouTube videos, apps, and web results. Powerful alternative to Google Custom Search with built-in proxy support, multi-language support for 100+ languages, and real-time autocomplete. Free tier includes 20 requests for testing.
Problem
Users rely on Google Custom Search which limits content types (images, PDFs, videos) and requires additional infrastructure for proxy and multi-language handling.
Solution
A Search API enabling developers to query images, PDFs, videos, apps, and web results with built-in proxy support, 100+ language options, and real-time autocomplete. Examples: integrate search into apps or scrape data without managing proxies.
Customers
Developers, startups, and enterprises building apps requiring multi-content search, data scraping, or cross-language functionality.
Unique Features
Unified API for diverse content types, real-time autocomplete, proxy integration eliminating IP-blocking risks, and free testing tier.
User Comments
Simplifies multi-source search integration
Free tier useful for prototyping
Proxy support saves dev time
Outperforms Google CSE in flexibility
Language options critical for global apps
Traction
Free tier offers 20 monthly requests; typical pricing starts at $10/month for 1K requests. Competes with Algolia ($200M+ ARR) and Google CSE (deprecated in 2023).
Market Size
The global search API market is projected to reach $7.2 billion by 2027, driven by rising app development and data aggregation needs (Statista, 2023).
