Bing Custom Search

Bing Custom Search

Microsoft
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About

An easy-to-use, ad-free, commercial-grade search tool that lets you deliver the results you want. Build a customized search that fits your needs. The Bing Custom Search API gives you powerful ranking, a global-scale search index, and document processing with fast, simple setup. The core technology works in four steps—by identifying on-topic sites and images, providing automatic query suggestions, applying the Bing ranker, and delivering relevant search results. Adjust the parameters and access usage insights anytime. Define the parts of the web you want to draw from so users only see relevant results from the domains, subsites, and web pages you choose. Explore site suggestions to expand the scope of your search domain. And harness the full power of Bing’s global-scale search index to get a holistic view of searches and ranking. Create a compelling search experience for content, such as web pages, images, and even autosuggested words.

About

String Web Access API is a hosted web-data API for developers and teams building AI agents, research applications, and data workflows. It searches the web, fetches individual URLs, and maps public sites, returning page content as clean text or Markdown. Requests can use browser rendering, proxy routing, and other escalation options to retrieve pages that need JavaScript or are protected by anti-bot systems; compliance-sensitive teams can disable CAPTCHA solving per request. The service is available over HTTP and through an MCP server that works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity, and other compatible clients. Developers can use it to provide live web content to AI workflows, research companies and products, collect source material, and discover pages across a site. A free account includes usage credit and monthly plans provide additional usage; request charges vary by operation.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Websites that want to add a custom search engine to their site to provide a better search experience

Audience

Developers and teams building AI agents, web research and data-extraction workflows.

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

No images available

Pricing

$4 per 1,000 transactions
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$19/month
Free accounts include $5 in non-expiring credit, advertised as enough for up to 20,000 standard fetches. Paid plans start at $19/month, with the plan fee added to the usage balance. Rates vary by endpoint and proxy type, and unused monthly credit rolls over. Requests blocked by String or failed on String's side are not charged; responses returned by destination websites can still incur charges.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • This is the best ad-free search solution, allowing us to even hand pick domains and sites that allow us to make each search more specific for those were are trying to reach for our clients.

Cons

  • The customer support team is not very responsive, which sometimes is crucial.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
www.customsearch.ai/

Company Information

String
Founded: 2024
United States
usestring.ai

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Categories

Enterprise Search Supported
Site Search Supported
Web Search APIs Supported

Categories

Web Scraping APIs Supported
Web Search APIs Supported

Enterprise Search Features

AI / Machine Learning Not Supported
eDiscovery Not Supported
Faceted Search / Filtering Not Supported
Full Text Search Supported
Fuzzy Search Supported
Indexing Supported
Text Analytics Not Supported

Integrations

Azure Marketplace Supported
BeMob Supported
Bluepear Supported
Bright Analytics Supported
ChatGPT Not Supported
Claude Not Supported
Cursor Not Supported
Lyftrondata Supported
Microsoft Azure Supported
Microsoft Search Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
OneAdvanced Care Rostering Supported
Perplexity Not Supported
Rannko Supported
Sogou Supported
Y42 Supported

Integrations

Azure Marketplace Not Supported
BeMob Not Supported
Bluepear Not Supported
Bright Analytics Not Supported
ChatGPT Supported
Claude Supported
Cursor Supported
Lyftrondata Not Supported
Microsoft Azure Not Supported
Microsoft Search Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
OneAdvanced Care Rostering Not Supported
Perplexity Supported
Rannko Not Supported
Sogou Not Supported
Y42 Not Supported
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