| Compared on | Kaer | Parallel |
|---|---|---|
| Price per 1,000 | Web $0.50, fast $1, deep $3 per 1,000 queries, prepaid, no monthly minimum (kaer.ai/search). | $1 (turbo or fast) or $5 (basic or advanced) per 1,000 requests, 10 results included. docs.parallel.ai pricing |
| Results per request | Up to 25 results per query, no extra charge per result. | 10 included; additional results $1 per 1,000. docs.parallel.ai pricing |
| What comes back | Ranked results with signals: the deep lane adds freshness, an authority score and flags for likely paywalls and pages that need JavaScript. No page bodies. | Ranked URLs and compressed excerpts. parallel.ai/pricing |
| Latency | Web ~80 ms, fast ~300 ms, deep 1 to 3 s. | 200 ms to 3 s, by mode. docs.parallel.ai pricing |
| Free to start | $10 of free credit for models, search and maps, valid 90 days (api.kaer.ai). | “Run up to 5,000 requests per month for free.” parallel.ai/pricing |
| Rate limit | Per key, rising with the account (api.kaer.ai/pricing). | 600 requests a minute on the Search API. parallel.ai/pricing |
Pick Parallel if
- You want page excerpts in the same call, compressed for the model's context.
- You also need extract, deep research or monitoring APIs from the same vendor.
- You need 600 requests a minute from day one.
Pick Kaer if
- Price per query matters: the web lane is $0.50 per 1,000, half of Parallel's cheapest mode.
- You want up to 25 results per query without paying per result.
- You want one prepaid key for search, models and maps, with no monthly minimum.
Kaer Search API vs Parallel: common questions
Is the Kaer Search API a Parallel alternative?
Yes, for ranked web results for an agent. Kaer's lanes cost $0.50, $1 and $3 per 1,000 queries; Parallel's search costs $1 or $5 per 1,000 requests by mode (Parallel's pricing, read 3 October 2026). Parallel includes excerpts of each page; Kaer returns ranked results and signals, not page text.
Does Kaer return the text of each page?
No. Kaer's search returns ranked results with signals; fetching a page's text is a separate step. If you need excerpts in the same response, Parallel includes them.