Kagi Search API Hidden Costs 2026
What they don't show you on the pricing page
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Kagi Search API costs $15 to $25 per per 1K queries as of June 2026, with 2 plans available. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.
Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.
- Free tier: No free tier available
Kagi Search API offers 2 pricing tiers: Search API, FastGPT (summarizer). The FastGPT (summarizer) plan is one-shot rag calls.
Kagi Search API true cost runs 70% above the listed $15-$25/per 1K queries price as of June 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$10,200 in year-one costs vs the $6,000 base license. Verified from 1 sources by CostBench.
Example: True Cost for 25 Users
| License (25 × $20 × 12) | $6,000/yr |
| Implementation (one-time) | +$15,000–$50,000 |
| Premium Support (20%) | +$1,200/yr |
| Training (25 × $500) | +$12,500 |
| Admin (part-time) | +$15,000–$25,000/yr |
| Estimated Year 1 Total | ~$10,200 |
That's roughly 1.7× the advertised license price.