Parallel pricing: plans and API rates
Checked Nov 10, 2026 on Parallel’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.
Parallel (parallel.ai) offers web search, extract, task and monitor APIs for AI agents. It is pay-as-you-go: you pay for units of work rather than tokens.
Figures below are quoted from parallel.ai/pricing as read on Nov 10, 2026. Prices change: confirm on Parallel's page before you buy.
Plans
- Free
- PriceFree
- IncludedWeb search and page fetch in your own AI tools via Parallel MCP, no account needed
- Build
- PricePay-as-you-go
- Included$5 free monthly with a card on file, plus up to $80 at signup; up to 5,000 free requests per month; Search and Extract 600/min
- Scale
- Price$1,000/mo
- Included$1,000 in credits each month at standard API rates, no rollover (or $12,000 per year); Search and Extract 1,500/min; zero data retention
- Enterprise
- PriceCustom
- IncludedCustom pricing, rate limits and contract terms; SSO (SAML)
API starting prices
- Search API
- Starting priceFrom $1 per 1k requests (10 results per request)
- Images API
- Starting priceFrom $1 per 1k requests (up to 20 results per request)
- Extract API
- Starting price$1 per 1k URLs
- Decisions API
- Starting price$1 per 1k requests (up to 100 questions per request)
- Task API
- Starting priceFrom $5 per 1k successful runs
- Responses API
- Starting priceFrom $10 per 1k successful requests
- Monitor API
- Starting priceFrom $3 per 1k checks
Prices in USD. Parallel says starting prices are each API's lowest published tier; additional Search results are $1 per 1k results.
Parallel pricing FAQ
Is Parallel free?
There is a free tier through Parallel MCP with no account needed, and every account gets a recurring $5 free monthly allowance; new accounts also get a signup credit (up to $80).
How much does the Parallel Search API cost?
From $1 per 1,000 requests, with 10 results per request.
Where do these Parallel prices come from?
Parallel's own pricing page (https://parallel.ai/pricing), read on Nov 10, 2026. We do not estimate bills or add up costs across providers.
Sources (official pages, read Nov 10, 2026)
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