Google Closes Its Search API To New Customers, Sets 2027 Death Date
The API still bills $5 per 1,000 queries past 100 free daily calls, and Google now points holdouts to Vertex AI Search.
- New customers can no longer sign up; only existing accounts keep access through 2027.
- Existing users get 100 free queries a day, then pay $5 per 1,000, up to 10,000 daily.
- Google steers migrating customers to Vertex AI Search, built for searching up to 50 domains.
Why it matters: Access to information now expires on a corporation's calendar, never on the public's own terms.
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