Ceramic.ai vs Keirolabs
At 100,000 searches a month: Ceramic.ai $25.00, Keirolabs $29.99. Ceramic.ai costs the same or less up to 119,979 standard searches; above that, to at least 500,000 (where the curve ends), Keirolabs is cheaper.
Ceramic.ai checked Oct 17, 2026 · Keirolabs checked Oct 23, 2026
Ceramic.ai vs Keirolabs: both bills as the job grows
The monthly bill at every volume from 20,000 to 500,000 searches, with your job marked. Keirolabs becomes cheaper than Ceramic.ai above 119,979 searches. A step is a plan boundary.
- Ceramic.ai
- Keirolabs
The bills behind the curve
- Ceramic.ai: 20,000: $5.00 · 50,000: $12.50 · 100,000: $25.00 · 200,000: $50.00 · 500,000: $100.00
- Keirolabs: 20,000: no complete bill · 50,000: no complete bill · 100,000: $29.99 · 200,000: $29.99 · 500,000: $49.99
Both bills at the same volume · Depth and variants: one page of results per search
100,000 search calls. The verdict above follows your volume; the write-up below uses 100,000 search calls.
Ceramic.ai
Keirolabs
The difference
Charge by charge
| Charge | Ceramic.ai | Keirolabs |
|---|---|---|
| Standard searches, per 1,000 | $0.25 | $0.30 |
| Deep searches, per 1,000 | not published | $20.50 |
| Failed requests billed | not published | not published |
| Past the plan's allowance | pay as you go, no allowance | $10.00 per 1,500 more credits, $30.00 per 5,000 or $100.00 per 20,000 |
| Paying yearly | no yearly price | saves 17% |
| Concurrent requests on this plan | not published | not published |
| Free tier | 1,000 requests once, no card | 750 credits a month, no card |
| Works with | MCP server, LangChain, LlamaIndex | MCP server, LangChain |
Choose Ceramic.ai when
- price for 100,000 searches a month matters most: $25.00 against $29.99
- you work through LlamaIndex (listed for it; not for the other)
Choose Keirolabs when
- you want a free allowance that renews (750 credits a month, no card, against 1,000 requests once, no card)
How the Ceramic.ai bill adds up
- Base rate1 requestper request
- × JavaScript renderingNot requiredNot part of this workload
- × Premium proxyNot required
- ÷ Success rate1Failure billing is not published; this is an assumption
- = Billed units per search1 requestFrom this bill’s calculation
- = per 1,000 searches$0.25Pay As You Go
Credits and multipliers
JavaScript rendering
Billed failures
Success rate
Concurrency
Free tier
Renews monthly How the Keirolabs bill adds up
- Base rate0.0375 credits
- × JavaScript renderingNot required
- × Premium proxyNot required
- ÷ Success rate1
- = Billed units per search0.0375 credits
- = per 1,000 searches$0.30Essential, billed monthly
Credits and multipliersJavaScript renderingBilled failuresSuccess rateConcurrencyFree tierRenews monthly Both bills, step by step
Ceramic.ai
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Successes you want
100,000 standard searches
Your stated workload. Every vendor on this site is priced against this same number.
- ÷ 1
Attempts you are billed for
100,000 standard searches
Failure billing is not published. This workload assumes no failures, so the missing rule does not change the bill.
- × 1
What the meter counts
100,000 requests
One attempt is one billed unit for this workload.
- =
Metered cash this month
$25.00 /mo
Pay As You Go: the cheapest way to buy this volume, not just the first plan big enough.
Bars share one linear scale across the 3 counted stages, so a multiplier shows as length. Units differ by stage and are labelled. Cash is not on that scale.
Keirolabs
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Successes you want
100,000 standard searches
See the note above.
- ÷ 1
Attempts you are billed for
100,000 standard searches
- × 0.0375
What the meter counts
3,750 credits
- =
Cash per month
$29.99 /mo
Essential: the cheapest way to buy this volume, not just the first plan big enough.
Both ladders share one linear scale, topping out at 100,000 counted units, so a longer bar means more billed work rather than a different drawing.
These figures are for one stated workload: 100,000 standard search calls with one default-depth result set per call. Change the volume above and both bills, the verdict and the curve follow it.
Decision boundary: the cheaper one changes with volume and Keirolabs’ plan and top-up steps. The comparison above prices both providers for the same searches; its chart and receipt follow the volume you choose.
Billing models side by side
Ceramic bills per query from a balance with no monthly fee, or through a subscription. Keirolabs sells monthly credits and whole top-up packs; subscription credits reset each cycle and are spent before pack credits. Pack credits last 6 months.
The free plan includes 750 credits a month. Essential costs $29.99 a month ($25.00 a month billed yearly) for 11,250 credits; Pro costs $49.99 a month ($42.00 a month billed yearly) for 33,750 credits; Startup costs $99.99 a month ($83.00 a month billed yearly) for 112,500 credits. Subscription credits reset each cycle and are spent before pack credits.
Keirolabs packs get Essential rates while the balance is at least 1,000 credits. The public tariff does not clearly price a job that crosses that threshold, so the comparison keeps that total uncertain (Keirolabs tariff, checked Oct 22, 2026).
What each provides that the other does not
Ceramic is the one with throughput: 20 queries a second on pay as you go and 50 on Pro, against Keirolabs’ 60 to 600 lite requests a minute by paid plan. It can also be bought through Cloudflare’s Web Search API at its list price. Keirolabs is the one with more endpoints on the same credits: search with page Markdown, cited answers, deep search, research and Google results, each at its own tariff. Ceramic covers English pages only for now. (Ceramic rate limits; Cloudflare Web Search API providers; Keirolabs pricing, checked Oct 22, 2026; Ceramic and Cloudflare facts checked Oct 17, 2026)
Who should pick which
Pick Ceramic.ai when its bill at your volume is lower, for bursts above Keirolabs’ lite rate limit, or to buy through Cloudflare. Pick Keirolabs when its plan and top-up total is lower, or when one balance should also pay for page content and answers. Neither price says anything about result quality, so test both on your own queries.