Microsoft raises Bing Search API pricing, raising fees by up to 1000%

CTOnews.com February 17 news, Microsoft recently announced an increase in Bing Search API pricing, up to 1000%. Organizations and developers use Bing searches in their products to display relevant search results by calling Bing Search API.

Microsoft announced that the pricing of the new version of Bing Search API will take effect on May 1, 2023, after which customers using API will be charged at the new price. "the new pricing model more accurately reflects Bing's continued technology investment to improve search," Microsoft said.

CTOnews.com summarizes the Bing Search API price adjustment information as follows:

The free instance has not changed, but it is limited to 1000 calls per month and remains the same in all major Bing features.

The price of Instance S1 increased from $7 to $25 per 1000 calls, the price of Instance S2 increased from $3 to $15 per 1000 calls, and Bing Statistics Add-in increased from $1 to $10 per 1000 calls.

ChatGPT's Bing API with a large language model is also priced at $28 per 1000 calls for less than 1 million requests per day, and $200 per 1000 calls for more than 1 million requests per day.