# Staan > Fuel your AI with the first European Search API. Our own European web search API and index, built for developers and modern AI applications. Real-time, source-cited results — JSON in, JSON out. **9×** Cheaper than alternatives · **< 800 ms** p95 latency for search · **1,000** Free requests / month · **JSON** Sourced citations, ready ## Products & pricing ### Web Search — €1 / 1,000 REQ _API for devs building side projects_ Search the web. JSON in, JSON out. - Web documents - News - Exclude or include up-to 50 domains - First 1,000 requests are FREE ### Web Search for AI — €2 / 1,000 REQ _API for teams building agents & copilots_ Search + extra snippets per document. - Everything in Web Search - Extra snippets per document - Snippets scoring & re-ranking - Full document fetch in html or Markdown - End-to-end latency down to 1s min - First 1,000 requests are FREE ### AI Answer — Custom pricing _API for enterprises, ready-to-ship AI answers_ One call in. A cited answer out. - Powered by Web Search for AI - AI Chat feature - Complex query rewriting - Ready to use LLM answer by Mistral - Answer customization ### Need higher volume, dedicated infrastructure, or custom API endpoints? Contact us — we'll tailor a plan to your specific requirements, always on European infrastructure. - Custom volume - Dedicated interlocutor - Support for integration - Early access for new features ## Explore the web ### Web Search — Web results, ready to integrate Query the web and get back a clean, ranked list of 10 results — documents, news, structured data — directly consumable by your app. No parsing gymnastics. - One API call. Ten ranked results. Ship a search bar in minutes. - Surface fresh articles on any topic — power a live news feed, automatically. - Filter by domain, market and language. Search that fits your product, not the other way around. ### Web Search for AI — Give your AI agent real web context Same search foundation, but each result comes enriched with document chunks and/or full fetched content — exactly what LLMs need to ground their answers in fresh, verifiable web data. - A RAG chatbot that cites real, up-to-date web sources in every answer. - A research agent that retrieves and chunks documents for deep analysis. - A copilot that browses and reads web pages to complete tasks autonomously. ### AI Answer — From a question to a ready-to-stream answer Send a natural language query. Staan rewrites and splits it if needed, fetches fresh web data, and returns a grounded, customizable AI answer — in your format, at your length. - A support assistant that answers customer questions with live web knowledge. - A search product that serves a direct AI summary above the result list. - An internal tool that synthesizes web findings on any topic, on demand. ## Structured search results for RAG and AI agents The processing layer between raw search results and your application. It scores, enriches and packages fetched documents so you get context that's ready to parse and use. Powers both Web Search for AI and AI Answer, on the same stack as Qwant Search. - **Fetch full document** — Not just snippets. Retrieve the full document when you need the long context. Available as HTML or Markdown. - **Extra snippets + date** — Request additional passages tailored to your query, with each result's publication date. Personalised retrieval, per call. - **Score & rerank** — Every result is scored for relevance and reranked. The best context surfaces first, every time. - **Format & citations** — Output delivered as structured JSON, ready to parse and drop straight into your application. ## A European, GDPR-compliant search API Sovereignty isn't a flag. It's a guarantee about where your data lives, which courts protect it, and who can read it. - **Data stays where the law protects it.** Your data stays under EU jurisdiction, in EU data centres, with EU-only routing available. - **GDPR is the floor, not the ceiling.** Privacy by design. No third-party tracking, no behavioural profiling, and no exposure to the US CLOUD Act. - **Every answer cites its source.** Source-first results. Every result returned by the API is linked back to its origin — auditable, attributable, and never a black box. Powered by European Search Perspective. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is Staan? Staan is the first European Search API — an independent European web search index for developers and modern AI applications. It runs on the same search stack as Qwant Search and returns real-time, source-cited results. ### How much does the Staan Search API cost? Web Search costs €1 per 1,000 requests and Web Search for AI costs €2 per 1,000 requests. The first 1,000 requests are free every month. AI Answer uses custom pricing. Staan is up to 9× cheaper than comparable alternatives. ### What APIs does Staan offer? Staan offers three products: Web Search (a clean, ranked list of web results as JSON), Web Search for AI (results enriched with extra snippets and full document fetch for RAG pipelines and agents), and AI Answer (a grounded, cited answer returned from a single natural-language query). ### Can I use Staan for RAG pipelines and AI agents? Yes. Web Search for AI returns each result enriched with extra snippets, relevance scoring and full document fetch in HTML or Markdown — exactly what RAG pipelines and autonomous agents need to ground answers in fresh, verifiable web sources, with citations. ### Is Staan GDPR compliant and where is data hosted? Yes. Staan is European by design: data stays under EU jurisdiction, it is GDPR-compliant with privacy by design, there is no third-party tracking or behavioural profiling, and EU-only routing is available. ### How is Staan different from Google, Bing or Brave search APIs? Staan runs on an independent European web index for digital sovereignty, returns source-first results where every result links back to its origin, is up to 9× cheaper than alternatives, and delivers p95 search latency under 800 ms. ### Is Staan an alternative to Google Custom Search? Yes. Staan is a European alternative to Google Custom Search: a JSON web search API backed by our own independent European index, GDPR-compliant and source-cited, with results up to 9× cheaper and a free tier to get started. ### Is there a free tier? Yes. The first 1,000 requests each month are free on the Web Search and Web Search for AI plans, with no upfront commitment. ### Which languages and markets does Staan support? Staan supports French, English and German, with markets including fr-fr, en-us, de-de and en-uk. You can also filter results by domain and market. ## Navigation - [Pricing](https://staan.ai/#pricing) - [Product](https://staan.ai/#use) - [Why Staan](https://staan.ai/#why) - [FAQ](/faq) - [Documentation](https://docs.staan.ai)