# Staan

> The first European Search API. An independent European web search index for
> developers and modern AI applications — real-time, source-cited results,
> JSON in, JSON out. Built on the same search stack as Qwant Search and
> operated under EU jurisdiction. Pricing starts at €1 per 1,000 requests,
> with 1,000 free requests every month, and is up to 9× cheaper than
> comparable alternatives. p95 search latency is under 800 ms.

## Products

- [Web Search](https://staan.ai/#pricing): Search the web and get a clean, ranked list of 10 results (documents, news, structured data) as JSON. €1 / 1,000 requests, first 1,000 free each month. Supports FR, EN, DE; include or exclude up to 10 domains.
- [Web Search for AI](https://staan.ai/#pricing): Everything in Web Search, plus extra snippets per document, snippet scoring & re-ranking, and full document fetch in HTML or Markdown. €2 / 1,000 requests, first 1,000 free each month. Built for RAG pipelines and autonomous agents.
- [AI Answer](https://staan.ai/#pricing): One natural-language query in, a grounded and cited answer out. Powered by Web Search for AI, with complex query rewriting and a ready-to-use LLM answer by Mistral. Custom pricing.

## Why Staan

- European digital sovereignty: data stays under EU jurisdiction, in EU data centres, with EU-only routing available.
- GDPR by design: no third-party tracking, no behavioural profiling.
- Source-first: every result links back to its origin — auditable, attributable, never a black box.
- Independent European index — not a reseller of US search APIs.

## Pricing (per 1,000 search requests, entry plans)

- Staan: €1 (1,000 requests/month free, then €1)
- Brave Search API: ~€4.65
- Bing Web Search: ~€13.95
- Google CSE: ~€4.65 (capped at 10k/day)
- Tavily / Exa: ~€7.45

## Key facts

- Languages: French, English, German.
- Markets: fr-fr, en-us, de-de, en-uk.
- Free tier: 1,000 requests per month.
- Latency: p95 under 800 ms for search.
- Operated by European Search Perspective; same search stack as Qwant Search.

## Machine-readable (Markdown)

Every public page of this site is also served as Markdown at its canonical
URL — no dedicated endpoint:

- Requests from recognized AI crawlers and AI agents (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User,
  OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User,
  Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, Amazonbot, CCBot,
  Bytespider, MistralAI-User, DuckAssistBot, cohere-ai, AI2Bot, Diffbot, …)
  automatically receive `text/markdown` instead of HTML.
- Any other client can opt in with an `Accept: text/markdown` request header.

Markdown-enabled pages:

- https://staan.ai/ — products, pricing, FAQ (French: https://staan.ai/fr)
- https://staan.ai/faq — frequently asked questions (French: https://staan.ai/fr/faq)
- https://staan.ai/legal — legal notice (French: https://staan.ai/fr/legal)
- https://staan.ai/privacy-policy — privacy policy (French: https://staan.ai/fr/privacy-policy)

Humans can preview the same Markdown in a browser by appending ?view=machine
to any of these URLs.

## Contact

- Documentation: https://docs.staan.ai
- Sign up: https://staan.ai/