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AWS launches a standalone Web Search API on Bedrock AgentCore at $7 per 1,000 queries
AWS launched the Web Search API on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore on Nov 11, 2026: a single InvokeWebSearch call that returns up to 25 ranked results from a web index Amazon operates, signed with IAM credentials and no gateway required. AWS bills it at $7 per 1,000 queries.
- Changes reported
- 6
- listed below, each from a source we read
- We tested
- Not tested yet
- reported from sources; we did not run it ourselves
- Gaps we flag
- 3
- things we could not verify
- Sources
- 1
- 1 primary, linked below
What changed
| # | What the source says | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Web search on AgentCore previously required creating an AgentCore Gateway and a web search target and calling it from an MCP client; the new InvokeWebSearch operation lets your own code search with a single API call and no resources to create first, AWS says. | Reported |
| 02 | Requests are signed with SigV4 from standard AWS credentials, so there is no API key, and the caller needs one IAM permission, bedrock-agentcore:InvokeWebSearch, the same action a gateway's service role uses for web search. | Reported |
| 03 | Each query returns between 1 and 25 ranked results (25 by default), each with a text extract plus title, URL and publication time when available; queries can be up to 200 characters and filtered by up to 100 included or excluded domains and a publication date range. | Reported |
| 04 | AWS says queries run on the same Amazon-operated index behind Alexa+, Kiro and Quick and are not sent to a third-party search engine; calls can stay off the internet through an AWS PrivateLink interface endpoint. | Reported |
| 05 | Pricing is the existing Web Search rate of $7 per 1,000 queries with no gateway charges, the default quota is 10 requests per second per Region, and it launches in six Regions: N. Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Ireland, Tokyo and Sydney. | Reported |
| 06 | Framework support ships in langchain-aws 1.9.3 and the AgentCore Python SDK 1.26.0, and Boto3 1.43.127 or later is needed for the Python example, according to the post. | Reported |
reported by the sourcemeasured or run by usnot verified
Primary source: AWS Machine Learning blog: Introducing the Web Search API on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. We are the fast, independent index; the vendor’s own page is the source of record for this release.
In the source’s words
“Queries are served inside AWS and aren’t sent to a third-party search engine.”
“it’s billed at the Web Search rate of $7 per 1,000 queries”
What we have not verified
- We did not call the Web Search API; result quality, freshness and latency are untested by us.
- AWS says the index is the same one behind Alexa+, Kiro and Quick, but it publishes no index size, crawl freshness or relevance benchmark in the post.
- CloudTrail records the call but not the search text or filters, per AWS; we have not checked what else AWS retains about queries beyond the post and its acceptable use page.
This brief is Reported: written from the sources below, not from running the release ourselves.
Sources
- AWS Machine Learning blog: Introducing the Web Search API on Amazon Bedrock AgentCoreprimary source · fetched 2026-11-12
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