specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Google Indexing
providerId: google-indexing
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-08-13'
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing
docs: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing
note: >-
  Replaces the 2026-05-04 bulk-sweep scaffold, which invented Free / Professional / Enterprise tiers with
  placeholder prices. Google publishes no tiers for the Indexing API. Its Quota and pricing page states
  plainly: "All use of the Indexing API is available without payment." There is one access level — a
  default quota, with an approval form for more.
tags:
  - Crawling
  - Google
  - Indexing
  - Search
  - SEO
  - URLs
description: >-
  The Google Indexing API v3 is free of charge and has no priced plans. Access is governed by a default
  per-project quota and by an eligibility gate: the API may only be used for pages carrying JobPosting,
  or BroadcastEvent embedded in a VideoObject, structured data. Additional quota is granted through an
  approval form rather than purchased.
pricingModel: free
currency: null
plan_count: 1
plans:
  - id: google-indexing-default
    name: Default quota
    type: free
    price: '0.00'
    currency: USD
    billingPeriod: none
    description: >-
      The only published access level. Free of charge. Provisioned per Google Cloud project once the
      Indexing API is enabled and a service account has been added as a delegated site owner in Search
      Console.
    signup: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/indexing.googleapis.com
    prerequisites: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/prereqs
    entries:
      - label: Publish requests
        name: DefaultPublishRequestsPerDayPerProject
        type: quota
        metric: publish_requests
        limit: 200
        timeFrame: day
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        overage: none
        note: Hard default; resets at midnight Pacific Time. Exceeding it returns 403 dailyLimitExceeded.
      - label: Metadata requests
        name: DefaultMetadataRequestsPerMinutePerProject
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: 180
        timeFrame: minute
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
      - label: All requests
        name: DefaultRequestsPerMinutePerProject
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: 380
        timeFrame: minute
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
    elements:
      - name: Google Indexing API v3
      - name: Public documentation
      - name: Google API Console quota dashboard
      - name: Quota increase by approval form
eligibility:
  restricted: true
  allowed_content:
    - JobPosting structured data
    - BroadcastEvent embedded in a VideoObject
  note: >-
    Eligibility, not price, is the gate on this API. Google states the Indexing API can only be used to
    crawl pages with JobPosting or BroadcastEvent markup.
  source: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/using-api
quota_increase:
  price: '0.00'
  process: approval form
  source: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing#request-quota
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com