Apify
SEO APIs
Scraping platform with a store of ready-made Actors, Google included
Free plan · from $19/moWeb
Best SERP & SEO Data APIs (2026): our top 3 of 39, ranked
As of Oct 24, 2026, our top pick is DataForSEO (2.8 GPA), then Decodo SERP Scraping API and Apify.
Ranked by ToolGPA on Oct 24, 2026 · listings checked up to Oct 23, 2026
Pull search results, keyword volumes and backlink data into your own code or sheets, priced by the request.
Our top three SERP and SEO data APIs
DataForSEO comes first because it is the one API here that sells search results, keyword volumes and backlink data from one balance, at $0.60 per 1,000 Google results in the standard queue, though there is no free plan and you get JSON with no dashboard. Decodo is second for search results on a free plan, and Apify third for running a ready-made Google scraper instead of writing one. SerpBase narrowly missed: $3 a month buys 10,000 credits, but there is no free plan and requests start at 2 a second.
First: DataForSEO
Free trial · from $50
For: Developers and agencies who want search, keyword and link data
DataForSEO returns Google, Bing, YouTube and other search results, keyword volumes from Google Ads, Bing Ads and Trends, backlinks from its own index back to 2019, site crawls and brand mentions in ChatGPT and AI Overviews. There is no subscription: the first top-up is $50, the balance never expires, and Google results cost $0.0006 each in the standard queue or $0.002 live. Know the limits: there is no free plan beyond $1 of trial credit, every API is billed its own way, search operators multiply a Google query's price by five, and results come back as JSON with no dashboard.
DataForSEO pricing and detailsSecond: Decodo SERP Scraping API
Free plan · from $19/mo
For: Developers who want search results on a free plan
Decodo returns parsed results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Baidu, with People Also Ask, local packs and AI Mode answers as separate fields, set by country, language and device across 195+ locations. The free plan includes every endpoint, up to 10K pages scraped or 5K crawls a month, and paid plans start at $19 a month with /search at $0.75 per 1,000 requests. It is second because it sells search results only, with no keyword volumes or backlink data, and plans are money budgets that /search, /scrape and /crawl each spend at their own rate.
Decodo SERP Scraping API pricing and detailsThird: Apify
Free plan · from $19/mo
For: Teams who would rather run a ready-made scraper than write one
Apify runs scrapers called Actors in the cloud. Its own Google Search Results Scraper returns organic and paid results, People Also Ask, AI Overviews and AI Mode by country and language from $1.80 per 1,000 pages, and the store lists nearly 97,000 more, for sites such as Google Maps. The free plan gives $5 of usage a month with no card, and Starter is $19. It is third because each Actor sets its own price, so similar jobs can cost different amounts, Actors stop on Free once the $5 is spent, unspent prepaid usage expires each billing cycle, and the plan after Starter is Scale at $199.
Apify pricing and details
Ranked on Oct 24, 2026 from what each listing shows and what people say about the tool, not from our own testing. How we rank
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Which SERP and SEO data APIs give the most for the money?
Going by our grades, SerpBase gives the most for the money among SERP and SEO data APIs: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.
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Autom
SEO APIs
SERP API for Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity, one credit each
Free trial · from $50 one-timeWeb - 2.2GPA
Brave Search API
SEO APIs
Web search API from Brave's own index, built for AI agents and apps
Free planWeb - 2.6GPA
Bright Data SERP API
SEO APIs
Search results API on Bright Data's proxy network, with AI engines
Free plan · from $499/moWeb - 2.4GPA
Crawlbase
SEO APIs
Crawling API with built-in scrapers, Google SERP to JSON included
Free trial · from $99/moWeb - 2.8GPA
DataForSEO
SEO APIs
Pay-as-you-go APIs for SERP, keyword, backlink and AI mention data
Free trial · from $50Web - 2.8GPA
Decodo SERP Scraping API
SEO APIs
SERP scraping for Google, Bing and more, inside a web data API
Free plan · from $19/moWeb - 2.2GPA
DomDetailer
SEO APIs
Bulk Moz, Majestic and backlink lookups on credits that never expire
From $34 one-timeWeb · Windows - 2.2GPA
HasData
SEO APIs
Google SERP API and web scraping APIs on one monthly credit allowance
Free plan · from $49/moWeb - 1.8GPA
Keyword Tool API
SEO APIs
Keyword suggestion and search volume API across 17 search platforms
From $68/moWeb - 2.2GPA
Outscraper
SEO APIs
Pay-as-you-go Google Maps, Search and review scraping with a free tier
Free planWeb - 2.4GPA
Oxylabs SERP Scraper API
SEO APIs
Search results scraping from Oxylabs, billed per successful result
Free trial · from $30/moWeb - 2.0GPA
Scale SERP
SEO APIs
Google results API from Traject Data with a free monthly allowance
Free plan · from $23/moWeb - 2.2GPA
Scavio
SEO APIs
Scraper API for Google, social and shopping data, built for AI agents
Free trial · from $24/moWeb - 2.2GPA
Scrape.do
SEO APIs
Web scraping API with ready-made Google and AI search scrapers
Free plan · from $29/moWeb - 2.2GPA
ScraperAPI
SEO APIs
Web scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits
Free plan · from $44.10/moWeb - 2.4GPA
Scrapfly
SEO APIs
Web scraping API with anti-bot unblocking, browsers and AI extraction
Free trial · from $30/moWeb - 2.0GPA
Scraping Robot
SEO APIs
Pay-per-scrape web scraping API with no monthly subscription
Free trialWeb - 2.6GPA
ScrapingAnt
SEO APIs
Web scraping API with headless Chrome, proxies and AI extraction
Free plan · from $19/moWeb - 2.4GPA
ScrapingBee
SEO APIs
Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits
Free trial · from $19/moWeb - 2.4GPA
Scrapingdog
SEO APIs
Web scraping and Google SERP APIs on one shared credit plan
Free trial · from $40/moWeb - 2.4GPA
SearchApi
SEO APIs
Real-time SERP API for Google, AI answers and dozens of other sites
Free trial · from $40/moWeb - 2.2GPA
SearchCans
SEO APIs
Prepaid Google and Bing search API with a web-to-markdown reader
Free trial · from $18 one-timeWeb - 2.6GPA
SEO Score API
SEO APIs
SEO audit API that scores any URL on 80+ checks, AI readability too
Free plan · from $5/moWeb - 2.4GPA
SerpApi
SEO APIs
Real-time search results API for Google and dozens of other engines
Free plan · from $25/moWeb - 2.8GPA
SerpBase
SEO APIs
Search, social and shopping data API with 47 endpoints on one key
Free trial · from $3/moWeb - 2.0GPA
Serpdog
SEO APIs
Google SERP API with a lighter half-price endpoint and scraping APIs
Free planWeb - 2.4GPA
Serper
SEO APIs
Google search results API sold in prepaid credit packs
Free trial · from $50 one-timeWeb - 2.4GPA
Serpex
SEO APIs
Pay-as-you-go web search and page extraction API for AI agents
Free trial · from $5Web - 2.4GPA
SERPHouse
SEO APIs
SERP API for Google, Bing and Yahoo with a Google Sheets rank tracker
Free plan · from $29.99/moWeb - 2.6GPA
Serply
SEO APIs
Prepaid Google search API with a hosted MCP server for AI agents
Free trial · from $5 one-timeWeb - 2.4GPA
Serpshot
SEO APIs
Google SERP API sold in one-time credit packs, no subscription
Free trial · from $19 one-timeWeb - 2.0GPA
serpstack
SEO APIs
Google search results API from apilayer, with monthly search quotas
Free plan · from $26.99/moWeb - 2.2GPA
SerpWow
SEO APIs
Multi-engine SERP API from Traject Data, now part of ScraperAPI
Free trial · from $125/moWeb - 2.4GPA
VALUE SERP
SEO APIs
Low-cost Google results API from Traject Data, now part of ScraperAPI
Free trial · from $25 one-timeWeb - 2.0GPA
WebScrapingAPI
SEO APIs
Scraper and SERP APIs with monthly Google search plans
Free trial · from $28/moWeb - 2.4GPA
ZenRows
SEO APIs
Web scraping API for protected sites, priced by monthly credits
Free plan · from $16/moWeb - 2.0GPA
Zenserp
SEO APIs
SERP API for Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo with monthly plans
Free plan · from $49.99/moWeb - 2.4GPA
Zyte
SEO APIs
Web scraping API with ban handling, AI extraction and a SERP endpoint
Free trial · from $100/moWeb
Common questions
What are the best SERP and SEO data APIs?
As of Oct 24, 2026, ToolGPA ranks DataForSEO first (for: developers and agencies who want search, keyword and link data), Decodo SERP Scraping API second (for: developers who want search results on a free plan), Apify third (for: teams who would rather run a ready-made scraper than write one).
How does ToolGPA rank SERP and SEO data APIs?
From what each tool's own pages show (price, free plan, platforms, features and limits) and from what people say about it in public reviews and discussions. Not from our own testing. First place goes to the tool that suits the most people, and second and third to the best choices for the readers it leaves out.