SERP & SEO Data APIs
Free SERP and SEO data APIs
17 of the 39 SERP and SEO data APIs in this directory are free or have a free plan.
All of them pair the free plan with paid ones; the table says what each free plan includes.
Listings checked up to Oct 23, 2026 · Where the facts come from
| Tool | Price | What is free |
|---|---|---|
| SerpApiReal-time search results API for Google and dozens of other engines | Free plan · from $25/mo | 250 searches a month, up to 50 successful searches an hour. No U.S. Legal Shield. |
| Bright Data SERP APISearch results API on Bright Data's proxy network, with AI engines | Free plan · from $499/mo | 5,000 requests a month, no credit card required. |
| ZenserpSERP API for Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo with monthly plans | Free plan · from $49.99/mo | 50 searches a month of Google Search only, with email support. Other engines, result types and AI Overviews need a paid plan. |
| serpstackGoogle search results API from apilayer, with monthly search quotas | Free plan · from $26.99/mo | 100 searches a month for non-commercial use, JSON output only and no support. |
| Scale SERPGoogle results API from Traject Data with a free monthly allowance | Free plan · from $23/mo | 125 searches a month, no credit card required. |
| Decodo SERP Scraping APISERP scraping for Google, Bing and more, inside a web data API | Free plan · from $19/mo | Up to 10K pages scraped or 5K crawls a month at 10 requests a second, with every endpoint and feature. |
| ScraperAPIWeb scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits | Free plan · from $44.10/mo | Free plan after the trial: 1,000 API credits a month and 5 concurrent threads, no credit card needed. A Google or Bing request costs 25 credits. |
| HasDataGoogle SERP API and web scraping APIs on one monthly credit allowance | Free plan · from $49/mo | 1,000 credits every month across every tool, with 5 concurrent requests and no credit card. That covers 100 Google SERP API requests. |
| SERPHouseSERP API for Google, Bing and Yahoo with a Google Sheets rank tracker | Free plan · from $29.99/mo | 4,000 API credits a month, about 400 standard searches, renewing monthly for a work email; a personal email gets them for 7 days only. No credit card and no rollover. |
| SerpdogGoogle SERP API with a lighter half-price endpoint and scraping APIs | Free plan | Its documentation, last updated about two years ago, describes a free plan of 1,000 requests a month; current plan terms could not be read. |
| OutscraperPay-as-you-go Google Maps, Search and review scraping with a free tier | Free plan | A free allowance on each service that resets every 30 days: 500 Google Maps places and 500 reviews, 10 Google searches, 50 News or Shopping searches and 25 email checks. |
| Brave Search APIWeb search API from Brave's own index, built for AI agents and apps | Free plan | $5 of free credit every month on each prepaid plan (Search, Answers, Spellcheck and Autosuggest), applied automatically. A credit card is needed to sign up. |
| ApifyScraping platform with a store of ready-made Actors, Google included | Free plan · from $19/mo | $5 of platform usage each month for Store Actors or your own, 16 GB of Actor memory, 5 concurrent runs and community support. No card needed. |
| ZenRowsWeb scraping API for protected sites, priced by monthly credits | Free plan · from $16/mo | 5,000 credits a month with every tool except standalone residential proxies, 5 concurrent requests and community support. No card needed. |
| Scrape.doWeb scraping API with ready-made Google and AI search scrapers | Free plan · from $29/mo | 1,000 successful API credits a month (100 Google searches) with 5 concurrent requests and every feature, including residential and mobile proxies. No card needed. |
| ScrapingAntWeb scraping API with headless Chrome, proxies and AI extraction | Free plan · from $19/mo | 10,000 API credits every month, with failed requests not charged. No card needed. |
| SEO Score APISEO audit API that scores any URL on 80+ checks, AI readability too | Free plan · from $5/mo | 20 audits a month scored on 50+ checks, showing 2 checks per category and the top 2 fixes, at 2 requests a minute. No card needed. |
Common questions
Which SERP and SEO data APIs are free?
17 of the 39 SERP and SEO data APIs in this directory are free or have a free plan. They are SerpApi, Bright Data SERP API, Zenserp, serpstack, Scale SERP, Decodo SERP Scraping API, ScraperAPI, HasData, SERPHouse, Serpdog, Outscraper, Brave Search API, Apify, ZenRows, Scrape.do and 2 more.
When was this checked?
Every listing on this page was checked on Oct 23, 2026, against the pages it cites. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and each listing names the pages it was read from.