Bright Data SERP API vs Oxylabs SERP Scraper API (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Bright Data SERP API if

• Fits if you already buy Bright Data proxies or scrapers and want search data on the same account
• Works for rank checks across many countries and cities that can wait for async batches

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want a plan, as the cheapest is $499 a month for 380,000 requests
• Skip it if you need SSO, volume discounts or a premium SLA without a sales call, as all three are Enterprise only
• Watch out: proxies, scrapers, datasets and the Unlocker API are separate products with their own prices
• Watch out: the Ultra Fast endpoint, with results in about a second, is sold only through sales

Pick Oxylabs SERP Scraper API if

• Fits if you already pay Oxylabs for proxies and want search results from the same budget
• Works for checking rankings at exact coordinates in many places

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: results with 2xx or 4xx status codes from the target site count as successful and are billed
• Pricey if you want AI parsing, at $3 per 1,000 parsed pages on every plan
• Skip it if you need results in under a second, which takes the separate /Search endpoint at $1 per 1,000
• Tight if you use other Oxylabs products, since they draw on the same monthly spend
• Watch out: prices exclude VAT and other sales taxes, added where required

Bright Data SERP API

• Pay as you go is $1.50 per 1,000 requests with monthly spend limits; Scale plans lower the rate to $1.30, $1.10 or $1 per 1,000.
• Every API call counts as a request; in async mode only sending the request is counted.
• Volume discounts, SSO and the premium SLA come only with the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
• Proxies, web scrapers, datasets and the Unlocker API are separate Bright Data products, each with its own prices.

Oxylabs SERP Scraper API

• One subscription now covers all Oxylabs products, so SERP results draw on the same monthly spend as proxies and other scrapers.
• Results with 2xx or 4xx status codes from the target site count as successful and are billed.
• AI parsing costs $3 per 1,000 parsed pages on every plan.
• Prices exclude VAT and other sales taxes, which are added where required.

Bright Data SERP API

Seven search engines

Google on all its country domains, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Yahoo and Naver, with search, shopping, maps, hotels, images, trends, reviews, news, flights, ads, videos and jobs.

Answer engines

The playground queries ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok and Microsoft Copilot, and a parameter makes Google AI Overviews more likely to appear in results.

Location and device targeting

Results from any of 195 countries with city-level targeting, desktop or mobile user agents and a choice of browser.

Async batch mode

For large batches only sending the request is billed; responses are kept for 48 hours, usually ready in 5 minutes, and can be downloaded again at no charge.

Output formats

Parsed JSON for applications, Markdown for AI models and agents, or raw HTML for your own parsing.

Fast SERP

A Fast Parser returns only Google's top 10 results with lower latency, and an Ultra Fast endpoint, sold through sales, returns Google and Bing results in about a second.

Oxylabs SERP Scraper API

Google and three other engines

Google, Bing, Baidu and Yandex, with Google targets for web search, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Lens, local, news, images, Scholar, hotels, Trends and ads.

LLM scrapers

Collects answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode, priced from $1.50 per 1,000 results on the smaller plans.

Precise geo-targeting

Requests can be targeted by location down to coordinates, and Google's continuous scroll is handled without extra parameters.

Parsing and OxyCopilot

Parsed JSON for common Google pages, a custom parser for others, and OxyCopilot, an assistant that writes scraping requests and parsing instructions.

Scheduler and cloud delivery

Jobs can run on a schedule, and results come back from the API or are saved to a cloud storage bucket of your choice.

Fast Search API

For organic results in under a second, Oxylabs sells a separate /Search endpoint at $1 per 1,000 searches; the SERP scraper averages under 10 seconds.

Bright Data SERP API

• Free Tier$0

  5,000 requests a month with expert support.

• Scale 380K$499

  per month for 380,000 requests

  Extra requests at $1.30 per 1,000, unlimited concurrency, cancel anytime.

• Scale 900K$999

  per month for 900,000 requests

  Extra requests at $1.10 per 1,000, unlimited concurrency.

• Scale 2M$1,999

  per month for 2 million requests

  Extra requests at $1 per 1,000, unlimited concurrency.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Volume discounts, an account manager, a premium SLA, priority support and SSO. Sold through sales.

Oxylabs SERP Scraper API

• Starter$30

  per month, spent across all Oxylabs products

  About 22,000 Google results with JavaScript rendering at $1.35 per 1,000. VAT may apply.

• Basic$100

  per month, spent across all Oxylabs products

  About 76,000 rendered Google results at $1.30 per 1,000, or 111,000 without rendering at $0.90.

• Flexible$500

  per month, spent across all Oxylabs products

  About 434,000 rendered Google results at $1.15 per 1,000, or 714,000 without rendering at $0.70.

• Enterprise$2,500

  per month and up

  Rendered Google results at $0.90 per 1,000 and plain ones at $0.50. Sold through sales.

Bright Data SERP API

• Other savings

  First deposit matched up to $500

  Bright Data's SERP API pricing says it matches a new account's first deposit dollar for dollar, up to $500.

• Startups

  Up to $20,000 in credits for AI startups

  The AI Startup Program offers up to $20,000 in platform credits to AI startups from pre-seed to Series A, after an application and a call.

Oxylabs SERP Scraper API

No public discounts listed.