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HasData vs SerpApi (2026): which should you pick?

As of Oct 23, 2026, SerpApi grades higher than HasData: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA

SerpApi grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

HasData

Google SERP API and web scraping APIs on one monthly credit allowance

Free plan · from $49/mo
Full detailshasdata.com

SerpApi

Real-time search results API for Google and dozens of other engines

Free plan · from $25/mo
Full detailsserpapi.com

Which one is for you

Pick HasData if

  • Fits if you're building a rank tracker or SEO dashboard on Google data only
  • Works for watching which sites Google AI Overviews cite for the queries you pick

Look elsewhere if

  • Skip it if you need Bing, Yahoo or any engine other than Google
  • Tight if you're on Free, with 100 full SERP calls a month at 5 requests at a time
  • Watch out: the plan prices shown are yearly and charged up front, and monthly billing costs about a fifth more
  • Watch out: a SERP call costs 10 credits against 1 for a plain page fetch, so credit totals overstate searches

Pick SerpApi if

  • Fits if you need Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and other engines in one response format
  • Works for low volumes that fit in 250 free searches or 1,000 paid ones a month

Look elsewhere if

  • Pricey if you search in volume, at $25 per 1,000 on Starter where Serper charges $1
  • Tight if you're on Free, with 250 searches a month and at most 50 an hour
  • Skip it if you want the U.S. Legal Shield on a small plan, as it starts on Production at $150 a month
  • Watch out: plans are month to month, and yearly billing is only set up by request
  • Watch out: Ludicrous Speed costs twice the price, and refunds stop after 7 days or 20% of a plan's searches

How we grade them

2.2GPAHasDataFair2.4GPASerpApiFair
Value for money
CStartup is $49 a month on yearly billing, paid up front, or $59 monthly, at the dear end of this category's usual range. A SERP call is 10 credits, so that's 20,000 searches, about $2.45 per 1,000.
CStarter is $25 a month, on the line of this category's cheaper quarter, but it buys 1,000 searches: $25 per 1,000, where most rivals here charge $1 to $4. Developer is $75 for 5,000, still $15 per 1,000.
Free plan and trial
CA free plan for good with no card: 1,000 credits a month across every tool. That's 100 full Google SERP calls, which you'll go through quickly.
CA free plan for good: 250 searches a month, at most 50 an hour. Enough to build against, not to run anything on.
Features
CGoogle results with ads, local results and AI Overviews by city, device and language, plus AI Mode, Maps, News, Scholar, Shopping and a ChatGPT scraper. It covers Google only: no Bing or other search engine is in the listing.
BGoogle Search, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Maps, Shopping, Scholar and Trends, plus Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Baidu, YouTube, Amazon and Walmart, each run in a full browser near the location you set. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job.
Ease of use
CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: a CLI, MCP servers and ready prompts for coding agents. No rating on record.
CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: client libraries in eight languages, and cached or failed searches don't count against you. No rating on record.
Platforms and integrations
BWeb, with an API, a CLI and MCP servers, plus n8n, Make, Zapier, Postman and OpenClaw. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
BWeb, with an API, libraries for Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Go, PHP, Java, Rust and .NET, and an MCP server. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
Best forGoogle results and AI Overviews on creditsGoogle plus many other engines from one key

The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: HasData and SerpApi. How we grade

Price against what you get

HasData starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SerpApi starts at $25 a month and scores 2.7.

SerpApi scores higher and starts $24 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 8 score higher than HasData for less, and none scores higher than SerpApi for less.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

C2.0B3.0A4.0$2$5$10$20$50$100$200$500More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessHasDataSerpApi

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • The best score at each price
  • Has a free plan
  • No free plan
The full chart of SERP and SEO data APIs, and the best at every price

Where they differ

    In commonFree planWebPublic APISERP API

    At a glance

    HasDataSerpApi
    PricingFree planFree plan
    Starts at$49 per month for 200K credits, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)$25 per month for 1,000 searches, billed monthly
    Free plan1,000 credits every month across every tool, with 5 concurrent requests and no credit card. That covers 100 Google SERP API requests.250 searches a month, up to 50 successful searches an hour. No U.S. Legal Shield.
    Free trialNone listedNone listed
    Web
    Made byHasDataSerpApi, LLC
    Price read fromhasdata.comserpapi.com
    CheckedOct 23, 2026Oct 23, 2026

    Worth knowing

    HasData

    • A Google SERP API call costs 10 credits and a Light or Rank Checker call 5, against 1 credit for a plain page fetch.
    • The free plan covers only 100 full SERP calls a month at 5 concurrent requests.
    • The displayed plan prices are for yearly billing, charged up front; monthly billing costs about a fifth more.
    • Failed requests have their credits returned, and plans can be changed or cancelled from the dashboard.

    SerpApi

    • Plans are month to month; the FAQ says yearly billing can only be set up by request while an official yearly plan is in the works.
    • The U.S. Legal Shield is not included on the Free, Starter or Developer plans.
    • Bigger self-serve plans run from Searcher at $725 for 100,000 searches a month to Cloud plans of 1 million searches and up from $3,750.
    • Refunds are offered within 7 days of subscribing, unless more than 20% of the plan's searches have been used.

    Key features

    HasData

    Google SERP API
    Live Google results as JSON from 22 parameters, including location, coordinates, language, device and date filters, with ads kept apart from organic results.
    SERP Light and Rank Checker
    Cheaper endpoints with fewer parameters, at half the credits of the full SERP API, for keyword position checks across large lists.
    AI Overviews and AI Mode
    Collect Google AI Overview answers with their cited sources, and query Google AI Mode and ChatGPT through their own scraper APIs.
    Other Google endpoints
    Separate APIs for Google Maps, News, Scholar, Shopping, Products, Events, Short Videos and Flights, priced per 1,000 requests by plan.
    Web scraping API and no-code scrapers
    Fetch any page with JavaScript rendering and proxies, or run ready-made scrapers for Google Maps, Amazon and Zillow without code.
    MCP servers, CLI and agent skills
    MCP servers for Google Search, Maps, Amazon and Zillow, a command-line tool, agent skills and ready prompts for coding agents.

    SerpApi

    Google and many other engines
    Endpoints for Google Search, AI Mode, AI Overview, Maps, Shopping, Scholar, Trends, Flights and Hotels, plus Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, Naver, YouTube, Amazon, eBay and Walmart.
    Full browser and CAPTCHA solving
    Each request runs immediately in a full browser through a proxy near the chosen location, and results come back as JSON or Markdown.
    Only successful searches counted
    Cached, errored and failed searches do not count against the monthly allowance, and a response with 100 results counts as one search.
    Ludicrous Speed
    An option on every paid plan that sends parallel requests for faster responses, at twice the price; Ludicrous Speed Max is four times the price.
    U.S. Legal Shield
    From the Production plan up, SerpApi says it takes on liability for the lawful collection of public search data, with up to $2 million in coverage.
    Teams and client libraries
    Unlimited team members with admin, developer, billing and viewer roles, and libraries for Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Go, PHP, Java, Rust and .NET, plus an MCP server.

    Plans

    HasData

    • Free$0

      1,000 credits a month and 5 concurrent requests: 100 Google SERP API calls or 200 Light calls.

    • Startup$49

      per month for 200K credits, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)

      5 concurrent requests; covers 20,000 Google SERP API calls or 40,000 Light calls a month.

    • Basic$99

      per month for 1M credits, billed annually ($119 billed monthly)

      15 concurrent requests; covers 100,000 Google SERP API calls a month.

    • Growth$208

      per month for 3M credits, billed annually ($249 billed monthly)

      50 concurrent requests and 300,000 SERP calls. Larger Growth steps reach 20M credits at $1,660 a month billed monthly.

    • EnterpriseCustom

      Past 20M credits a month: contract terms, 2,000+ concurrent requests, top request priority and unused credits carried over.

    SerpApi

    • Free$0

      250 searches a month with a throughput of 50 an hour.

    • Starter$25

      per month for 1,000 searches, billed monthly

      Throughput of 200 successful searches an hour. No U.S. Legal Shield.

    • Developer$75

      per month for 5,000 searches, billed monthly

      Throughput of 1,000 successful searches an hour. No U.S. Legal Shield.

    • Production$150

      per month for 15,000 searches, billed monthly

      Throughput of 3,000 an hour, and the U.S. Legal Shield with up to $2 million in coverage.

    • Big Data$275

      per month for 30,000 searches, billed monthly

      Throughput of 6,000 an hour, with the U.S. Legal Shield.

    • EnterpriseCustom

      Custom volume and throughput, ZeroTrace mode, which stores no search data, and priority support. Sold through sales.

    Ways to pay less

    HasData

    • Annual discount

      Two months free with annual billing

      HasData's pricing page charges a year for the price of ten months: Startup is $590 a year instead of $59 a month.

    SerpApi

    • Education

      Special pricing for students and educators

      SerpApi's FAQ says universities, students and educators can email about their project and budget to arrange special pricing.

    Common questions

    Which is cheaper, HasData or SerpApi?

    As of Oct 23, 2026, SerpApi is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $49 a month for HasData. HasData starts at $49 per month for 200K credits, billed annually ($59 billed monthly), and SerpApi starts at $25 per month for 1,000 searches, billed monthly.

    Which has a free plan, HasData or SerpApi?

    As of Oct 23, 2026, both HasData and SerpApi have a free plan.

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    How this page was made

    • The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
    • The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
    • Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
    • The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.
    How we review and grade