Autom review (2026): is it worth $50?
SERP API for Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity, one credit each
Autom report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity on one price
Autom returns live Google web, image, news and local results, plus Bing, Brave and Perplexity, as JSON at one credit a successful request whatever the engine, localized down to a neighborhood. The smallest pack is $50, credits lapse after a year, and those four engines are all it covers.
Who Autom is for
- Fits if you want Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity at the same price per request
- Works for high-volume rank tracking that needs 50 to 300 requests a second
Who Autom is not for
- Skip it if you need DuckDuckGo, Yandex or another engine, which only sit on its public roadmap
- Tight if you're testing, as the smallest pack is $50 once the 1,000 free requests are gone
- Watch out: credits expire a year after purchase, and queries stop when the balance reaches zero
- Watch out: refunds come only within 7 days of a first purchase, with no more than 20% of the credits used
Why Autom gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$50 buys 50,000 requests, $1 per 1,000 on any engine, one of the lower rates in this category, and bigger packs fall to $0.30. The first spend is at the dear end of the usual $25 to $50, though, and the credits lapse after a year.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan: 1,000 free requests on sign-up with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance.
- CFeaturesGoogle web, image, news and local results, with Bing, Brave and Perplexity, targeted by country, language, city or neighborhood. The listing's own limit: those four engines are all it covers, and it names no Shopping or AI Overview results.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: code samples in nine languages and support for Postman, Bruno and Insomnia. No rating on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API and Zapier, n8n, Power Automate and Postman. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Autom's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/autom#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/autom.svg" alt="Autom: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Autom stands among SERP and SEO data APIs
Autom's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 16 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 21 of 38) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Autom’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 21 of 38, level with 13
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 38, level with 32
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 38, level with 24
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 38, level with 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 38, level with 29
Keep Autom, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Autom you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $50, paid once.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, Zapier, n8n and Power Automate among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Autom’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Autom?
Autom is a search results API that returns live Google web, image, news and local results as JSON, along with Bing, Brave and Perplexity results, at one credit per successful request whatever the engine. Searches can be localized by country, language, city or neighborhood. Credits are sold in one-time packs that last a year, with no subscription.
Worth knowing
- Credits come in one-time packs, the smallest $50, that expire a year after purchase; queries stop when the balance reaches zero.
- Refunds are given within 7 days of the first purchase, as long as no more than 20% of the credits have been used.
- Only successful requests use credits; failed ones are free.
- Coverage is limited to search engines: Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity; other engines go through its public roadmap.
Key features
- Google Search API
- Returns web, image, news and local results as JSON, with organic results, the knowledge graph, related searches and pagination.
- Bing, Brave and Perplexity
- Separate endpoints for Bing, Brave and Perplexity cost the same single credit per request as Google.
- Location targeting
- Set the country and language, or narrow a search to a city or neighborhood, to see results as local searchers do.
- Live results
- Every call queries the engine directly with no caching; Autom says most results come back in one to two seconds.
- High request rates
- Packs allow 50 to 300 requests a second, roughly 15,000 to 18,000 searches a minute at the top rate.
- No-code and API clients
- Works from Zapier, n8n and Power Automate, or from API clients such as Postman, Bruno and Insomnia, with code samples in nine languages.
Autom pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Autom is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $50 one-time for 50,000 credits, valid 1 year.
- Starts at
- $50 one-time for 50,000 credits, valid 1 year
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 1,000 free requests on sign-up, no card needed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $50one-time for 50,000 credits, valid 1 year | $1.00 per 1,000 requests, 50 requests a second, location targeting and 90 days of logs. |
| Standard | $375one-time for 500,000 credits, valid 1 year | $0.75 per 1,000 requests and 100 requests a second. |
| Premium | $1,250one-time for 2,500,000 credits, valid 1 year | $0.50 per 1,000 requests and 200 requests a second. |
| Ultimate | $3,750one-time for 12,500,000 credits, valid 1 year | $0.30 per 1,000 requests and 300 requests a second, which can be raised on request. |
Read from autom.dev on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Autom before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- StartupsStartup Program discounts for 12 months
Autom's Startup Program gives early-stage companies under 3 years old discounted rates on paid plans for 12 months, with priority support.
Stated on autom.dev
Works with
- Zapier
- n8n
- Power Automate
- Postman
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Common questions
Does Autom have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Autom is listed for Web.
Does Autom have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Autom is listed for Web.
Is Autom open source?
Autom is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Autom have an API?
Yes. Autom offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.