# Autom review (2026): is it worth $50?

> SERP API for Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity, one credit each

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** SERP & SEO Data APIs
- **Made by:** WebAPI Group SAS
- **Website:** https://www.autom.dev
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need DuckDuckGo, Yandex or another engine, which only sit on its public roadmap.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## 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.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 1,000 free requests on sign-up, no card needed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | $50 one-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 | $375 one-time for 500,000 credits, valid 1 year | $0.75 per 1,000 requests and 100 requests a second. |
| Premium | $1,250 one-time for 2,500,000 credits, valid 1 year | $0.50 per 1,000 requests and 200 requests a second. |
| Ultimate | $3,750 one-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 https://www.autom.dev/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Autom before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Startup Program discounts for 12 months** (Startups): Autom's Startup Program gives early-stage companies under 3 years old discounted rates on paid plans for 12 months, with priority support. Source: https://www.autom.dev/startup-program

## 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.

## Good for

- Developers who want several search engines on one key and one price
- High-volume rank tracking that needs many requests a second
- Teams that prefer prepaid credits to a monthly 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: B.** $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.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan: 1,000 free requests on sign-up with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance.
- **Features: C.** Google 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.
- **Ease of use: C.** Judged 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.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with an API and Zapier, n8n, Power Automate and Postman. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it 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).

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-data-apis

## Keep it, 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.

- You could not: Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Zapier, n8n and Power Automate among them, and has an API.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Zapier, n8n, Power Automate, Postman

**Tags:** SERP API, Public API

## Alternatives

- [SerpApi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serpapi): Real-time search results API for Google and dozens of other engines. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/autom-vs-serpapi)
- [Serper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serper): Google search results API sold in prepaid credit packs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/autom-vs-serper)
- [SearchApi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/searchapi): Real-time SERP API for Google, AI answers and dozens of other sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/autom-vs-searchapi)
- [Serpshot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serpshot): Google SERP API sold in one-time credit packs, no subscription. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/autom-vs-serpshot)
- [Brave Search API](https://toolgpa.com/tools/brave-search-api): Web search API from Brave's own index, built for AI agents and apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/autom-vs-brave-search-api)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026:

- https://www.autom.dev/pricing
- https://www.autom.dev/
- https://www.autom.dev/features
- https://www.autom.dev/startup-program
- https://www.autom.dev/webapi
- https://www.autom.dev/terms

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