Decodo SERP Scraping API review (2026): is the free plan enough?
SERP scraping for Google, Bing and more, inside a web data API
Our verdict
Second of our top three SERP and SEO data APIs
For: Developers who want search results on a free plan
Decodo returns parsed results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Baidu, with People Also Ask, local packs and AI Mode answers as separate fields, set by country, language and device across 195+ locations. The free plan includes every endpoint, up to 10K pages scraped or 5K crawls a month, and paid plans start at $19 a month with /search at $0.75 per 1,000 requests. It is second because it sells search results only, with no keyword volumes or backlink data, and plans are money budgets that /search, /scrape and /crawl each spend at their own rate.
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Good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for rank checks plus scraping the pages that rank
Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, returns parsed results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Baidu, with scraping and crawling on the same key and a free plan. Plans are monthly money budgets rather than search counts, so what you get depends on which endpoint you call, and the AI answer templates stay at $1 per 1,000 on every plan.
Who Decodo SERP Scraping API is for
- Fits if you track rankings by country, language and device in your own code
- Works for teams that also need to scrape or crawl the pages that rank
Who Decodo SERP Scraping API is not for
- Watch out: plans are money budgets, so /search, /scrape and /crawl each use them up at different rates
- Watch out: /scrape uses the premium proxy pool unless told not to, at $1 per 1,000, or $1.50 with JavaScript
- Tight if you need AI answers in bulk, as the ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Mode templates stay at $1 per 1,000
Why Decodo SERP Scraping API gets a 2.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$19 a month is inside this category's cheaper quarter, and /search costs $0.75 per 1,000 on it, one of the lowest rates here, down to $0.40 on the $1,499 plan. Paid plans carry a 14-day money-back option.
- BFree plan and trialA free plan for good with every endpoint and feature at 10 requests a second, up to 10K pages scraped or 5K crawls a month. A side project could run on that.
- BFeaturesGoogle, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Baidu, with ads, snippets, People Also Ask, local packs and AI Mode parsed out, by country, language and device, plus scrape, map and crawl on the same key. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: TypeScript, Python and Go SDKs and a CLI. No rating on record, and plans are money budgets that each endpoint spends at its own rate, which takes working out.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API, SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server, plus n8n, LangChain and OpenClaw. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Decodo'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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Decodo SERP Scraping API's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 35 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 35 of 38) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $29.49 for the category: 3 of the 25 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Decodo SERP Scraping API’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 21 of 38, level with 13
- BFree plan and trialAbove 35 of 38, level with 3
- BFeaturesAbove 26 of 38, level with 11
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 38, level with 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 38, level with 29
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 26 SERP and SEO data APIs. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
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
Keep Decodo SERP Scraping API, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Decodo SERP Scraping API 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 35 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade. It costs $228 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, n8n, LangChain and OpenClaw among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Decodo SERP Scraping API’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 Decodo SERP Scraping API?
Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, sells SERP scraping as part of its Web Data API. A query is routed through its proxy network with the country, language and device you set, and comes back as parsed JSON, HTML or Markdown, from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu and others. The same key also scrapes single pages, maps a site's URLs and crawls whole sites, and plans are monthly amounts spent per 1,000 requests.
Worth knowing
- Plans are monthly budgets: /search costs $0.75 per 1,000 requests on small plans, falling to $0.40 on the $1,499 plan.
- /scrape uses the premium proxy pool unless told otherwise, at $1 per 1,000 requests on small plans or $1.50 with JavaScript.
- The Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode templates cost $1 per 1,000 requests on every plan.
- Only successful requests are charged, and paid plans carry a 14-day money-back option.
Key features
- Several search engines
- Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Baidu, with Google templates for Search, Ads, AI Mode, Lens, News, Hotels, Jobs, Trends, Play and Autocomplete.
- Parsed SERP features
- Organic results, paid ads, featured snippets, People Also Ask, local packs, AI Mode answers, sitelinks and news results come back as separate fields.
- Local and device targeting
- Set the country, language and device per request across 195+ locations to see local rankings, with optional JavaScript rendering.
- Scrape, map and crawl on one key
- Send ranking URLs to /scrape, list up to 147K of a site's URLs with /map, or crawl up to 10K pages of a competitor with /crawl.
- Real-time or asynchronous
- Get results in the same response or send a task and collect it later, as HTML, Markdown or XHR, with JSON, CSV and PNG where supported.
- AI and developer tools
- An MCP server, agent skills, a CLI and TypeScript, Python and Go SDKs, plus n8n, LangChain and OpenClaw integrations.
Decodo SERP Scraping API pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Decodo SERP Scraping API has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per month, up to 38K pages scraped or 19K crawls.
- Starts at
- $19 per month, up to 38K pages scraped or 19K crawls
- Free plan
- Up to 10K pages scraped or 5K crawls a month at 10 requests a second, with every endpoint and feature.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10 requests a second and up to 10K pages scraped or 5K crawls a month; /search runs at $0.75 per 1,000 requests. |
| $19 plan | $19per month, up to 38K pages scraped or 19K crawls | 10 requests a second, with /search at $0.75 per 1,000 requests and every endpoint and feature included. |
| $49 plan | $49per month, up to 122K pages scraped or 65K crawls | 25 requests a second; /search drops to $0.65 per 1,000 requests. |
| $99 plan | $99per month, up to 330K pages scraped or 141K crawls | 50 requests a second; /search at $0.60 per 1,000 requests. |
| $249 plan | $249per month, up to 1.2M pages scraped or 383K crawls | 100 requests a second; /search at $0.55 per 1,000 requests. |
| Enterprise | $499per month, up to 2.7M pages scraped or 831K crawls | 150 requests a second at $499; the $999 and $1,499 tiers reach 200 a second, with /search down to $0.40 per 1,000. Larger volumes through sales. |
Read from decodo.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Decodo SERP Scraping API before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Decodo SERP Scraping API have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Decodo SERP Scraping API is listed for Web.
Does Decodo SERP Scraping API have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Decodo SERP Scraping API is listed for Web.
Is Decodo SERP Scraping API open source?
Decodo SERP Scraping API is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Decodo SERP Scraping API have an API?
Yes. Decodo SERP Scraping API 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.