# Geekflare API review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Scraping, search, screenshot and site-check APIs on one key Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Geekflare API is a set of 16 web APIs, including web scraping, crawling, search, screenshots, metadata, DNS lookup and Lighthouse audits, sold on one credit allowance. Every account starts on a free plan, with monthly subscriptions and one-time credit packs for more. - **Category:** SERP & SEO Data APIs - **Made by:** Geekflare (since 2015) - **Website:** https://geekflare.com/api/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 500 credits a month and 1 request per second. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Geekflare API has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per month for 20,000 credits. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 500 credits a month on every endpoint, 1 request per second, 1 team member and 7 days of logs; no card needed. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 500 credits a month, 1 request per second, 1 team member and 7 days of log retention. | | Starter | $19 per month for 20,000 credits | 5 requests per second, 3 team members, 30 days of logs and standard email support. | | Growth | $69 per month for 100,000 credits | 10 requests per second, 5 team members, 30 days of logs and priority email support. | | Business 500K | $299 per month for 500,000 credits | 25 requests per second, 25 team members, 90 days of logs and priority email support. | | Business 1M | $499 per month for 1,000,000 credits | 25 requests per second, 25 team members, 90 days of logs and priority email support. | | Enterprise | Custom | Above 1M credits a month, committed-use pricing and a custom rate limit, arranged through sales. | Read from https://geekflare.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Geekflare API before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly billing is labeled 2 months free** (Annual discount): The subscription plans have a Yearly toggle marked 2 months free. Source: https://geekflare.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Web scraping and crawl:** Returns markdown, HTML or JSON; a page costs 0.25 credits without a browser, 1 with JavaScript, 5 with a premium proxy and 7 with AI extraction. - **Search API:** Real-time web results for 2 credits a search, or 5 with an AI-grounded answer. - **Screenshots and PDFs:** Full-page or viewport captures of a URL at 5 credits each. - **Site checks:** Lighthouse audits (10 credits), load time tests, broken-link checks and redirect checks share the same credit pool. - **Metadata, brand and DNS:** Page metadata, brand lookups and DNS record lookups are separate endpoints on the same key. ## Good for - Teams that want scraping, search and site checks under one bill - Light use that fits the free 500 monthly credits ## Worth knowing - Credits reset each billing cycle and do not roll over to the next month. - Requests pause at the monthly limit unless you buy a credit pack; packs start at $10 for 7,500 credits and are valid for a year. - Payments are non-refundable under the terms, with case-by-case review in exceptional cases. - The pricing page has a Yearly toggle labeled 2 months free; only monthly prices were read. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Geekflare API puts scraping, search, screenshots, PDFs and site checks behind one key. Free gives 500 credits a month at 1 request per second, and Starter is $19 for 20,000. Credits reset each cycle and do not roll over, and payments are non-refundable. - **Value for money: B.** Starter is $19 a month for 20,000 credits, at the cheaper-quarter edge for data APIs. Growth is $69 for 100,000. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 500 credits a month with no card, 1 request per second and 7 days of logs. Enough to try every endpoint, not to run anything. - **Features: B.** Scraping and crawling, a search API, screenshots and PDFs, site checks, metadata, brand and DNS lookups on one key. The listing names no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. It is an API you call from code. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web API only, with no integrations or SDKs listed on the pages we read. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Geekflare's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SERP and SEO data APIs - Geekflare API's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 15 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on features (B, above 37 of 56) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 5 of the 39 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less. 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 Geekflare 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 30 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher. It costs $228 a year. - You could not: Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. - You could not: Speed tests run from real browsers on a schedule. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** SERP API, Public API, Page speed ## Alternatives - [ScrapingBee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scrapingbee): Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geekflare-api-vs-scrapingbee) - [ScraperAPI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scraperapi): Web scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geekflare-api-vs-scraperapi) - [ZenRows](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zenrows): Web scraping API for protected sites, priced by monthly credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geekflare-api-vs-zenrows) - [Serper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serper): Google search results API sold in prepaid credit packs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geekflare-api-vs-serper) - [Scrapingdog](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scrapingdog): Web scraping and Google SERP APIs on one shared credit plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geekflare-api-vs-scrapingdog) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://geekflare.com/pricing/ - https://geekflare.com/api/ - https://geekflare.com/about/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/geekflare-api Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).