# Scale SERP review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Google results API from Traject Data with a free monthly allowance

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

Scale SERP is Traject Data's Google results API, covering Search, Places and Maps, Trends, News, Reviews, Scholar, Images, Video, Shopping and Products. Requests can be targeted down to a postal code and to desktop, mobile or tablet, and batches of up to 15,000 searches can run on a schedule. Plans are monthly search allowances with a charge per extra search. Traject Data has since been acquired by ScraperAPI.

- **Category:** SERP & SEO Data APIs
- **Made by:** Traject Data (ScraperAPI)
- **Website:** https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you start small, at $23 to $29 for 1,000 searches, many times what rivals charge per search.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, Scale SERP has a free plan, and paid plans start at $23 per month for 1,000 searches, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 125 searches a month, no credit card required.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 125 searches a month for evaluating the API. |
| 1,000 Searches | $23 per month for 1,000 searches, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | For getting started; extra requests cost $0.038 each. Up to 10,000 batches. |
| 10,000 Searches | $66 per month for 10,000 searches, billed annually ($83 billed monthly) | Extra searches cost $0.0118 each over the plan limit. |
| 50,000 Searches | $199 per month for 50,000 searches, billed monthly | Extra searches cost $0.00796 each. Annual billing is 20% less. |
| 250,000 Searches | $599 per month for 250,000 searches, billed monthly | Extra searches cost $0.004792 each. Annual billing is 20% less. |
| 1,000,000 Searches | $1,699 per month for 1 million searches, billed monthly | Extra searches cost $0.003398 each. A 5 million plan is $4,999 a month. |

Read from https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/pricing/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Scale SERP before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): Scale SERP's pricing toggle takes 20% off for annual billing: the 10,000-search plan is $66 a month billed annually against $83 billed monthly. Source: https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/pricing/

## Key features

- **Wide Google coverage:** Google Search, Places and Maps, Trends, News, Reviews, Scholar, Images, Video, Shopping and Products from one API.
- **Postal-code targeting:** A Locations API finds supported locations by country, state, city or postal code, and results can be requested for desktop, mobile or tablet.
- **Batches:** Queue up to 15,000 searches in a batch and run them on a schedule; plans allow up to 10,000 batches.
- **Playground and code samples:** A visual playground covers every parameter and generates HTTP, cURL, Node.js, Python and PHP code as you change them.
- **Only successful searches counted:** A search is a successful call to the Search API; calls to the other APIs, such as Locations, are not charged.

## Good for

- Developers who need many Google result types, including Scholar and Trends
- Local SEO work that needs results by postal code
- Trying a SERP API on a small free monthly allowance

## Worth knowing

- It covers Google only; Traject Data sells SerpWow for other search engines.
- Searches beyond a plan's limit are charged per search, from $0.038 each on the 1,000-search plan.
- Enterprise plans with an account manager and team onboarding are quoted by sales.
- Traject Data was acquired by ScraperAPI, which says it is moving Traject's APIs onto its own infrastructure.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Scale SERP is Traject Data's Google results API, with ten Google result types targeted down to postal code and 125 free searches a month. It covers Google only, the cheapest plan works out at $23 per 1,000 searches, and ScraperAPI, which bought Traject Data, says it is moving the API onto its own infrastructure.

- **Value for money: C.** The 1,000-search plan is $23 a month on yearly billing ($29 monthly), between this category's cheaper quarter ($19) and its middle ($29.99), and that's $23 per 1,000 searches where most rivals charge $1 to $4. The 10,000 plan is $66.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free tier of 125 searches a month with no card, meant for trying the API rather than running anything on it.
- **Features: C.** Google Search, Places and Maps, Trends, News, Reviews, Scholar, Images, Video and Shopping, by postal code and device, with scheduled batches. Google only, though: Traject Data sells SerpWow for other engines.
- **Ease of use: C.** Judged on how fast a developer gets a first result: a playground that writes HTTP, cURL, Node.js, Python and PHP code as you change the settings. No rating on record.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with a REST API and code samples but no client libraries or integrations named in the listing. No desktop or phone app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Traject Data'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

- Scale SERP's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 5.
- Its paid plans start at $23 a month, against a middle price of $29.49 for the category: 7 of the 25 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 7 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 Scale SERP 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: 32 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher. It costs $276 a year.

- You could not: Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- You could not: An API that other software can build on.

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

## Alternatives

- [VALUE SERP](https://toolgpa.com/tools/valueserp): Low-cost Google results API from Traject Data, now part of ScraperAPI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scale-serp-vs-valueserp)
- [SerpWow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serpwow): Multi-engine SERP API from Traject Data, now part of ScraperAPI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scale-serp-vs-serpwow)
- [SerpApi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serpapi): Real-time search results API for Google and dozens of other engines. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scale-serp-vs-serpapi)
- [SearchApi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/searchapi): Real-time SERP API for Google, AI answers and dozens of other sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scale-serp-vs-searchapi)
- [DataForSEO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dataforseo): Pay-as-you-go APIs for SERP, keyword, backlink and AI mention data. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dataforseo-vs-scale-serp)

## Sources

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

- https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/pricing/
- https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/
- https://trajectdata.com/pricing/
- https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/scraperapi-traject-data-acquisition/

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