The best SERP APIs, compared on pricing and limits

The dataset is the API rows in the competitor table behind every comparison page on this site. For an API the interesting columns are not features but money and limits, so each row records the vendor's published pricing model, its starting figure where one exists, and the documented constraints: minimum payments, credit expiry and per-plan caps. Every row carries the source URL and the date it was read.

These are vendor-published terms, not benchmark results. We did not measure latency, success rates or parse quality, and you should run your own test calls before committing volume. Competitor pricing was last checked on 19 August 2026. DataForSEO is pay-as-you-go with no flat monthly plan, so its cost varies per endpoint and there is no single number to rank it by.

SERPs is in the matrix on the identical columns, and this is the category where we lose outright. Our API reads the keywords already on your account; it will not fetch an arbitrary query on demand and it is not metered by the call. If you need raw SERP data in your own pipeline, buy one of these and do not buy us. We are a tracking product with a dashboard, which is a different purchase, and saying so plainly is moreuseful than hiding it.

Order favours predictable spend: a flat tier you can budget beats credits that expire, and a published rate card beats a quote. That is a judgement call and your volume may invert it, which is what the decision table is for.