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The best SERP API for real-time results
For 100,000 live searches a month, ScrapingDog costs $90.00 a month on its Standard plan, the lowest bill among the 19 SERP APIs that meet the need below, out of 19 with a complete bill for this job.
ScrapingDog checked Oct 12, 2026; every bill is worked out from its vendor's own pricing page.
Rank tracking at night can wait in a queue; a price check, a live dashboard or an agent answering a question cannot. Queued plans are often cheaper, so they are left out here on purpose.
What qualifies: Results come back in the same response, so no queued plan counts, however cheap. "Best" on this page means the lowest complete monthly bill among the APIs that qualify; it is not a rating.
The 5 cheapest that qualify
| API | A month | Plan | Why it qualifies | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ScrapingDog | $90.00 | Standard | $0.90 per 1,000 searches | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Scrape.do | $99.00 | Pro | $0.99 per 1,000 searches; the vendor says: 40% faster gateway than the closest competitor (vendor's comparison) | Oct 12, 2026 |
| ScrapeOps | $99.00 | 1,250,000 credits | $0.99 per 1,000 searches | Oct 12, 2026 |
| ScrapingBot | $99.99 | Startup | $1.00 per 1,000 searches | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Oxylabs SERP Scraper API | $100.00 | Basic | $1.00 per 1,000 searches | Oct 12, 2026 |
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