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DataForSEO SERP API alternatives

No API is cheaper than DataForSEO SERP API for 100,000 searches a month: its $60.00 is the lowest complete bill, and the closest is ScrapingDog at $90.00.

Prices read on each vendor's own pricing page; dates on every row. How we check prices

The lowest bills for 100,000 searches a month

The whole job priced the way each vendor sells it.

  1. ScrapingDog $90.00 a month $30.00 more a month · Standard plan · checked Oct 9, 2026 Check ScrapingDog's pricing
  2. Scrape.do $99.00 a month $39.00 more a month · Pro plan · checked Oct 9, 2026 Check Scrape.do's pricing
  3. ScrapeOps $99.00 a month $39.00 more a month · 1,250,000 credits plan · checked Oct 9, 2026 Check ScrapeOps's pricing
  4. ScrapingBot $99.99 a month $39.99 more a month · Startup plan · checked Oct 9, 2026 Check ScrapingBot's pricing
  5. HasData $119.00 a month $59.00 more a month · Basic plan · checked Oct 8, 2026 Check HasData's pricing

Pay as you go, no plan to outgrow

Nothing unused at the end of the month, and no cliff at a plan boundary.

  1. Bright Data SERP API $150.00 at this volume $90.00 more a month · Pay as you go · checked Oct 9, 2026 Check Bright Data SERP API's pricing
  2. Scavio $1,000.00 at this volume $940.00 more a month · Pay as you go · checked Oct 9, 2026 Check Scavio's pricing

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Who should stay with DataForSEO

Stay when delivery control matters as much as the search itself. DataForSEO publishes Standard Queue, Priority Queue, and Live paths, uses a default depth of 10 results for the baseline, returns reserved funds for failed or errored tasks, and applies explicit rules for deeper result sets and search operators. The deciding condition is therefore the job shape: a default-depth queue workload is the clean baseline, while every additional 10 results and any operator-heavy query changes consumption. Teams already using several delivery paths or the optional screenshot and analysis meters have more to revalidate than the table’s one-search total shows. (DataForSEO SERP pricing, checked 2026-07-26; DataForSEO cost explanation, checked 2026-07-26.)

What simpler SERP meters give up

Bright Data SERP API treats one successful call as one request even when it returns 100 or more results, includes parsing, unlocking, retries, and bandwidth, and advertises unlimited concurrency. SerpApi likewise counts one successful search regardless of result count and publishes hourly throughput from 200 to 150,000 searches. Serper.dev uses prepaid credits valid for 6 months and publishes limits from 50 to 300 queries per second. Those models can remove DataForSEO’s depth and delivery-path arithmetic, but their records do not preserve its three queue choices or its separate screenshot and analysis meters. Choose them when a uniform successful-search billing unit matters more than those controls. (Bright Data SERP API billing, checked 2026-07-26; SerpApi pricing, checked 2026-07-26; Serper.dev, checked 2026-07-26.)