# SerpData, free: Search autocomplete API

> The suggestions Google offers as a query is typed.

SerpData's search autocomplete API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 queries. It returns none of the 4 key fields we check: Type, Relevance, Description and Image.
We haven't run SerpData through [our search autocomplete API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-search-autocomplete-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 177 plans for search autocomplete APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.70 per 1,000 queries or less.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 queries: $0.022.
[SERPHouse](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serphouse/49-99-monthly/llms.txt), [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) and [Autom](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/autom/50-pack/llms.txt) are the best search autocomplete API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/free
- [Search autocomplete API: 3 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-search-autocomplete-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.serpdata.dev/google/autocomplete`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.serpdata.dev/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing
- Sold by: SerpData (https://www.serpdata.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 queries: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: GET /google/search/web · POST /google/search/videos · POST /google/search/images · POST /google/search/news · POST /google/search/shopping · GET /google/maps/place · GET /google/maps/place/reviews · GET /google/maps/place/photos · GET /google/maps/area/places · POST /google/maps/search/places · POST /google/trends · POST /google/search/patents

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The suggestions Google offers as a query is typed.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Acceptable use: "Do not use the service to break the law, to infringe others' rights, or to send traffic on behalf of third parties in a way that disguises its origin. Do not attempt to circumvent credit limits, rate limits, or authentication." (Terms of service, last updated 25 July 2026)

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2,500 credits
- Enough for: 2,500 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: gl, hl
- Method: POST
- Path: /google/autocomplete

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an email address, no card required

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

search parameters, suggestions, suggestion query, time taken, credits consumed, credits remaining

## SerpData's plans (5)

- [SerpData, free](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [SerpData, $40 pack](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/40-pack/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [SerpData, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/200-pack/llms.txt): $0.08 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [SerpData, $600 pack](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/600-pack/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [SerpData, $900 pack](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/900-pack/llms.txt): $0.03 per 1,000, 0% complete

## SerpData's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /google/autocomplete`: [SerpData, free](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)

## SerpData's APIs (8)

- [SerpData: image search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: news API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: search autocomplete API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: SERP API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: video search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business reviews API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Google Shopping search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business search API pricing, 5 plans, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business search API pricing, 5 plans, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt)

## SerpData: search autocomplete API alternatives

- [Scrapingdog, free](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/scrapingdog/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [SerpScraper.dev, $4,992 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpscraper-dev/4992-yearly/llms.txt): $0.028 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Zapi, Rp129,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/zapi/rp129000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.036 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [ScrapeBadger, $36,000 yearly, Max, GET /v1/baidu/autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/scrapebadger/36000-yearly-max-get-v1-baidu-autocomplete/llms.txt): $0.075 per 1,000, 25% complete
- [Crawlora, $499 monthly, Enterprise, GET /google/suggest](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/crawlora/499-monthly-enterprise-get-google-suggest/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 75% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://www.serpdata.dev/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/terms/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=search-autocomplete-api-pricing