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Bright Data pricing and alternatives: SERP API, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request

Bright Data's sitellms.txtBest SERP API in 2026
100% complete: all 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesThe cheapest of the 683 plans we rank by price is Searlo, $199.99 pack, Pro, GET /search/suggestions, at $0.111 per 1,000 searches.
Plan: Free Tier one of Bright Data's 4 plans
Call: POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request one of Bright Data's 4 calls for this API
API: SERP API one of Bright Data's 10 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The call reads the search engine's results when you make it.
  • All 11 key fields we check. Organic results, Ads, Featured snippet, AI overview, Knowledge graph, People also ask, Local pack, Related searches, News, Images and videos, Shopping.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 requests a month. Unused requests expire at the end of the month.
  • One call. You send zone and query to POST /serp/req. You can also send method, headers, body, country, webhook_url, webhook_method, webhook_data and brd_json. The call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Bright Data: SERP API alternatives

The table starts with Bright Data's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to Bright Data's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

Bright Data, $499 monthly, Scale, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous requestHasData, $590 yearly, Startup, GET /scrape/google-light/serpScrapingBee, $249 monthly, Business, GET /api/v1/google, Google Search API, regular requestOxylabs, $100 monthly, Basic, POST /v1/scrape/google/search, Google search, JavaScript renderingSearchApi, $2,800 monthly
$ per 1,000 searches$1.313$1.229$1.245$1.30$1.40
Completeness100%73%82%91%100%
Billingmonthlyyearlymonthlymonthlymonthly
Pay$499$590$249$100$2,800
Enough for380,000 calls a month40,000 calls a month200,000 calls a monthabout 76,923 calls a month2,000,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanonanyoneany natural person aged at least 18 years old with full and complete legal capacity acting in the scope of their professional activity or being the legal representative of a legal entity empowered to enter into legally binding commitmentsanyoneanyone

Every SERP API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-27.

  1. brightdata.com/acceptable-use-policy
  2. brightdata.com/legal-governance
  3. brightdata.com/license
  4. brightdata.com/llms.txt
  5. brightdata.com/pricing/serp
  6. brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
  7. brightdata.com/products/serp-api
  8. docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/rest-api/serp/serp-api
  9. docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
  10. docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
  11. docs.brightdata.com/general/usage-monitoring/serp-rate-limit
  12. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
  13. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
  14. docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/asynchronous-requests
  15. docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/faqs
  16. docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/introduction
  17. docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results
  18. docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/query-parameters/google
  19. docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/send-your-first-request

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Organic results
  • Ads
  • Featured snippet
  • AI overview
  • Knowledge graph
  • People also ask
  • Local pack
  • Related searches
  • News
  • Images and videos
  • Shopping
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Web Unlocker API · other scrapers in the Web Scraper API library · Scraper Studio · Browser API
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchA comprehensive solution for easy, real-time search engine scraping, handling proxy management, unblocking, and parsing with ease.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataThe Client shall not use the Services in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights (including intellectual property rights) and not use the Service in any manner or for any purpose other than as stated in the intended use case provided to Bright Data, if applicable. [...] the Client will only use the Service in accordance with the Acceptable Use Policy, as may be amended from time to time. [...] When using the Data Services, the Client shall not distribute, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, or sell any Data in order to offer a similar or competitive product. [...] Client’s use of the data collector service is subject to all applicable laws, including without limitation data protection and privacy laws. To the extent applicable to processing of personal data, Client is solely responsible for determining the lawful grounds, providing notices, respecting data subject rights and all other related obligations. [...] Bright Data’s platform, technology, and network (collectively, “Services”) are meant for legitimate and legal purposes only and are subject to the Bright Data Master Service Agreement. [...] Any use of the Bright Data Services for illegal, fraudulent, or abusive activities is strictly prohibited. [...] Forbidden activities include, but are not limited to: Collection of nonpublic information (i.e data behind login), DDoS attacks, Spam: mass posting any mail/message boards/IRC/comments messages and images, Ad fraud or click fraud, Impersonation or spoofing for fraudulent purposes, Creating fake accounts or content, Use of automatic ticket purchasing (ticket-bots), Raffles, lottery, or gambling, Fake engagement (likes, comments, shares, etc.), Gaming or trading of in games items/currency, Reselling of proxies without Bright Data’s prior written approval (see our partners programs), Use of streaming related domains (videos, music or images streaming), Trading crypto/virtual currency or NFT, Any Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manipulation (i.e: fake clicks in search engines results), Posting on classified, used, and resell sites (such as Craig’s list), Completion of surveys in return for a benefit or anything of value, Any form of activity that is in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights
Plan
Pay$0
You get5,000 requests a month
Enough for5,000 calls a month
Expiresend of the month
Rate limit
Per second16.67
Concurrentn/a
Batch1
Speed
Answerby polling
The call
You sendzone, query. Optional: method, headers, body, country, webhook_url, webhook_method, webhook_data, brd_json
MethodPOST
Path/serp/req
About the plan
PlanFree Tier
Who can get itnew accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon
The 52 fields the plan's answer can hold

query displayed, total results, time taken, detected location, request URL, request ID, organic result position, organic result title, organic result link, organic result displayed link, organic result source, organic result snippet, organic result highlighted words, organic result date, organic result favicon, organic result image, organic result thumbnail, organic result AMP link, organic result sitelinks, organic result subresults, organic result related pages link, organic result cached page link, organic result translate link, ads, shopping ads, inline shopping, news results, top stories, inline videos, short videos, inline images, featured snippet, related questions, knowledge graph, AI overview, local results, local map, jobs, Google Flights, hotels pack, recipes, popular products, weather result, currency box, related searches, pagination, spell, discussions and forums, latest posts, perspectives, navigation tabs, refinement chips

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