# Bright Data, free, Tier, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request: SERP API

> A comprehensive solution for easy, real-time search engine scraping, handling proxy management, unblocking, and parsing with ease.

Bright Data's SERP API on its Free Tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 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.
The cheapest of the 683 plans we rank by price is [Searlo, $199.99 pack, Pro, GET /search/suggestions](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/199-99-pack-pro-get-search-suggestions/llms.txt), at $0.111 per 1,000 searches.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-serp-req-serp-api-asynchronous-request
- [Best SERP API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt)
- Get it: https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp
- Request: `POST https://api.brightdata.com/serp/req`, SERP API, asynchronous request
- API key: with the plan, on https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp
- Its API docs: https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/asynchronous-requests
- Sold by: Bright Data (https://brightdata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- 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
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from 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 pitch: A comprehensive solution for easy, real-time search engine scraping, handling proxy management, unblocking, and parsing with ease.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The 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 get: 5,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 5,000 calls a month
- Expires: end of the month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 16.67
- Concurrent: n/a
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: zone, query. Optional: method, headers, body, country, webhook_url, webhook_method, webhook_data, brd_json
- Method: POST
- Path: /serp/req

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Tier
- Who can get it: new 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

## Bright Data's plans (4)

- [Bright Data, free, Tier, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-serp-req-serp-api-asynchronous-request/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Bright Data, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-serp-req-serp-api-asynchronous-request/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Bright Data, $499 monthly, Scale, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/499-monthly-scale-post-serp-req-serp-api-asynchronous-request/llms.txt): $1.313 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Bright Data, contact us, Enterprise, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/contact-us-enterprise-post-serp-req-serp-api-asynchronous-request/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

## Bright Data's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /request`, SERP API: [Bright Data, free, Tier, POST /request, SERP API](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-request-serp-api/llms.txt)
- `POST /serp/req`, SERP API, asynchronous request: [Bright Data, free, Tier, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-serp-req-serp-api-asynchronous-request/llms.txt)
- `POST /request`, SERP API, Bing: [Bright Data, free, Tier, POST /request, SERP API, Bing](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-request-serp-api-bing/llms.txt)
- `POST /serp/req`, SERP API, Bing, asynchronous request: [Bright Data, free, Tier, POST /serp/req, SERP API, Bing, asynchronous request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-serp-req-serp-api-bing-asynchronous-request/llms.txt)

## Bright Data's APIs (10)

- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1vijqt9jfj7olije](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-l1vijqt9jfj7olije/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l7j0bx501ockwldaqf](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-l7j0bx501ockwldaqf/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l7qekxkv2i7ve6hx1s](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-l7qekxkv2i7ve6hx1s/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1vilaxi10wutoage7](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-l1vilaxi10wutoage7/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_m4ijiqfp2n9oe3oluj](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-m4ijiqfp2n9oe3oluj/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1vilsfd1xpsndbtpr](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-l1vilsfd1xpsndbtpr/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_m0ci4a4ivx3j5l6nx](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-m0ci4a4ivx3j5l6nx/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn person article API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-article-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: SERP API pricing, 4 plans, POST /serp/req, SERP API, asynchronous request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-serp-req-serp-api-asynchronous-request/llms.txt)

## Bright Data: SERP API alternatives

- [HasData, $590 yearly, Startup, GET /scrape/google-light/serp](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/hasdata/590-yearly-startup-get-scrape-google-light-serp/llms.txt): $1.229 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [ScrapingBee, $249 monthly, Business, GET /api/v1/google, Google Search API, regular request](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapingbee/249-monthly-business-get-api-v1-google-google-search-api-regular-request/llms.txt): $1.245 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [Oxylabs, $100 monthly, Basic, POST /v1/scrape/google/search, Google search, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/oxylabs/100-monthly-basic-post-v1-scrape-google-search-google-search-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $1.30 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $2,800 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searchapi/2800-monthly/llms.txt): $1.40 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## 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.

- https://brightdata.com/acceptable-use-policy
- https://brightdata.com/legal-governance
- https://brightdata.com/license
- https://brightdata.com/llms.txt
- https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp
- https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
- https://brightdata.com/products/serp-api
- https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/rest-api/serp/serp-api
- https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
- https://docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
- https://docs.brightdata.com/general/usage-monitoring/serp-rate-limit
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/asynchronous-requests
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/faqs
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/introduction
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/query-parameters/google
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/send-your-first-request