# FineData, free, POST /api/v1/serp: SERP API

> Run a Google search server-side and get the results as JSON.

FineData's SERP API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 10 of the 11 key fields we check: Organic results, Ads, Featured snippet, Knowledge graph, People also ask, Local pack, Related searches, News, Images and videos, Shopping.
We rank 1,668 plans by price. [Infatica's $400 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/infatica/400-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.10.
[Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-google-search/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrappa/25-pack-basic-get-api-bing-search/llms.txt) and [SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpkite/300-pack-pro-post-v1-search-google-search/llms.txt) are the best SERP API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/free-free
- [Best SERP API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt)
- Get it: https://finedata.ai/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.finedata.ai/api/v1/serp`
- API key: with the plan, on https://finedata.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://finedata.ai/docs/#google-serp
- Sold by: FineData (https://finedata.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 91%
- Organic results: ✓
- Ads: ✓
- Featured snippet: ✓
- 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

- Most per search: 100
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Scrape URL · Scrape URL, full · Submit Async Job · Submit Batch

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Run a Google search server-side and get the results as JSON.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "You own the data you extract. We make no claim to ownership of the content returned by our API. However, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your data collection activities comply with applicable laws, the target website's terms of service, and our Acceptable Use Policy." "Use it to monitor the ranking and visibility of your own domains and brand queries. Follow the Acceptable Use Policy: the permitted case is SEO and SERP tracking for your own domains." "The following activities are strictly prohibited." "Using the Service for any activity that violates applicable local, state, national, or international law." "Scraping personal information (emails, phone numbers, physical addresses, social security numbers, financial data) without explicit consent from the data subjects or a valid legal basis under applicable data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)." "Using the Service to test stolen credentials, brute-force login pages, bypass authentication mechanisms, or gain unauthorized access to accounts on any website or service." "Using the Service to overwhelm, degrade, or disrupt target websites or any third-party infrastructure." "Collecting contact information for the purpose of sending unsolicited emails, SMS messages, or other communications." "Using the Service to distribute malware, ransomware, phishing pages, or exploit kits." "Bypassing paywalls, subscription walls, or other access controls to extract content that is not publicly available." "Reselling, sublicensing, or providing access to the FineData API as a proxy or scraping service to third parties without our prior written consent." "You may not resell, redistribute, or make available to third parties any Personal Data collected through the Service unless you have a valid legal basis for doing so under applicable data protection laws."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month
- Expires: at the end of the billing period

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 38.90 s

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: gl, hl, start, device, include_html
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/serp

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a valid email address who is at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in their jurisdiction)

## The 24 fields the plan's answer can hold

search ID, search status, created at, time taken, search URL, query displayed, total results, organic result position, organic result title, organic result link, organic result displayed link, organic result snippet, organic result sitelinks, ads, answer box, knowledge graph, top stories, local results, people also ask, related searches, shopping results, video results, full HTML, credits consumed

## FineData's plans (8)

- [FineData, free, POST /api/v1/serp](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/free-free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [FineData, free trial](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/free-trial/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [FineData, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.50 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [FineData, $47 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/47-monthly/llms.txt): $4.70 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [FineData, $142 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/142-monthly/llms.txt): $1.42 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [FineData, $284 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/284-monthly/llms.txt): $0.947 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [FineData, $399 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/399-monthly/llms.txt): $0.798 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [FineData, $699 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/699-monthly/llms.txt): $0.699 per 1,000, 91% complete, live

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

- `POST /api/v1/serp`: [FineData, free, POST /api/v1/serp](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/free-free/llms.txt)

## FineData's APIs (2)

- [FineData: SERP API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/finedata/free-free/llms.txt)
- [FineData: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape URL](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/finedata/free-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-url/llms.txt)
- [FineData: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape URL, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/finedata/free-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-url-full/llms.txt)

## FineData: SERP API alternatives

- [Geekflare, $349 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/geekflare/349-monthly/llms.txt): $0.698 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [PerceptLayer, $699 pack, Scale, GET /v1/brave/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/perceptlayer/699-pack-scale-get-v1-brave-search/llms.txt): $0.699 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [Scrapeless, $999 monthly, Enterprise Plus, POST /api/v1/scraper/request, Google Local](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapeless/999-monthly-enterprise-plus-post-api-v1-scraper-request-google-local/llms.txt): $0.70 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [Decodo, $99 monthly, $99, POST /v1/scrape, Google Ads](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/99-monthly-99-post-v1-scrape-google-ads/llms.txt): $0.70 per 1,000, 91% 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 2026-10-28.

- https://api.finedata.ai/openapi.json
- https://finedata.ai
- https://finedata.ai/docs
- https://finedata.ai/legal/acceptable-use
- https://finedata.ai/legal/terms