# RankSpot, free: SERP API

> A live Google search, returned as `items`: the blocks of the results page in page order, each with a `type` to branch on.

RankSpot's Free plan for the SERP API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. RankSpot's docs list 5: Organic results, AI overview, People also ask, Related searches, Images and videos.
In [our SERP API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt), the best plan from RankSpot scores 25.2 out of 100. RankSpot ranks 82nd of 98 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,452 plans for SERP APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.35 or less per 1,000 searches. [595 SERP API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt) [SearchApi](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searchapi/free/llms.txt) has a free plan with 100 calls. SearchApi is the best SERP API in our benchmark.
[Pixel Tools' ₽99 (about $1) pack](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pixel-tools/99-pack-guru-for-99-rubles-get-api-top10-top10-google/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.017. [Yandex Search API's "Night-time deferred requests" plan](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/yandex-search-api/pay-as-you-go-night-time-deferred-requests/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $2.08.
[DataScrapify's $20 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/datascrapify/20-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of searches, and costs more up front than Pixel Tools' ₽99 (about $1) pack.
[SearchApi](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searchapi/500-monthly-scale-plan/llms.txt), [Scrapeless](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapeless/top-up-basic-top-up-post-api-v1-scraper-request-google-search/llms.txt) and [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-get-scrape-google-light-serp/llms.txt) are the best SERP API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/rankspot/free
- [Best SERP API and Google SERP API: 90+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.rankspot.ai/v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/research/google`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.rankspot.ai/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing#/Research/ResearchController_google
- Sold by: RankSpot (https://www.rankspot.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Organic results: ✓
- AI overview: ✓
- People also ask: ✓
- Related searches: ✓
- Images and videos: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 10
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Fetch a page as text · Find who to email about a page · Find a person's email on a domain · Generate an article for an action · Submit a page for indexing · Pitch a page

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: A live Google search, returned as `items`: the blocks of the results page in page order, each with a `type` to branch on.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. [...] You agree not to: [...] Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us. [...] Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. [...] Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 400 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: workspaceId, query. Optional: types
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/research/google

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: users who are at least 18 years old

## The 18 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, location name, language code, block type, block position, organic position, organic page, organic domain, organic title, organic URL, organic website name, organic description, organic timestamp, AI overview markdown, people also ask, discussions and forums, video, related searches

## RankSpot's plans (2)

- [RankSpot, free](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [RankSpot, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/rankspot/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 45% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/research/google`: [RankSpot, free](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)

## RankSpot's APIs (3)

- [RankSpot SERP API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)
- [RankSpot Email finder API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)
- [RankSpot Web scraping API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)

## RankSpot: SERP API alternatives

[RankSpot alternatives: every SERP API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/rankspot-alternatives.txt)

We list RankSpot's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to RankSpot in price per 1,000 searches. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [RankSpot, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/rankspot/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $250 monthly, BigData Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=google](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searchapi/250-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [cloro, $1,000 monthly, Business, POST /v1/monitor/google, Extract Google Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/cloro/1000-monthly-business-post-v1-monitor-google-extract-google-search-full/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [FastAF, $10 pack, Starter, GET /v1/bing](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/fastaf/10-pack-starter-get-v1-bing/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [ValueSERP, $25 pack, Pay As You Go, GET /search, Google Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/valueserp/25-pack-pay-as-you-go-get-search-google-search/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PacketStream, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 64% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://api.rankspot.ai/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://api.rankspot.ai/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://rankspot.ai/docs/api-reference/research/search-google.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing