# Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Scholar: SERP API

> Get Real-Time Data with the Most Complete Google Search API – Scale Serp API

Scale SERP's SERP API on its Free tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 2 of the 11 key fields we check: Organic results, Related searches.
The cheapest of the 927 plans we rank by price is [Crawlora, $499 monthly, Enterprise, GET /bing/suggest](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crawlora/499-monthly-enterprise-get-bing-suggest/llms.txt), at $0.10 per 1,000 searches.
[Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-google-search/llms.txt), [SearchApi](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searchapi/500-monthly-scale-plan/llms.txt) and [Decodo](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/499-monthly-499-post-v1-scrape-google-ads/llms.txt) are the best SERP API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-scholar
- [Best SERP API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt)
- Get it: https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/pricing/
- Request: `GET https://api.scaleserp.com/search`, Google Scholar
- API key: with the plan, on https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/pricing/
- Its API docs: https://docs.trajectdata.com/scaleserp/search-api/searches/google/scholar
- Sold by: Scale SERP (https://www.scaleserp.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 18%
- Organic results: ✓
- Related searches: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Google Search · Google News · Google Images · Google Videos · Google Autocomplete · Google Places · Google Place Details · Google Place Photos · Google Place Reviews · Google Place Products · Google Place Posts · Google Shopping · Google Product · Google Product Details · Google Product Reviews · Google Product Online Sellers · Google Product Specifications

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get Real-Time Data with the Most Complete Google Search API – Scale Serp API

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: a limited, non-exclusive, personal, non-transferrable, non-sublicensable, non-assignable license to access and use the Service [...] solely for your personal use on a Device that you own or control. [...] You may not: (i) cause, permit or authorize the modification, copying, creation of derivative works, translation, reverse engineering, decomplication, disassembly, or hacking of the Service, (ii) sell, assign, rent, lease, or grant rights in the Service, including, without limitation, through sublicense, to any other person or entity, or (iii) use the Service for any unlawful, prohibited, abnormal, or unusual activity as determined by ScraperAPI [...] All products and services sold by or received from ScraperAPI are intended to be used for personal purposes only, and you may not sell or resell any products or services you purchase or otherwise receive from ScraperAPI.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 125 credits a month
- Enough for: 125 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q, search_type "scholar". Optional: location, location_auto, uule, google_domain, gl, hl, lr, cr, page, max_page, sort_by, scholar_include_citations, scholar_year_min, scholar_year_max, scholar_patents_courts, scisbd, device, mobile_type, tablet_type, include_html, skip_on_incident, hide_base64_images, cookie, include_fields, exclude_fields
- Method: GET
- Path: /search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 27 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits used, credits consumed, credits remaining, credits reset at, created at, processed at, total time taken, request URL, HTML URL, JSON URL, search parameters, original query yields zero results, query displayed, scholar article position, scholar article title, scholar article link, scholar article domain, scholar article displayed link, scholar article snippet, scholar article cited by count, scholar article cited by URL, scholar article full text URL, scholar article versions count, scholar article versions URL, pagination, related searches

## Scale SERP's plans (14)

- [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $29 monthly, 1,000 searches, monthly, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/29-monthly-1000-searches-monthly-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $29.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $83 monthly, 10,000 searches, monthly, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/83-monthly-10000-searches-monthly-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $8.30 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $199 monthly, 50,000 searches, monthly, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/199-monthly-50000-searches-monthly-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $3.98 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $599 monthly, 250,000 searches, monthly, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/599-monthly-250000-searches-monthly-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $2.396 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $1,699 monthly, 1,000,000 searches, monthly, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/1699-monthly-1000000-searches-monthly-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $1.699 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $4,999 monthly, 5,000,000 searches, monthly, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/4999-monthly-5000000-searches-monthly-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $0.9998 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $276 yearly, 1,000 searches, annual, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/276-yearly-1000-searches-annual-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $23.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $792 yearly, 10,000 searches, annual, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/792-yearly-10000-searches-annual-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $6.60 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $1,908 yearly, 50,000 searches, annual, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/1908-yearly-50000-searches-annual-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $3.18 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $5,748 yearly, 250,000 searches, annual, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/5748-yearly-250000-searches-annual-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $1.916 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $16,308 yearly, 1,000,000 searches, annual, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/16308-yearly-1000000-searches-annual-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $1.359 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $47,988 yearly, 5,000,000 searches, annual, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/47988-yearly-5000000-searches-annual-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, contact us, Enterprise, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/contact-us-enterprise-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt): 18% complete, live

## Scale SERP's calls (9)

- `GET /search`, Google Autocomplete: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-autocomplete/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google Images: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Images](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-images/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google News: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google News](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-news/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google Places: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Places](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-places/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google Scholar: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google Search: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google Search, full: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-search-full/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google Shopping: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Shopping](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-shopping/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, Google Videos: [Scale SERP, free, tier, GET /search, Google Videos](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-videos/llms.txt)

## Scale SERP's APIs (1)

- [Scale SERP: SERP API pricing, 14 plans, GET /search, Google Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scale-serp/free-tier-get-search-google-scholar/llms.txt)

## Scale SERP: SERP API alternatives

- [Searlo, $29.99 pack, Builder, GET /serp/html, SERP HTML](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searlo/29-99-pack-builder-get-serp-html-serp-html/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Crawleo, $200 monthly, Scale, GET /google-search, Google Search API](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crawleo/200-monthly-scale-get-google-search-google-search-api/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Zenserp, $4,799.88 yearly, Premium, GET /api/v2/search, Google Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/zenserp/4799-88-yearly-premium-get-api-v2-search-google-search/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [Scrapeless, $399 monthly, Business, POST /api/v1/scraper/request, Google Local](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapeless/399-monthly-business-post-api-v1-scraper-request-google-local/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 27% 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://docs.trajectdata.com/scaleserp/response-codes
- https://docs.trajectdata.com/scaleserp/search-api/results/google/scholar
- https://docs.trajectdata.com/scaleserp/search-api/searches/common
- https://docs.trajectdata.com/scaleserp/search-api/searches/google/scholar
- https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/
- https://trajectdata.com/serp/scale-serp-api/pricing/
- https://trajectdata.com/traject-data-terms-of-service/
- https://www.scaleserp.com