DataForSEO SERP API vs SerpApi

DataForSEO SERP API9.4Visit SerpApi9.1Visit

Higher score DataForSEO SERP API #1 in SERP APIs 9.4/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 1 features Visit DataForSEO

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SerpApi #3 in SERP APIs 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 1 features Visit SerpApi

• DataForSEO SERP API fits best

  Low-cost, broad multi-engine API

• SerpApi fits best

  Developers needing mature SDK coverage

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Side by side

Feature	DataForSEO SERP API 9.4/10 Visit ↗	SerpApi 9.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	9.1
Ranking	#1 in SERP APIs	#3 in SERP APIs
Best for	Low-cost, broad multi-engine API	Developers needing mature SDK coverage
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$0.0006/unit usage-based	$25/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Money-back guarantee	30 days	7 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7	Email, Phone, Docs
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, ISO 27001
Integrations	4 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features DataForSEO SERP API 0/1 · SerpApi 1/1
Proxy handling	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Search engine coverage	Multi-engine	Multi-engine
SERP types	Mixed	Mixed
Location targeting	Coordinates	Coordinates
Output formats	Json	Json
Requests included	Not checked yet	1000 requests/mo
Our review
Pros	Covers Google, Bing, YouTube, Yahoo, Baidu, Naver, and Seznam Targets countries, cities, and GPS coordinates with multiple SERP types Offers JSON, XML, and HTML responses plus live and queued modes	Structured JSON, Markdown, and HTML search-result outputs City, country, and coordinate-based location targeting SDKs and integrations for Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and more
Cons	No permanent free plan Live Mode costs more than queued processing Depth-based extraction can require more usage for larger result sets	Free plan is limited to 250 searches per month Paid plans use fixed monthly search and throughput quotas Enterprise pricing and quotas are custom
Our verdict	DataForSEO SERP API provides search-engine results data for software developers, SEO teams, rank-tracking tools, keyword-research products, and competitive-analysis workflows. Its coverage spans Google, Bing, YouTube, Yahoo, Baidu, Naver,… Read the review →	SerpApi is a hosted API for retrieving and parsing live search-engine results into structured data. It is aimed at developers, researchers, SEO teams, AI applications, analytics workflows, and enterprise data products that need… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• DataForSEO SERP API — where it wins

  • Covers Google, Bing, YouTube, Yahoo, Baidu, Naver, and Seznam
  • Targets countries, cities, and GPS coordinates with multiple SERP types
  • Offers JSON, XML, and HTML responses plus live and queued modes

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanent free plan
  • Live Mode costs more than queued processing
  • Depth-based extraction can require more usage for larger result sets

• SerpApi — where it wins

  • Structured JSON, Markdown, and HTML search-result outputs
  • City, country, and coordinate-based location targeting
  • SDKs and integrations for Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and more

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan is limited to 250 searches per month
  • Paid plans use fixed monthly search and throughput quotas
  • Enterprise pricing and quotas are custom

• DataForSEO SERP API9.4/10 · Paid

  A flexible multi-engine SERP API with unusually low usage-based pricing.

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• SerpApi9.1/10 · Free plan

  A broad SERP API with multi-engine coverage, location targeting, and SDKs across major languages.

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