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SearchApi
· Real-time SERP API covering Google, Bing and dozens of other engines, with pay-per-success billing and an MCP server.
SearchApi
Real-time SERP API covering Google, Bing and dozens of other engines, with pay-per-success billing and an MCP server.
Chandan KumarLast updated October 8, 2026
SearchApi is a real-time SERP API that returns structured JSON for Google and other search engines. The Google API returns organic results, ads, knowledge graph, People Also Ask, local and map results, shopping, news and an AI Overview block. Beyond web search, it includes Bing, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, YouTube, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Google Maps, Flights, Hotels, Scholar.
Requests are GET calls with engine and q parameters plus options such as device, location, gl, hl, time_period and page. Location can be set by canonical name or by coordinates, and responses include the detected location.
SearchApi has built-in proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving on paid plans. You can integrate with Dify, Flowise, LangChain and Haystack, and a hosted MCP server lets AI assistants call the API.
SearchApi suits developers and teams that want one SERP API across many engines and verticals with transparent per-1,000 pricing that drops as volume rises. Paid plans are monthly subscriptions, and there is no pay-as-you-go option, and usage is throttled to 20% of a plan's credits per hour.
What SearchApi actually includes
Broad engine catalog
One API pattern covers Google, Bing, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, YouTube, Amazon, Walmart, Maps, Flights and more.
AI search APIs
Google AI Overview blocks come back in the Google SERP response, with separate APIs for Google AI Mode, Gemini, Bing Copilot, Perplexity and ChatGPT.
Coordinate-level geo-targeting
Searches can be pinned to a canonical location or latitude and longitude, with device, country and language parameters.
Pay per success
Only requests that return a 200 status are billed; failed requests do not use plan searches.
MCP server
A hosted MCP endpoint with OAuth or token auth lets Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other clients run searches as tools.
SearchApi's strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Very wide engine and vertical coverage under a single API style
- Clear per-1,000 rates that fall from $4 to $1 as volume grows
- Failed requests are not billed
- Hosted MCP server and open-source LLM framework integrations
- Legal Protection Guarantee (up to $2M) from the Production plan
Limitations
- No pay-as-you-go option; every paid tier is a monthly subscription
- Expensive than Geekflare
- Free allowance is only 100 requests, with no stated renewal
- Enhanced speed costs extra, and async or batch requests are not documented
How much does SearchApi cost
Paid plans run from Developer at $40/month (10,000 searches, $4 per 1,000) up to Octo 5M at $5,000/month (5,000,000 searches, $1 per 1,000), billed monthly in USD. New accounts get 100 free requests with no credit card; the site does not say whether this allowance renews. Only successful searches (HTTP 200) are billed, and an Enhanced speed option costs more than Standard (Developer is $80/month instead of $40).
| Plan | Monthly | Annual /mo | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free trial | Free | Free | 100 free requests on sign-up, no credit card required. The site does not state whether the allowance renews. |
| Developer | $40 | — | 10,000 searches/month at $4 per 1,000 searches, 99.9% SLA. Enhanced speed option is $80/month. |
| Production | $100 | — | 35,000 searches/month at $3 per 1,000 searches. Adds team management and the Legal Protection Guarantee. |
| BigData | $250 | — | 100,000 searches/month at $2.5 per 1,000 searches. |
| Scale | $500 | — | 250,000 searches/month at $2 per 1,000 searches. Medium throughput; high throughput and search analytics are listed from this tier. |
| Octo 500K | $900 | — | 500,000 searches/month at $1.8 per 1,000 searches. Dedicated throughput, priority support and search analytics. |
| Octo 1M | $1500 | — | 1,000,000 searches/month at $1.5 per 1,000 searches. |
| Octo 2M | $2800 | — | 2,000,000 searches/month at $1.4 per 1,000 searches. |
| Octo 5M | $5000 | — | 5,000,000 searches/month at $1 per 1,000 searches. Custom plans are also available on request. |
Verified against the official pricing page on October 8, 2026.
Verdict
Use SearchApi
- Pulling Google organic, PAA and AI Overview data into SEO or rank-tracking tools
- Giving AI agents live search access through the MCP server or LangChain
- Running one integration across Google, Bing, YouTube, Amazon and other engines
- Scaling a SERP data pipeline from thousands to millions of searches a month
Skip SearchApi
- You need a recurring free tier for hobby projects
- You want pure pay-as-you-go billing with no monthly commitment
- Your workload sends large bursts that exceed 20% of monthly credits in an hour
- You need a documented async batch endpoint for very large query lists
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