{ "name": "SearchApi", "slug": "searchapi", "website_url": "https://www.searchapi.io", "vendor_description": "\"Real-time SERP API for easy SERP scraping\"", "categories": [ "serp" ], "summary": "SearchApi is a real-time SERP scraping API covering Google Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Scholar, Flights, Hotels, and more, alongside Bing and DuckDuckGo endpoints, making it suitable for SEO analysis, competitor monitoring, price tracking, and grounding AI applications with live search data. Plans start at $40 per month with 100 free requests requiring no credit card, self-serve signup, and an enterprise tier available. The REST API uses API key authentication and supports global geo-targeting across desktop, mobile, and tablet. Notable customers include Anthropic, Scale AI, and Ahrefs, and the service holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications with GDPR compliance and a published SLA.", "capabilities": { "supported_actions": [ "google_search", "google_ai_overview", "google_ai_mode", "google_maps", "google_news", "google_images", "google_shopping", "google_scholar", "google_flights", "google_hotels", "google_play", "google_autocomplete", "google_books", "google_patents", "bing_search", "bing_images", "bing_videos", "bing_shopping", "duckduckgo_search", "duckduckgo_images", "duckduckgo_videos", "yahoo_search", "baidu_search", "yandex_search", "youtube_search", "amazon_search", "ebay_search", "walmart_search", "bestbuy_search", "naver_search", "shein_search", "alibaba_search", "tiktok_search", "instagram_search", "reddit_search", "facebook_search", "linkedin_search", "apple_app_store_search", "airbnb_search", "zillow_search", "tripadvisor_search", "linkedin_ad_library", "meta_ad_library", "reddit_ad_library", "tiktok_ads_library", "batch_search", "async_search" ], "supported_regions": [ "Global geo-targeting via location parameter (canonical name) or uule (Google-encoded)", "gl country code parameter (default: us)", "cr country restriction by TLD/IP geolocation", "Bing market_code (language-country format, e.g. en-US)", "Bing country_code and lat/lon GPS coordinates", "DuckDuckGo locale parameter (default: us-en)", "Desktop, mobile, and tablet device targeting" ], "supported_languages": [ "All languages supported via hl (interface language) and lr (document language filter) parameters for Google", "All languages supported via language parameter for Bing", "All locales supported via locale parameter for DuckDuckGo" ], "input_types": [ "search query (q)", "knowledge graph ID (kgmid)", "location / geo (location, uule, lat/lon)", "country code (gl, cr, country_code)", "language code (hl, lr, language, locale)", "device (desktop/mobile/tablet)", "pagination (page, next_page_token)", "time range (time_period, time_period_min, time_period_max)", "safe search filter", "verbatim / no auto-correct flag", "engine selector", "optimization_strategy", "zero_retention (enterprise)" ], "output_types": [ "structured JSON", "organic results", "paid / ads", "featured snippet", "knowledge graph", "local pack", "AI overview", "top stories / news", "inline images", "inline videos", "shopping results", "related questions (People Also Ask)", "related searches", "answer boxes", "sitelinks", "job listings", "weather / sports / finance widgets", "discussion forums" ], "webhooks_supported": false, "sandbox_available": false, "sdk_languages": [ "n8n", "MCP (Node.js/remote)" ], "mcp_server_available": true }, "integration": { "api_style": "rest", "base_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search", "api_version": "v1", "versioning_scheme": "url", "stability": "ga", "deprecation_policy_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/terms", "auth_methods": [ "api_key" ], 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null, "minimum_commitment": null, "self_serve_signup": true, "requires_sales_call": false, "requires_verification": false, "enterprise_plan_available": true, "price_points": [ { "plan": "Developer", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "40.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Developer", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "4.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Production", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "100.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Production", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "3.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "BigData", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "250.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "BigData", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "2.5000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Scale", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "500.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Scale", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "2.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 500K", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "900.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 500K", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "1.8000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 1M", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "1500.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 1M", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "1.5000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 2M", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "2800.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 2M", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "1.4000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 5M", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "5000.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Octo 5M", "item": "searches", "amount_usd": "1.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "1,000 searches", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" }, { "plan": "Free trial", "item": "searches (one-time signup credit, not a recurring free tier)", "amount_usd": "0.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "100 searches one-time", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing" } ] }, "compliance": { "soc2": "type_2", "hipaa": false, "gdpr": true, "iso_27001": true, "pci_dss": false, "sla_published": true, "sla_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/terms", "data_retention_policy_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/privacy", "documented_rate_limits": "Maximum 20% of plan credits per hour (e.g. Developer plan: 2,000 searches/hour); up to 10 MCP integrations per account", "known_restrictions": [ "Only successful requests (HTTP 200 status code) are charged - failed requests are not billed", "zero_retention mode (no logging/storage) is available only on custom Enterprise contracts", "Maximum 20% of monthly plan credits usable per hour", "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 audit reports available to Enterprise customers only (certifications exist but reports gated)", "Must not alter, remove, or conceal copyright/trademark notices associated with data", "Must not misrepresent ownership or source of data", "Customer data must not be used for ML/AI model training (prohibited by DPA)", "Maximum 10 MCP integrations per account" ] }, "developer": { "docs_url": null, "api_reference_url": null, "openapi_spec_url": null, "postman_collection_url": null, "changelog_url": null, "status_page_url": "https://status.searchapi.io", "llms_txt_url": null, "markdown_docs_url": null, "rendering": "static" }, "adoption": { "launched_at": "2024-01-01", "ga_date": null, "github_stars": null, "github_stars_at": null, "notable_customers": [ "Anthropic", "Bain & Company", "DataRails", "Scale AI", "Ahrefs", "Demyst" ] }, "scores": { "agent_friendliness": 50, "pricing_transparency": 85, "setup_speed": 55, "docs_quality": 0, "procurement_friction": 85, "trust_readiness": 75, "best_for": [ "Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan", "AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt)", "Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box" ], "avoid_if": [ "You want to try it free before paying" ] }, "sources": [ { "field": "categories", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/", "excerpt": "Real-time SERP API for easy SERP scraping", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "supported_actions", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "Major Search Engines: Google, Bing, Baidu, Naver, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex. E-commerce: Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Best Buy, Shein, Alibaba. Travel & Accommodation: Google Flights, Google Hotels, Airbnb, Zillow, Tripadvisor. Social & Content: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "pricing_model", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Developer $40/month - 10,000 searches; Production $100/month - 35,000 searches; BigData $250/month - 100,000 searches; Scale $500/month - 250,000 searches; Octo 500K $900/month - 500,000 searches; Octo 1M $1,500/month - 1,000,000 searches; Octo 2M $2,800/month - 2,000,000 searches; Octo 5M $5,000/month - 5,000,000 searches", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_available", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Sign up for 100 free requests. No credit card required.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sandbox_available", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Sign up for 100 free requests. No credit card required. Only successful searches with a 200 status code incur charges.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sla_published", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/terms", "excerpt": "SearchApi provides a 99.9% Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantee for all our plans. If this threshold is missed, they credit 100% of your monthly plan price on your next invoice.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "iso_27001", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/dpa", "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications are available to customers on an Enterprise plan per Section 8.1", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "gdpr", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/privacy", "excerpt": "SearchApi recognizes all of the rights granted in these regulations, except as limited by applicable law.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "pci_dss", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/dpa", "excerpt": "HIPAA and PCI DSS certifications are not mentioned in this DPA.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "known_restrictions", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/dpa", "excerpt": "SearchApi shall not use Customer Data to train, fine-tune, or improve machine learning or artificial intelligence models.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "documented_rate_limits", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "To maintain fairness and server integrity, there's a rate limit in place. Please note that you can utilize only up to 20% of your plan's credits each hour.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "mcp_server_available", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/integrations/mcp", "excerpt": "claude mcp add searchapi \"\" --transport http", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "enterprise_plan_available", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "we're open to discussions for custom plans", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "self_serve_signup", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Sign up for 100 free requests. No credit card required.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "api_version", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "auth_methods", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google#authentication", "excerpt": "The `api_key` authenticates your requests. Use it as a query parameter or in the Authorization header.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "starting_price_usd", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Developer plan: $40/month for 10,000 searches", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_limit", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/", "excerpt": "Sign up for 100 free requests with no credit card required and no commitment needed.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "rate_limit_requests (hourly rule)", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "To maintain fairness and server integrity, there's a rate limit in place. Please note that you can utilize only up to 20% of your plan's credits each hour.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "data_retention_policy_url", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/privacy", "excerpt": "We blind all of these individual identifiers after 30 days.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "notable_customers", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/", "excerpt": "Recognized clients: Anthropic, Bain & Company, DataRails, Scale AI, Ahrefs, and Demyst", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "vendor_description", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/", "excerpt": "Real-time SERP API for easy SERP scraping", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "supported_actions", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/integrations/mcp", "excerpt": "real-time data including web search, flight comparison, hotel booking, and product research across 50+ platforms (Google, Amazon, Airbnb, YouTube, etc.)", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "has_published_pricing", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Developer | $40 | 10,000 | $4/1K ... Octo 5M | $5,000 | 5,000,000 | $1/1K", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_available", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/", "excerpt": "Sign up for 100 free requests with no credit card required and no commitment needed.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sla_published", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "99.9% SLA guarantee for all plans. If they fail to meet this guarantee, they will provide credits equal to 100% of your monthly plan price on your next invoice.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "soc2", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/dpa", "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications are available to customers on an Enterprise plan per Section 8.1", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "gdpr", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/dpa", "excerpt": "This DPA applies automatically. No signature is required for it to take effect.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "hipaa", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/dpa", "excerpt": "HIPAA and PCI DSS certifications are not mentioned in this DPA.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "known_restrictions", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "you won't be billed for failed requests. Only successful searches with a 200 status code incur charges", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "known_restrictions", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "zero_retention: Enterprise-only; set to \"true\" for zero logging/storage", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "documented_rate_limits", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/integrations/mcp", "excerpt": "Maximum 10 MCP integrations per account", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sdk_languages", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "Languages with documented examples: Python, Node.js, Ruby, Java, Go, PHP, Bash, R, Kotlin, Swift, C#, C, C++", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "enterprise_plan_available", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "zero_retention: Enterprise-only; set to \"true\" for zero logging/storage", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "base_url", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "versioning_scheme", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "URL-based versioning using /api/v1/ path structure", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "auth_methods", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "price_basis", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Developer | $40 | $4 | 10,000 searches per month", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_limit", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "excerpt": "Sign up for 100 free requests", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sla_url", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/terms", "excerpt": "SearchApi provides a 99.9% Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantee for all our plans. If this threshold is missed, they credit 100% of your monthly plan price on your next invoice.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "data_retention_policy_url", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/privacy", "excerpt": "Account-level data (your name, email address, billing records, and API usage history) is retained for legitimate business purposes such as tax compliance, fraud prevention, and account reactivation.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "mcp_url", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/integrations/mcp", "excerpt": "claude mcp add searchapi \"\" --transport http", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sdk_packages (n8n)", "url": "https://github.com/SearchApi/n8n-nodes-searchapi", "excerpt": "A community node for getting structured JSON data from many sources like Google, Bing, Youtube, etc...", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "launched_at", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/searchapi", "excerpt": "Launched 2yr ago", "confidence": "low" }, { "field": "deprecation_policy_url (no formal policy)", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/terms", "excerpt": "reserve the right to discontinue or modify any part of our Services or their content at any time, without prior notice", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "stability", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search — production API endpoint in active use", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "mcp_url", "url": "https://github.com/SearchApi/searchapi-mcp", "excerpt": "Give AI assistants access to real-time search data through SearchAPI. Search Google Flights, Hotels, Vacation Rentals, and more.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "error_format", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "excerpt": "search_metadata includes status field indicating 'Success' or error condition", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "launched_at", "url": "https://x.com/searchapi_io", "excerpt": "SearchApi joined Twitter/X in January 2023", "confidence": "low" }, { "field": "deprecation_policy_url (no formal policy)", "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/announcements", "excerpt": "Deprecations documented: google_domain parameter deprecated, YouTube Trends API deprecated following YouTube's discontinuation of its Trending page in July 2025", "confidence": "high" } ], "fields_not_found": [ "concurrent_request_limit", "annual_discount", "pci_dss_explicit_statement", "hipaa_explicit_statement", "specific_uptime_SLA_percentage_page_url", "ga_date", "rate_limit_requests (per-second/per-minute numeric limit not published; only 20%-of-plan-per-hour rule)", "rate_limit_window (no clean window documented)", "webhook_signing", "webhook_events_url", "idempotency_supported", "deprecation_policy_url (no formal deprecation policy; terms only state right to modify without notice)", "launched_at (exact date unknown; Product Hunt indicates ~2024; Twitter join Jan 2023)" ], "source_confidence": "high", "last_verified_at": "2026-06-16T00:00:00.000Z", "contribute": { "note": "This data is crowd-editable. Suggest corrections or leave a review via these endpoints - no auth required, requests are rate-limited, and every submission is reviewed before it goes live. For a field edit, {field} is any key in this response and a citation is required.", "endpoints": [ { "action": "review", "label": "Leave a review or comment", "method": "POST", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/searchapi", "example_body": { "kind": "review", "rating": 5, "body": "Your experience with this API…" } }, { "action": "field_edit", "label": "Suggest a correction to a field (cite a source)", "method": "POST", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/searchapi/{field}", "example_body": { "value": "corrected value", "citations": [ { "url": "https://source.example/page", "excerpt": "supporting quote" } ], "note": "what changed and why" } }, { "action": "new_api", "label": "Suggest a new API to add", "method": "POST", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/api", "example_body": { "value": { "name": "Acme API", "website_url": "https://acme.example" }, "citations": [ { "url": "https://acme.example" } ] } }, { "action": "token", "label": "Optional - raise your rate limit", "method": "GET", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/token" } ] } }