SERP API
A comprehensive solution for easy, real-time search engine scraping, handling proxy management, unblocking, and parsing with ease. [1]
Bright Data SERP API delivers real-time search engine scraping with proxy management, unblocking, and parsing handled for you, across 195 countries. Use cases include organic rank tracking, brand protection, price comparison, and ad intelligence. The REST API uses API-key auth and an official MCP server, with results priced at $1.50 per 1,000 and self-serve signup. It holds SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and ISO 27001 with a published SLA. Used by Henkel, Beiersdorf, and Under Armour.
Scores
Pricing & procurement
- Pricing model
- Hybrid (base + usage) [2]
- Published pricing
- ✓ Yes [3]
- Free tier
- ✗ No [4]
- Self-serve signup
- ✓ Yes [5]
- Requires sales call
- ✗ No [6]
- Enterprise plan
- ✓ Yes [7]
| Plan | Item | Per | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | SERP API results | 1,000 results | $1.5 | source |
| 380K Results | SERP API results | 1,000 results | $1.3 | source |
| 380K Results | SERP API results | month | $499 | source |
| 900K Results | SERP API results | 1,000 results | $1.1 | source |
| 900K Results | SERP API results | month | $999 | source |
| 2M Results | SERP API results | 1,000 results | $1 | source |
| 2M Results | SERP API results | month | $1999 | source |
Capabilities
- Supported actions
- submit synchronous SERP request, submit asynchronous SERP request, retrieve async SERP results, geo-targeted search, search by URL, search by keyword, format output (JSON/HTML/Markdown/screenshot), light parsed top 10 results [8]
- Regions
- 195 countries (global) [9]
- Input types
- JSON, URL [10]
- Output types
- JSON, HTML, Markdown, screenshot (PNG) [11]
- Webhooks
- ✗ No [12]
- Sandbox / test mode
- ✗ No [13]
- SDK languages
- Python, Node.js [14]
- MCP server
- ✓ Yes [15]
Trust & compliance
- SOC 2
- SOC 2 Type II [16]
- HIPAA
- – Unknown [17]
- GDPR
- ✓ Yes [18]
- ISO 27001
- ✓ Yes [19]
- PCI DSS
- – Unknown [20]
- Published SLA
- ✓ Yes [21]
- Rate limits
- No. There is no limit to the number of concurrent requests. SERP API is built for scale. [22]
- Known restrictions
- Fast Parser focusing exclusively on the top 10 SERP results, Ultra Fast Infra: Access Google and Bing search results only, Async responses stored for 48 hours; max 8 hours during peak, HTTP 429 may occur; docs advise to reduce concurrency or switch to async, Premium Speed (sub-1-second response time) requires contacting an account manager [23]
Developer surface
Integration
Adoption & maturity
- Launched
- 2014-01-01
- Notable customers
- Henkel, Beiersdorf, Under Armour, Wayfair, Amazon, Bitget, Shopee Philippines Inc.
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References
- ↑Description: brightdata.com
- ↑Pricing model: docs.brightdata.com · brightdata.com
- ↑Published pricing: brightdata.com
- ↑Free tier: brightdata.com
- ↑Self-serve signup: docs.brightdata.com · docs.brightdata.com
- ↑Requires sales call: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑Enterprise plan: brightdata.com
- ↑Supported actions: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑Regions: brightdata.com
- ↑Input types: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑Output types: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑Webhooks: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑Sandbox: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑SDK languages: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑MCP server: brightdata.com · github.com
- ↑SOC 2: brightdata.com · brightdata.com
- ↑HIPAA: brightdata.com
- ↑GDPR: brightdata.com
- ↑ISO 27001: brightdata.com · brightdata.com
- ↑PCI DSS: brightdata.com
- ↑Published SLA: brightdata.com
- ↑Rate limits: docs.brightdata.com
- ↑Known restrictions: docs.brightdata.com · docs.brightdata.com
Change history
- 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
- 2026-06-08 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.brightdata.com
- 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
- 2026-06-08 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://brightdata.com/llms.txt
- 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → Bright Data SERP API delivers real-time search engine scraping with proxy manag…
- 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Python, Node.js → Python, Node.js
- 2026-06-07 Github Stars: (none) → 74
- 2026-06-07 Github Stars At: (none) → 2026-06-07T18:55:30.898Z
- 2026-06-07 MCP URL: (none) → https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp
- 2026-06-07 Quickstart URL: (none) → https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/send-your-first-request
- 2026-06-07 Error Format: (none) → vendor-specific
- 2026-06-07 Requires Verification: (none) → No
- 2026-06-07 SLA URL: (none) → https://brightdata.com/sla
- 2026-06-07 Starting Price Usd: (none) → 1.5
- 2026-06-07 Price Basis: (none) → 1,000 results
- 2026-06-07 Launched At: (none) → 2014-01-01
- 2026-06-07 Notable Customers: (none) → Henkel, Beiersdorf, Under Armour, Wayfair, Amazon, Bitget, Shopee Philippines I…
- 2026-06-07 Fields Not Found: (none) → stability, ga_date, deprecation_policy_url, free_tier_limit, idempotency_suppor…
- 2026-06-07 Data Retention Policy URL: (none) → https://brightdata.com/privacy
- 2026-06-07 Auth Methods: (none) → api_key
- 2026-06-07 Auth Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/authentication
- 2026-06-07 API Style: (none) → rest
- 2026-06-07 Base URL: (none) → https://api.brightdata.com
- 2026-06-07 API Version: (none) → 1.0.0
- 2026-06-07 Versioning Scheme: (none) → none
- 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Python, Node.js → Python, Node.js
- 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: (none) → Python, Node.js
- 2026-06-07 Capabilities: {"bulk":true,"realtime":true,"local_data":true,"multi_engine":true} → {"bulk":true,"realtime":true,"local_data":true,"multi_engine":true}