SERP API

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

Pricing model

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/pricing-and-billing“Bright Data SERP API pricing: per-1000 successful requests with parsing and unlocking included, no bandwidth fees and failed requests not billed.”brightdata.com/pricing/serp“SERP API. Starts from$1/1k req”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]brightdata.com/pricing/serp“SERP API. Starts from$1/1k req”

Free tier

✗ No [4]brightdata.com/pricing/serp“SERP API. Starts from$1/1k req”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [5]docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/authentication“Authenticate with Bright Data using 1 of 2 methods: API Access with an API key or Native Access with proxy username and password. Billed at the same rate.”docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/quickstart“Get started with the Bright Data SERP API (31 languages) in 3 steps: create a zone, generate credentials and send your first Google search query.”

Requires sales call

✗ No [6]docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/quickstart“Get started with the Bright Data SERP API (31 languages) in 3 steps: create a zone, generate credentials and send your first Google search query.”

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [7]brightdata.com/products“Request dataset ... Book a free demo. Contact sales. Bright Insights. SERP API.”

• Local / geo data
• Multiple search engines
• Bulk / batch
• Real-time

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]docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/rest-api/serp/serp-api“Use the Bright Data SERP API (31 languages) to extract structured results from Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo with organic listings, ads and shopping data.”

Regions

195 countries (global) [9]brightdata.com/products/serp-api

Input types

JSON, URL [10]docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/rest-api/serp/serp-api

Output types

JSON, HTML, Markdown, screenshot (PNG) [11]docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/rest-api/serp/serp-api“Use the Bright Data SERP API (31 languages) to extract structured results from Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo with organic listings, ads and shopping data.”

Webhooks

✗ No [12]docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/introduction

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [13]docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/quickstart

SDK languages

Python, Node.js [14]docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/quickstart“Get started with the Bright Data SERP API (31 languages) in 3 steps: create a zone, generate credentials and send your first Google search query.”

MCP server

✓ Yes [15]brightdata.com/ai/mcp-server“Bright Data's Web MCP solves web access for LLMs and AI agents, allowing them to effectively search, extract and navigate the web without getting blocked.”github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp“A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides an all-in-one solution for public web access.”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [16]brightdata.com/trustcenter/data-security-overview-protection-measures“Our security framework and measures adhere to international standards and industry-leading practices, including ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, CSA STAR Level 1, and”brightdata.com/trustcenter“Compliance & Certifications. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Learn more ISO 27001:2022, SOC2 Service Organization Control (SOC) are trusted and”

HIPAA

– Unknown [17]brightdata.com/trustcenter“Compliance & Certifications. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Learn more ISO 27001:2022, SOC2 Service Organization Control (SOC) are trusted and”

GDPR

✓ Yes [18]brightdata.com/trustcenter“Compliance & Certifications. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Learn more ISO 27001:2022, SOC2 Service Organization Control (SOC) are trusted and”

ISO 27001

✓ Yes [19]brightdata.com/trustcenter/data-security-overview-protection-measures“Our security framework and measures adhere to international standards and industry-leading practices, including ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, CSA STAR Level 1, and”brightdata.com/trustcenter“Compliance & Certifications. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Learn more ISO 27001:2022, SOC2 Service Organization Control (SOC) are trusted and”

PCI DSS

– Unknown [20]brightdata.com/trustcenter“Compliance & Certifications. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Learn more ISO 27001:2022, SOC2 Service Organization Control (SOC) are trusted and”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [21]brightdata.com/sla“Availability: Bright Data will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Bright Data network available with an Uptime percentage of 99.9%,”

Rate limits

No. There is no limit to the number of concurrent requests. SERP API is built for scale. [22]docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/introduction

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]docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/rest-api/serp/serp-apidocs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/introduction

• Docs
• API reference
• llms.txt

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.brightdata.com

Version

1.0.0

Versioning

none

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific

SDKs

• Python brightdata-sdk · repo · updated 2026-06 · 74★
• Node.js @brightdata/sdk · repo · updated 2026-06 · 11★

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server

Launched

2014-01-01

Notable customers

Henkel, Beiersdorf, Under Armour, Wayfair, Amazon, Bitget, Shopee Philippines Inc.

• Oxylabs

  The best proxy service platform with 175M+ Residential and 2M Datacenter IP proxies. Extract public data from any website with ease!

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• DataForSEO

  We provide comprehensive SEO and digital marketing data solutions via API

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

• SerpApi

  SerpApi is a real-time API to access Google search results. We handle proxies, solve captchas, and parse all rich structured data for you.

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• ScraperAPI

  Collect data from any public website with our web scraping API, without worrying about proxies, browsers, or CAPTCHA handling.

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Scrapingdog

  "Scrapingdog is your all-in-one Web Scraping API, effortlessly managing proxies and headless browsers, allowing you to extract the data you need with ease."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Decodo Web Scraping API

  "AI-Ready Proxy & Scraping Solutions" - "The most efficient way to test, launch, and scale your web data projects."

  Subscription · public pricing · self-serve

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1. ↑Description: brightdata.com
2. ↑Pricing model: docs.brightdata.com · brightdata.com
3. ↑Published pricing: brightdata.com
4. ↑Free tier: brightdata.com
5. ↑Self-serve signup: docs.brightdata.com · docs.brightdata.com
6. ↑Requires sales call: docs.brightdata.com
7. ↑Enterprise plan: brightdata.com
8. ↑Supported actions: docs.brightdata.com
9. ↑Regions: brightdata.com
10. ↑Input types: docs.brightdata.com
11. ↑Output types: docs.brightdata.com
12. ↑Webhooks: docs.brightdata.com
13. ↑Sandbox: docs.brightdata.com
14. ↑SDK languages: docs.brightdata.com
15. ↑MCP server: brightdata.com · github.com
16. ↑SOC 2: brightdata.com · brightdata.com
17. ↑HIPAA: brightdata.com
18. ↑GDPR: brightdata.com
19. ↑ISO 27001: brightdata.com · brightdata.com
20. ↑PCI DSS: brightdata.com
21. ↑Published SLA: brightdata.com
22. ↑Rate limits: docs.brightdata.com
23. ↑Known restrictions: docs.brightdata.com · docs.brightdata.com

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 25 → 45
2. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 45 → 65
3. 2026-06-15 API Reference URL: (none) → https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/authentication
4. 2026-06-15 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
5. 2026-06-15 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-15 Llms Txt URL: https://brightdata.com/llms.txt → https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt
7. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi… → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
8. 2026-06-09 Best For: Regulated or enterprise workloads — compliance attestations and an enterprise p… → Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise p…
9. 2026-06-09 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 45
10. 2026-06-09 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 85
11. 2026-06-09 Avoid If: (none) → You want to try it free before paying
12. 2026-06-09 Best For: (none) → Regulated or enterprise workloads — compliance attestations and an enterprise p…
13. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
14. 2026-06-09 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 75
15. 2026-06-09 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 85
16. 2026-06-09 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 25
17. 2026-06-09 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 55
18. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
19. 2026-06-08 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.brightdata.com
20. 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
21. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://brightdata.com/llms.txt
22. 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → Bright Data SERP API delivers real-time search engine scraping with proxy manag…
23. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Python, Node.js → Python, Node.js
24. 2026-06-07 Github Stars: (none) → 74
25. 2026-06-07 Github Stars At: (none) → 2026-06-07T18:55:30.898Z
26. 2026-06-07 Notable Customers: (none) → Henkel, Beiersdorf, Under Armour, Wayfair, Amazon, Bitget, Shopee Philippines I…
27. 2026-06-07 Launched At: (none) → 2014-01-01
28. 2026-06-07 Price Basis: (none) → 1,000 results
29. 2026-06-07 Starting Price Usd: (none) → 1.5
30. 2026-06-07 Data Retention Policy URL: (none) → https://brightdata.com/privacy
31. 2026-06-07 SLA URL: (none) → https://brightdata.com/sla
32. 2026-06-07 Requires Verification: (none) → No
33. 2026-06-07 Error Format: (none) → vendor-specific
34. 2026-06-07 Quickstart URL: (none) → https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/send-your-first-request
35. 2026-06-07 MCP URL: (none) → https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp
36. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Python, Node.js → Python, Node.js
37. 2026-06-07 Versioning Scheme: (none) → none
38. 2026-06-07 API Version: (none) → 1.0.0
39. 2026-06-07 Base URL: (none) → https://api.brightdata.com
40. 2026-06-07 API Style: (none) → rest
41. 2026-06-07 Auth Methods: (none) → api_key
42. 2026-06-07 Auth Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/authentication
43. 2026-06-07 Fields Not Found: (none) → stability, ga_date, deprecation_policy_url, free_tier_limit, idempotency_suppor…
44. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: (none) → Python, Node.js
45. 2026-06-07 Capabilities: {"bulk":true,"realtime":true,"local_data":true,"multi_engine":true} → {"bulk":true,"realtime":true,"local_data":true,"multi_engine":true}

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