Answer

Plans for 10,000 searches a month, budget $50/month before tax, billing: monthly subscription or pay as you go, failed requests not billed

Every plan checked against these conditions, with the official sentence each verdict rests on. 8 of 62 plans meet every condition.

10,000 searches a month
Budget $50/month before tax
Billing: monthly subscription or pay as you go
Failed requests not billed

Checked 2026-09-28 – 2026-10-14 · Data version 392e2a978b5e · Change these conditions

Full matches 8

Plan	Monthly cost	Billing	Covers the monthly volume	Monthly cost within budget (before tax)	Billing type	Failed requests are not billed	Buy
Search API, Fast SearchPerplexity	$10/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page
Pay as you goBright Data	$15/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page
Pay as you go, Search (flash, fast and standard depth)Linkup	$30/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page
StarterOxylabs	$30/month	billed monthly	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page
LiteScrapingdog	$40/month	billed monthly	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page
Search (prepaid usage)Brave Search API	$45/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page
FreelanceScrapingBee	$49/month	billed monthly	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page
Search API, standard web searchPerplexity	$50/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Met	Pricing page

Partial matches 12

A required condition is not stated on the official pages.

Plan	Monthly cost	Billing	Covers the monthly volume	Monthly cost within budget (before tax)	Billing type	Failed requests are not billed	Buy
Pay as you go, Turbo and Fast modeParallel	$5/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Unknown	Pricing page
Standard QueueDataForSEO	$6/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Unknown	Pricing page
Priority QueueDataForSEO	$12/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Unknown	Pricing page
Live ModeDataForSEO	$20/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Unknown	Pricing page
Developer (Pay as you go), Instant SearchExa	$30/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Unknown	Pricing page
Pay as you go, Advanced and Basic modeParallel	$45/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Unknown	Pricing page
Pay as you go, Web Search APIYou.com	$50/month	pay as you go	Met	Met	Met	Unknown	Pricing page
Free TierBright Data	at least $0/month	free plan	Unknown	Unknown	Met	Met	Pricing page
FreeScrapingdog	at least $0/month	free plan	Unknown	Unknown	Met	Met	Pricing page
FreeSerpApi	at least $0/month	free plan	Unknown	Unknown	Met	Met	Pricing page

Evidence by plan

62 plans considered · 8 full · 12 partial · 42 ruled out

Full matches 8

Every required condition is met.

Perplexity · Perplexity Search API

Search API, Fast Search

pay as you go

$10/month

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $1 per 1,000 → $10/month.

Source

Usage price
The Search API charges $1.00 per 1,000 Fast Search requests instead of $5.00 for standard web search.
docs.perplexity.ai/docs/search/fast-search · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  The Search API charges $1.00 per 1,000 Fast Search requests instead of $5.00 for standard web search.
  docs.perplexity.ai/docs/search/fast-search · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Billing unit: Search API charges for each successful POST /search request, not for each query in the request.
  docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: The billing unit is one successful request, so one search is one unit. A successful request with an array of up to five queries is one billing unit.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$10/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Invalid requests, rate-limited requests, and upstream failures are not billed.
  docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Billing of failed requestsA successful response is billed even when it returns no results.

Bright Data · Bright Data SERP API

Pay as you go

pay as you go

$15/month

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $1.50 per 1,000 → $15/month.

Source

Usage price
Pay as you go $ 1.5 /1K requests Start free Pay only for success Set monthly spend limits Unlimited concurrency
brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  Pay as you go $ 1.5 /1K requests Start free Pay only for success Set monthly spend limits Unlimited concurrency
  brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Pay as you go $ 1.5 /1K requests
  brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: Priced per request; one search is one request.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$15/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Access results from any major search engine. Pay only for success
  brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14

Linkup · Linkup Search API

Pay as you go, Search (flash, fast and standard depth)

pay as you go

$30/month

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $5 per 1,000, minus the $20 monthly credit → $30/month.

Source

Usage price
"flash" / "fast" / "standard" "searchResults" $0.005
docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/development/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Free usage credit every month
When you first sign up with a professional email address, your account is automatically credited with $20. We will top up eligible accounts back to $20 each month.
docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/development/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $0.005 per call × 1,000, outputType searchResults.
Free usage credit every monthThe pricing page states the same allowance as 4,000 free queries.

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  "flash" / "fast" / "standard" "searchResults" $0.005
  docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/development/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Each time you make a successful request to our API endpoints, an amount is subtracted from your account.
  docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/development/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $0.005 per call × 1,000, outputType searchResults.
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: One call is one search.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$30/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  No credit is subtracted when an error occurs, whether that is due to a missing parameter, an internal server error, or because we were unable to find anything relevant to your query.
  docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/development/pricing · checked 2026-10-14

Oxylabs · Oxylabs Web Scraper API

Starter

billed monthly

$30/monthbefore tax

10,000 searches × $1 per 1,000 = $10; usage $10 is within the $30/month plan fee, which is spent at these rates → $30/month.

Source

Price per result type
Google non-JS $1.00/1K res. Up to 5K results $1.00/1K res. Up to 22K results
oxylabs.io/products/scraper-api/web/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Monthly price
Starter $ 30 /mo VAT may apply
oxylabs.io/products/scraper-api/web/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Price per result typePlain and JavaScript pages use the Custom domain scraping rows, searches use the Google non-JS row. The plan fee is spent at these rates.

Met
Covers the monthly volumeAt least 30,000 requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Price per result type
  Google non-JS $1.00/1K res. Up to 5K results $1.00/1K res. Up to 22K results
  oxylabs.io/products/scraper-api/web/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Extra usage beyond the plan
  A one-time payment added to your balance immediately, without changing your plan.
  developers.oxylabs.io/help-center/most-popular-questions/how-pricing-and-billing-work.md · checked 2026-10-14
- Price per result typePlain and JavaScript pages use the Custom domain scraping rows, searches use the Google non-JS row. The plan fee is spent at these rates.
- Extra usage beyond the planA one-time top-up can be added to the balance without changing the plan; the pages state no maximum amount.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$30/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typeMonthly subscription (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: yes, blocked 403 billed: yes (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Failed attempts to scrape due to our system errors (`5xx` and `6xx` status codes) won’t be included, and you won’t be billed for them.
  developers.oxylabs.io/products/web-scraper-api/usage-and-billing/billing-information.md · checked 2026-10-14

Scrapingdog · Scrapingdog API

Lite

billed monthly (also billed yearly)

$40/month

$40/month includes 200,000 credits; 10,000 searches × 5 = 50,000 credits; within the 200,000 credits included → $40/month.

Source

Monthly price
LITE $40 /month 200,000 Requests Credits 5 Concurrency Access To All APIs Geotargeting
scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeAt least 40,000 requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Included per month
  LITE $40 /month 200,000 Requests Credits 5 Concurrency Access To All APIs Geotargeting
  scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Google APIs Google SERP Light API 5 credits / req
  scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchGoogle SERP Light API; the Advance API costs 10 credits.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$40/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typeMonthly subscription (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated, blocked 403 billed: no (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are automatically refunded to your balance.
  scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Billing of failed requestsWhether target 404 responses count as failed is not stated.

Brave Search API · Brave Search API (Search plan)

Search (prepaid usage)

pay as you go

$45/month

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $5 per 1,000, minus the $5 monthly credit → $45/month.

Source

Usage price
$ 5.00 per 1,000 requests
api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Free usage credit every month
Includes free $5 in credits every month . Credits are automatically applied to your account.
api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  $ 5.00 per 1,000 requests
  api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  $ 5.00 per 1,000 requests
  api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: Priced per request; one search is one request.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$45/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Only successful requests (non-error responses) are counted against your quota and billed.
  api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/guides/rate-limiting · checked 2026-10-14

ScrapingBee · ScrapingBee API

Freelance

billed monthly

$49/monthbefore tax

$49/month includes 250,000 credits; 10,000 searches × 10 = 100,000 credits; within the 250,000 credits included → $49/month.

Source

Monthly price
Freelance $49 /mo 250,000 50
scrapingbee.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeAt least 25,000 requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Included per month
  Freelance $49 /mo 250,000 50
  scrapingbee.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  It cost 10 or 15 credits per Google Search API request, depending on the type of request you make. Here is a breakdown of ScrapingBee API credit costs: Feature used API credit cost Light Requests learn more (default) 10 Regular requests 15
  scrapingbee.com/documentation/google-api/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchLight requests (the default) cost 10 credits; regular requests, which AI Overviews need, cost 15.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$49/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typeMonthly subscription (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: yes, blocked 403 billed: no (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  200 Yes Successful Call ... 404 Yes Requested URL not found ... 429 No Too many concurrent requests ... 500 No We could not scrape the page
  scrapingbee.com/documentation/ · checked 2026-10-14

Perplexity · Perplexity Search API

Search API, standard web search

pay as you go

$50/month

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $5 per 1,000 → $50/month.

Source

Usage price
Search API $5.00 Raw web search results with advanced filtering
docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $5.00 per 1,000 successful requests.

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  Search API $5.00 Raw web search results with advanced filtering
  docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Billing unit: Search API charges for each successful POST /search request, not for each query in the request.
  docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $5.00 per 1,000 successful requests.
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: The billing unit is one successful request, so one search is one unit. A successful request with an array of up to five queries is one billing unit.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$50/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Invalid requests, rate-limited requests, and upstream failures are not billed.
  docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Billing of failed requestsA successful response is billed even when it returns no results.

Partial matches 12

Nothing required is known to fail, but at least one required condition is not stated on the official pages. Showing the first 10.

Parallel · Parallel Search API

Pay as you go, Turbo and Fast mode

pay as you go

$5/month

Unknown: failed requests are not billed

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $1 per 1,000, minus the $5 monthly credit → $5/month.

Source

Usage price
| Turbo | $1 | $1 | Latency-sensitive, high-volume lookups | ~200ms |
parallel.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Free usage credit every month
Earn up to $80 at signup + $5 in free credits per month
parallel.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $1 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results; additional results $1 per 1,000. Turbo supports English and Japanese queries only.
Free usage credit every monthStated on the page as up to 5,000 requests a month, which is $5 at this price. The signup credit of up to $80 is one-time and not counted.

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  | Turbo | $1 | $1 | Latency-sensitive, high-volume lookups | ~200ms |
  parallel.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  By default, the Search API returns 10 page results and their excerpts per request.
  docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $1 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results; additional results $1 per 1,000. Turbo supports English and Japanese queries only.
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: One request is one search; it includes 10 results.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$5/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Unknown
Failed requests are not billedBilling of failed Search requests is not stated; only the Task and Responses APIs say failed runs are not billed.
Source
- Billing of failed requestsBilling of failed Search requests is not stated; only the Task and Responses APIs say failed runs are not billed.

DataForSEO · DataForSEO SERP API

Standard Queue

pay as you go

$6/month

Unknown: failed requests are not billed

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 searches × $0.60 per 1,000 → $6/month.

Source

Usage price
Standard Queue Queue-based system with POST and GET requests TURNAROUND TIME 5 minutes on average* Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0006 Price per 1K SERPs $0.6
dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  Standard Queue Queue-based system with POST and GET requests TURNAROUND TIME 5 minutes on average* Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0006 Price per 1K SERPs $0.6
  dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0006 Price per 1K SERPs $0.6
  dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchOne SERP is one page of 10 results.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$6/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Unknown
Failed requests are not billedBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.
Source
- Billing of failed requestsBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.

DataForSEO · DataForSEO SERP API

Priority Queue

pay as you go

$12/month

Unknown: failed requests are not billed

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 searches × $1.20 per 1,000 → $12/month.

Source

Usage price
Priority Queue Queue-based system with POST and GET requests TURNAROUND TIME up to 1 minute on average Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0012 Price per 1K SERPs $1.2
dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  Priority Queue Queue-based system with POST and GET requests TURNAROUND TIME up to 1 minute on average Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0012 Price per 1K SERPs $1.2
  dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0006 Price per 1K SERPs $0.6
  dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchOne SERP is one page of 10 results.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$12/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Unknown
Failed requests are not billedBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.
Source
- Billing of failed requestsBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.

DataForSEO · DataForSEO SERP API

Live Mode

pay as you go

$20/month

Unknown: failed requests are not billed

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 searches × $2 per 1,000 → $20/month.

Source

Usage price
Live Mode Real-time results with a single POST request TURNAROUND TIME up to 6 seconds on average Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.002 Price per 1K SERPs $2
dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  Live Mode Real-time results with a single POST request TURNAROUND TIME up to 6 seconds on average Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.002 Price per 1K SERPs $2
  dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0006 Price per 1K SERPs $0.6
  dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per searchOne SERP is one page of 10 results.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$20/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Unknown
Failed requests are not billedBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.
Source
- Billing of failed requestsBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.

Exa · Exa Search API

Developer (Pay as you go), Instant Search

pay as you go

$30/month

Unknown: failed requests are not billed

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $4 per 1,000, minus the $10 monthly credit → $30/month.

Source

Usage price
Endpoint Instant Search Fast / Auto Search Deep Search Deep-Reasoning Search
exa.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Free usage credit every month
Everything in starter, plus: PAYGO usage-based billing
exa.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: Instant Search, the first endpoint of the table: $4 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results. Developer includes everything in Starter, which has access to all endpoints.
Free usage credit every monthHow the value follows from the source: Developer includes everything in Starter, including the $10 monthly credit.

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  Endpoint Instant Search Fast / Auto Search Deep Search Deep-Reasoning Search
  exa.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Base price, with up to 10 results (per 1k requests) $4 $7 $12 $15 $1 (per 1k pages) $15 $5
  exa.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: Instant Search, the first endpoint of the table: $4 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results. Developer includes everything in Starter, which has access to all endpoints.
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: Priced per request; one search is one request with up to 10 results.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$30/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Unknown
Failed requests are not billedBilling of failed requests is not stated.
Source
- Billing of failed requestsBilling of failed requests is not stated.

Parallel · Parallel Search API

Pay as you go, Advanced and Basic mode

pay as you go

$45/month

Unknown: failed requests are not billed

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $5 per 1,000, minus the $5 monthly credit → $45/month.

Source

Usage price
| Advanced | $5 | $1 | Multi-hop background research agents | ~3s |
parallel.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Free usage credit every month
Earn up to $80 at signup + $5 in free credits per month
parallel.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $5 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results; additional results $1 per 1,000. A request without a mode runs advanced.
Free usage credit every monthThe page also states the allowance as up to 5,000 requests a month, which equals $5 only at the $1 per 1,000 modes. The signup credit of up to $80 is one-time and its conditions are not stated; it is not counted.

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  | Advanced | $5 | $1 | Multi-hop background research agents | ~3s |
  parallel.ai/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  By default, the Search API returns 10 page results and their excerpts per request.
  docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $5 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results; additional results $1 per 1,000. A request without a mode runs advanced.
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: One request is one search; it includes 10 results.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$45/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Unknown
Failed requests are not billedBilling of failed Search requests is not stated; only the Task and Responses APIs say failed runs are not billed.
Source
- Billing of failed requestsBilling of failed Search requests is not stated; only the Task and Responses APIs say failed runs are not billed.

You.com · You.com Web Search API

Pay as you go, Web Search API

pay as you go

$50/month

Unknown: failed requests are not billed

10,000 searches × 1 = 10,000 requests × $5 per 1,000 → $50/month.

Source

Usage price
Web Search API Standard
you.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $5 per 1,000 calls.

Met
Covers the monthly volumeNo cap on requests per month (needs at least 10,000 requests per month).
Source
- Usage price
  Web Search API Standard
  you.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  One request to an endpoint is one billable call, whatever it returns.
  you.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Usage priceHow the value follows from the source: $5 per 1,000 calls.
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: One request is one search.
Met
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)$50/month (needs at most $50/month).
Met
Billing typePay as you go (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Unknown
Failed requests are not billedBilling of failed requests is not stated on the pages read.
Source
- Billing of failed requestsBilling of failed requests is not stated on the pages read.

Bright Data · Bright Data SERP API

Free Tier

free plan

at least $0/month

Unknown: covers the monthly volume, monthly cost within budget (before tax)

Needs 10,000 requests; the plan includes 5,000 and the extra-usage terms are not stated on the official page.

Source

Monthly price
Free Tier 5K requests Start free 5K records per month No credit card required
brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14

Unknown
Covers the monthly volumeAt least 5,000 requests per month; needs at least 10,000 requests per month, which holds only at some of these figures. The extra-usage terms are not stated on the official page.
Source
- Included per month
  Free Tier 5K requests Start free 5K records per month No credit card required
  brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Pay as you go $ 1.5 /1K requests
  brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14
- Extra usage beyond the planWhat happens after the free 5K requests is not stated.
- Units per searchHow the value follows from the source: Priced per request; one search is one request.
Unknown
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)At least $0/month; needs at most $50/month, which holds only at some of these figures.
Met
Billing typeFree (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Access results from any major search engine. Pay only for success
  brightdata.com/pricing/serp · checked 2026-10-14

Scrapingdog · Scrapingdog API

Free

free plan

at least $0/month

Unknown: covers the monthly volume, monthly cost within budget (before tax)

Needs 50,000 credits; the plan includes 100 and the extra-usage terms are not stated on the official page.

Source

Monthly price
FREE $0 forever 100 Requests Credits 1 Concurrency Access To All APIs No Credit Card Required
scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14

Unknown
Covers the monthly volumeAt least 20 requests per month; needs at least 10,000 requests per month, which holds only at some of these figures. The extra-usage terms are not stated on the official page.
Source
- Included per month
  FREE $0 forever 100 Requests Credits 1 Concurrency Access To All APIs No Credit Card Required
  scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  Google APIs Google SERP Light API 5 credits / req
  scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Extra usage beyond the planBuying extra credits within a month is not described.
- Units per searchGoogle SERP Light API; the Advance API costs 10 credits.
Unknown
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)At least $0/month; needs at most $50/month, which holds only at some of these figures.
Met
Billing typeFree (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated, blocked 403 billed: no (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are automatically refunded to your balance.
  scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14
- Billing of failed requestsWhether target 404 responses count as failed is not stated.

SerpApi · SerpApi

Free

free plan

at least $0/month

Unknown: covers the monthly volume, monthly cost within budget (before tax)

Needs 10,000 searches; the plan includes 250 and the extra-usage terms are not stated on the official page.

Source

Monthly price
Free $ 0 / month Get Started 250 searches per month 50 throughput per hour
serpapi.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14

Unknown
Covers the monthly volumeAt least 250 requests per month; needs at least 10,000 requests per month, which holds only at some of these figures. The extra-usage terms are not stated on the official page.
Source
- Included per month
  Free $ 0 / month Get Started 250 searches per month 50 throughput per hour
  serpapi.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Units per search
  responses with 100 results or empty result sets will both count as 1 search.
  serpapi.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14
- Extra usage beyond the planWhether early renewal applies to the free plan is not stated.
Unknown
Monthly cost within budget (before tax)At least $0/month; needs at most $50/month, which holds only at some of these figures.
Met
Billing typeFree (needs one of monthly subscription, pay as you go, free).
Met
Failed requests are not billedProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated (needs provider failures billed: no).
Source
- Billing of failed requests
  Only successful searches are counted toward your monthly searches. Cached, errored, and failed searches are not.
  serpapi.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14