# Bright Data SERP API plans, limits and prices

Search engine results API priced per successful request.

Checked 2026-11-12. Verdict for Bright Data at 10,000 searches a month: https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=10000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brightdata&r=plan

- Provider: Bright Data
- Kinds: SERP API
- Plans recorded: 3
- Checked: 2026-09-28 – 2026-11-12
- Page for people: https://plans.intoperson.com/p/brightdata-serp

## Cheapest across all providers in this field

The same check across every provider we track, not only Bright Data. A single provider's pricing page cannot answer this.

| Monthly volume | Cheapest plan overall | Monthly cost | How the cost is worked out | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 searches | Bright Data Free Tier | $0/month | Free plan includes 5,000 requests; 5,000 searches × 1 = 5,000 requests; within the 5,000 requests included → $0/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=5000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 20,000 searches | DataForSEO Standard Queue | $12/month | 20,000 searches × 1 = 20,000 searches × $0.60 per 1,000 → $12/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=20000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 100,000 searches | DataForSEO Standard Queue | $60/month | 100,000 searches × 1 = 100,000 searches × $0.60 per 1,000 → $60/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=100000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 500,000 searches | Scrapingdog Pro | $166.67/month | $166.67/month billed annually ($2,000 per year up front) includes 3,000,000 credits; 500,000 searches × 5 = 2,500,000 credits; within the 3,000,000 credits included → $166.67/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=500000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |

## Verdict: which Bright Data plan fits your monthly volume

Computed by API Plan Finder from Bright Data's official pricing page, checked 2026-11-12. Cost includes extra-usage charges at that volume. Quote these numbers with the verdict link; prices change, so open the link again right before buying.

| Monthly volume | Cheapest Bright Data plan that meets it | Monthly cost | How the cost is worked out | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 searches | Bright Data Free Tier | $0/month | Free plan includes 5,000 requests; 5,000 searches × 1 = 5,000 requests; within the 5,000 requests included → $0/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=5000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brightdata&r=page) |
| 20,000 searches | Bright Data Pay as you go | $30/month | 20,000 searches × 1 = 20,000 requests × $1.50 per 1,000 → $30/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=20000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brightdata&r=page) |
| 100,000 searches | Bright Data Pay as you go | $150/month | 100,000 searches × 1 = 100,000 requests × $1.50 per 1,000 → $150/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=100000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brightdata&r=page) |
| 500,000 searches | Bright Data Scale | $655/month | $499/month includes 380,000 requests; 500,000 searches × 1 = 500,000 requests; 120,000 extra requests at $1.30 per 1,000 = $156 → $655/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=500000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brightdata&r=page) |

Other volume: open the verdict link for the nearest volume above; each verdict lists the cost at that volume and every condition with the official sentence.

## Plans

Values that apply to one plan. "Not stated" means the official pages do not say; it is not an estimate.

### Free Tier

Plan id: `brightdata-serp-free` · Free plan

- Price: Free [1]
- Included: 5,000 requests every month [1]
- Extra usage: No extra usage [2][3]. At the limit: the official page says the plan offers no extra usage.
- Concurrency: Unlimited [4]
- Rate limit: 1,000 per minute [5][6]
- Visit: [Pricing page](https://plans.intoperson.com/go/brightdata-serp-free) (choose the plan on the page) We may earn a commission if you buy through this link.

### Pay as you go

Plan id: `brightdata-serp-payg` · Pay as you go

- Price: $1.50 per 1,000 requests [7]
- Price: Not stated on the 13 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Included: Not recorded
- Extra usage: Not recorded
- Extra usage: Not stated on the 13 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Concurrency: Unlimited [4]
- Rate limit: Not recorded
- Rate limit: Not stated on the 13 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Paid before use (prepaid balance or charged in advance): Yes [8]
- Visit: [Pricing page](https://plans.intoperson.com/go/brightdata-serp-payg) (choose the plan on the page) We may earn a commission if you buy through this link.

### Scale

Plan id: `brightdata-serp-scale` · Subscription

- Price: $499/month [9]
- Price: Not stated on the 13 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Included: 380,000 requests per month [10]
- Extra usage: $1.30 per 1,000 extra [11]
- Concurrency: Unlimited [4]
- Rate limit: Not recorded
- Rate limit: Not stated on the 13 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Paid before use (prepaid balance or charged in advance): Yes [12]
- Structured (JSON) extraction: Yes [13]
- Visit: [Pricing page](https://plans.intoperson.com/go/brightdata-serp-scale) (choose the plan on the page) We may earn a commission if you buy through this link.

## Applies to every plan

Recorded for the product or the provider; a plan-level value or a listed exception replaces it.

- Units per search: 1 request [14][15]
- Billing of failed requests: Failed requests not billed; target errors: not stated [16]
- Search engines: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex (others not recorded) [17][16][18][19]
- Search response mode: Real time [20][21]
- Search results by country: Any country [22][23][24]
- Parsed search result types: Parsed: organic, ads, local pack, knowledge graph, people also ask, related searches, shopping, news, images, videos, ai overview [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
- Concurrent requests: Unlimited [4]
- Official MCP server (all products): Past its recheck date [39][40][41][42][43][44]
- SOC 2 report type (all products): {"type":"II","held":true} [45]

## Agent access

Machine-readable channels Bright Data publishes, checked 2026-09-30. Only listing requests were sent; no tool was called.

- MCP server https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp: Asks for credentials
- llms.txt: https://brightdata.com/llms.txt
- llms.txt: https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt
- llms-full.txt: https://brightdata.com/llms-full.txt
- llms-full.txt: https://docs.brightdata.com/llms-full.txt

## Appears in comparisons

- [Real-time SERP APIs for 1,000,000 searches a month](https://plans.intoperson.com/compare/real-time-serp-apis-1m-searches-per-month.md)

## Collection notes

Billed in USD; local-currency figures on the page are indicative. Larger slider tiers ($999, $1,999) seen on 2026-09-28 were not in the page fetched on 2026-09-29 and are not recorded. A first-deposit match promotion is shown and excluded.

## Sources and notes

Each number points to the provider's own sentence, as it appears on the page on the date shown.

1. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Free Tier 5K requests Start free 5K records per month No credit card required

2. [docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> A free tier account has a hard stop when credits are exhausted, never a surprise bill.

3. A free-tier account stops when its credits run out; with deposited funds usage continues at the pay-as-you-go rate.

4. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Set monthly spend limits Unlimited concurrency

5. [docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Accounts operating on the free tier (unfunded) are restricted to a default rate limit of 1,000 requests per minute across the SERP API, Web Unlocker API and Proxy products.

6. Default limit of unfunded free-tier accounts across the SERP API, Web Unlocker API and Proxy products.

7. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Pay as you go $ 1.5 /1K requests Start free Pay only for success Set monthly spend limits Unlimited concurrency

8. [docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Bright Data operates on a **pre-paid wallet model**: you are only ever charged for funds you have explicitly deposited.

9. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Scale $ 499 /month Slide to adjust plan Start free 380K requests included $ 1.3 /1K additional requests

10. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Scale $ 499 /month Slide to adjust plan Start free 380K requests included

11. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> 380K requests included $ 1.3 /1K additional requests

12. [docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/billing.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/billing.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Each plan requires you to commit to paying a minimum amount at the beginning of every month

13. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Every plan gives you full access - pay less per record as you scale Data Collection Automated proxy management Full browser rendering CAPTCHA solving Performance at Scale Unlimited concurrency Batch & scheduled collection Job management APIs Data Delivery Data validation & discovery Data parsing (JSON or CSV) Webhook or API delivery

14. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Pay as you go $ 1.5 /1K requests

15. How the value follows from the source: Priced per request; one search is one request.

16. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> Access results from any major search engine. Pay only for success

17. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> SERP API Get multi-engine search results on-demand Google Bing Duckduckgo Yandex

18. [docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google](https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Query Parameters Google Bing Yandex DuckDuckGo

19. One price per request whatever the engine. The documentation has query parameters for these four engines, and the pricing page says all major search engines are supported. The result types recorded here are those of Google.

20. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> All the features you need, included in the price: Real-Time SERP Data Supports All Major Search Engines JavaScript Rendering Worldwide Localized Results CAPTCHA Solving

21. An asynchronous mode is also offered.

22. [brightdata.com/pricing/serp](https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp) · official pricing · read 2026-09-28

> What locations does the SERP API support? SERP API supports 195 countries – every country on Earth–and also enables city-level targeting.

23. [docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google](https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> gl Two-letter country code used to define the country of search

24. [docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google](https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Localization is no longer determined by the TLD and should instead be configured solely using the gl (country) and hl (language) query parameters

25. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Full JSON: our full interpertation of Google’s SERP HTML to JSON.

26. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> organic array The primary list of web search results.

27. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> top_ads / bottom_ads arrays Paid advertisement results appearing above or below organic results.

28. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> snack_pack array Local business results shown in the map pack.

29. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> knowledge object Google Knowledge Panel for an entity.

30. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> people_also_ask array “People also ask” questions shown on the results page.

31. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> related array “Related searches” shown at the bottom of the page.

32. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> shopping array Shopping results embedded within web search results.

33. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> news array News results embedded in the search page.

34. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> images array Image results embedded in the search page.

35. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> videos / short_videos arrays Video results embedded in the search page.

36. [docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/serp-api/parsed-json-results) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> ai_overview object Google AI Overview summary shown at the top of some results pages.

37. [docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google](https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/serp-api/query-parameters/google) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Setting brd_ai_overview=2 will increase the likelihood of receiving Google’s Generative AI Overviews in your SERP responses

38. Fields of the full parsed JSON (brd_json=1); the light JSON is a smaller subset. AI Overviews come only when Google shows one.

39. [docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/overview.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/overview.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> You can run the server two ways: a fully managed remote server, or a self-hosted local instance.

40. [docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/quickstart.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/quickstart.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Connect AI agents to the fully managed Bright Data Remote MCP server (32 tools) with no setup

41. [docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/oauth.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/oauth.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> The Bright Data MCP server accepts two authentication methods.

42. [docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/oauth.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/oauth.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> Authenticate agents to the Bright Data MCP server with OAuth 2.1

43. [docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/oauth.md](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/oauth.md) · official docs · read 2026-09-28

> so a user signs in through a browser instead of pasting a Bright Data API key into a config file.

44. The remote server is at mcp.brightdata.com and runs on the Web Unlocker API; it accepts an API key or OAuth 2.1.

45. [brightdata.com/llms.txt](https://brightdata.com/llms.txt) · official docs · read 2026-09-30

> ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type II

Check these plans against a workload: https://plans.intoperson.com/guide.md describes the inputs; the REST form is GET https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/products/brightdata-serp.