Head to head
DataForSEO Standard Queue or Scrapingdog Standard?
Search result APIs that can serve 100,000 searches a month, with the monthly cost of each plan at that volume. These are the two cheapest plans of different providers that meet every condition.
- 100,000 searches a month
- Preferred: failed requests not billed
- Preferred: billed per successful request
- Preferred: real-time search results
- Preferred: official mcp server
- Preferred: vendor-hosted remote mcp endpoint
- Preferred: service level agreement (sla)
Checked 2026-11-11 · All plans for this request
Monthly cost
| Plan | Monthly cost | Billing | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard QueueDataForSEO | $60/month | pay as you go | Pricing pageWe may earn a commission if you buy through this link.Opens the provider's pricing page; choose this plan there or after signing up. |
| StandardScrapingdog | $75/month | billed yearly | Pricing pageOpens the provider's pricing page; choose this plan there or after signing up. |
DataForSEO Standard Queue costs $15 a month less at this workload.
Where they differ
Failed requests are not billed
- UnknownDataForSEO Standard QueueBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.
Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0006 Price per 1K SERPs $0.6
dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-11-11 - MetScrapingdog StandardProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated, blocked 403 billed: no (needs provider failures billed: no).
Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are automatically refunded to your balance.
scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-11-11
Billed per successful request
- UnknownDataForSEO Standard QueueBilling of failed tasks is not stated on the pricing page.
Price per 1 SERP (10 search results) $0.0006 Price per 1K SERPs $0.6
dataforseo.com/apis/serp-api/google-serp-api · checked 2026-11-11 - MetScrapingdog StandardProvider failures billed: no, target errors billed: not stated, blocked 403 billed: no, flat unlimited: no (needs flat unlimited: no, provider failures billed: no).
Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are automatically refunded to your balance.
scrapingdog.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-11-11
Real-time search results
- Not metDataForSEO Standard QueueMode: queue, typical seconds: 300; needs mode: realtime.
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 2026-11-11 - MetScrapingdog StandardMode: realtime, typical seconds: not stated (needs mode: realtime).
Extract Google search results in real time with our Google SERP API.
scrapingdog.com/google-search-api/ · checked 2026-11-11
Vendor-hosted remote MCP endpoint
- MetDataForSEO Standard QueueRemote: yes (needs remote: yes).
Point your MCP-compatible client to the official DataForSEO remote endpoint: https://mcp.dataforseo.com/v3/mcp
dataforseo.com/model-context-protocol · checked 2026-11-11 - UnknownScrapingdog StandardRemote not stated.
Official SDKs & MCP Server
scrapingdog.com/sdks/ · checked 2026-11-11
Service level agreement (SLA)
- UnknownDataForSEO Standard QueueNot stated on the official pages we checked.The official pages state no sentence for this.
- MetScrapingdog StandardService level agreement (SLA): available.
- [SLA](https://www.scrapingdog.com/sla/): Service Level Agreement — uptime guarantees and support commitments.
scrapingdog.com/llms.txt · checked 2026-11-11
What is the same
Both meet: monthly_volume, mcp_official.