Bright Data alternative
Bright Data's SERP API is cheaper for raw Google results — $1.50 per 1,000 pay-as-you-go against our $10. SerpHubAPI is the simpler buy: no platform onboarding, no monthly commitment, one key and one wallet for Google, Bing, Yandex and Baidu, in-app search, agent search, AI answers and page fetch — with failed and empty calls free and credits that never expire.
Price comparison, Google web search
| Provider | Per 1,000 searches | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SerpHubAPI | $10 | Starter rate, live search. cache_first: $5. Down to $5 at the largest tier. |
| Bright Data | $1.50 | Pay as you go, successful requests only, official price, checked 2026-11-13. Scale: $499/month for 380,000 requests, then $1.30; 5,000 requests free each month, no card. |
Example request
curl https://api.serphubapi.com/v1/search \
-H "X-API-Key: shapi_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"engine": "google", "type": "web", "q": "best espresso machine", "num": 10}'Response points: results arrive under results.organic with position, title, link and snippet, and meta.credits_charged is 10 for a live call.
Questions
$1.50 per 1,000 successful requests pay-as-you-go; $499/month Scale includes 380,000 requests (official price, checked 2026-11-13). Ours is $10 per 1,000 at Starter, $5 at the largest tier.
When you want search plus China engines, in-app data and AI answers on one key without enterprise onboarding.
The same key covers Bing and Yandex, Baidu and Doubao, Xiaohongshu and Taobao, agent search APIs and AI answers — plus page fetch. Bright Data covers 7 engines but no in-app or AI-answer products.
You pay nothing: failed calls and empty results are free, as are cache hits. cache_first mode is half price.