Searlo

ScraperAPI Alternative for SERP Data

ScraperAPI alternative for Google search data

ScraperAPI bills every Google request at 25 API credits, which works out to $2.38 to $12.25 per 1,000 searches on its monthly plans. Searlo returns Google results as parsed JSON from $0.30 per 1,000 searches today, on one-time packs with no subscription.

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GET/api/v1/search/web?q=postgres+connection+pooling&num=3
200 OK0.17s1 credit85,000 results
{  "searchTime": 0.17,  "totalResults": 85000,  "page": 1,  "organic": [    {      "position": 1,      "title": "31.10. Connection Pools and Data Sources",      "link": "www.postgresql.org/docs/…",      "domain": "postgresql.org",      "snippet": "For an environment without an application se…"    },    { "position": 2, "domain": "medium.com", … },    { "position": 3, "domain": "stackoverflow.blog", … }  ],  "credits": 1}

How much does ScraperAPI cost for Google searches?

ScraperAPI charges 25 API credits for each Google request. On its Hobby plan ($49 a month for 100,000 credits) that is 4,000 searches, or $12.25 per 1,000; on Scaling ($475 a month for 5,000,000 credits) it is 200,000 searches, or about $2.38 per 1,000. Plans are monthly subscriptions.

A Searlo web search is 1 credit: $0.30 per 1,000 at the Scale pack rate, on prepaid packs from $3.99 that stay valid for 12 months.

Google request
25 API credits— scraperapi.com/pricing
Hobby
$49 a month, 100,000 credits: 4,000 Google searches ($12.25 per 1,000)— scraperapi.com/pricing
Startup
$149 a month, 1,000,000 credits: 40,000 Google searches (about $3.73 per 1,000)— scraperapi.com/pricing
Business
$299 a month, 3,000,000 credits: 120,000 Google searches (about $2.49 per 1,000)— scraperapi.com/pricing
Scaling
$475 a month, 5,000,000 credits: 200,000 Google searches (about $2.38 per 1,000)— scraperapi.com/pricing
Searlo
$0.30 per 1,000 web searches (Scale pack), 3,000 free credits, no subscription— our pricing

Third-party figures on this page last verified against the sources linked above. Prices change; if you find one of these stale, tell us and we will correct it.

Why Developers Switch from ScraperAPI to Searlo

ScraperAPI is built to scrape any website, and it prices Google as one of its hardest targets. Searlo is a search API first: every search endpoint returns parsed Google results, and a search costs one credit.

Features

  • Parsed SERP JSON on every call

    Positions, titles, links, snippets and domains from GET /search/web, or the whole page with ads, People Also Ask and the AI Overview from GET /serp. Nothing to parse.

  • Cheaper per search

    A Google search on ScraperAPI is 25 credits: $12.25 per 1,000 on Hobby, about $2.38 on Scaling. A Searlo web search is $0.30 per 1,000. At 100,000 searches a month ScraperAPI needs its Business plan ($299); Searlo costs $30.

  • Measured Latency

    Web search returns in about 1 second at the median and 2.5 seconds at p90, measured on production traffic in September 2026.

  • AI-Native Features

    An MCP server for Claude and Cursor, and TOON output with about 63% fewer LLM tokens than JSON. Built for agents as well as scrapers.

What a Searlo web search returns

GET /search/web, trimmed to one result:

{
  "organic": [{
    "position": 1,
    "title": "Title",
    "link": "https://...",
    "snippet": "Snippet text",
    "domain": "example.com"
  }],
  "totalResults": 1240000,
  "nextPage": 2,
  "credits": 1
}

Searlo vs ScraperAPI — Feature Comparison

ScraperAPI figures from scraperapi.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23.
FeatureSearloScraperAPI
Price per 1,000 Google searches$0.30 (Scale pack)$2.38 to $12.25 (25 credits each)
Free Tier3,000 credits, once5,000 credits, 7-day trial (200 Google requests)
Starting Price$3.99 one-time$49/month
BillingOne-time packs, valid 1 yearMonthly subscription
Google results as JSONEvery search endpointStructured Google endpoint
Country targeting195 countries on every packUS and EU on Hobby and Startup; global from Business
TOON Format (63% fewer tokens)YesNo
Scrape any websiteYes: /scrape and /crawlYes

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Searlo different from ScraperAPI?

ScraperAPI is a general web scraping API, with structured endpoints for a few sites including Google, billed in credits on a monthly plan; a Google request costs 25 credits. Searlo is a search API first: every search endpoint returns parsed Google results as JSON, a web search is 1 credit, and credits come in one-time packs.

Can Searlo scrape any website like ScraperAPI?

Yes. POST /scrape returns any URL as markdown, HTML, links and tables, and POST /crawl walks a whole site as a job, on the same key and credits as search. For search data, the search endpoints return results already parsed.

How fast is Searlo compared to ScraperAPI?

Searlo's web search returns in about 1 second at the median and 2.5 seconds at p90, measured on production traffic in September 2026, as parsed JSON. We don't publish a latency figure for ScraperAPI; time both on your own queries.

Do I need to parse anything with Searlo?

No. You make a simple API call and get structured JSON back: organic results, titles, snippets and metadata, ready to use.

How much can I save switching from ScraperAPI to Searlo?

At 10,000 Google searches a month (250,000 ScraperAPI credits) you need ScraperAPI's Startup plan at $149; on Searlo the same searches cost $3 at the Scale pack rate. At 100,000 a month it is Business at $299 against $30.

Does Searlo support JavaScript-rendered pages?

For search there is nothing to render: results come back as data. For other websites, POST /scrape renders the page in a browser when a plain fetch returns no usable content, or when you pass render: true; from November 1, 2026, a rendered page costs 5 credits.

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