SerpApi Alternative
HasData matches SerpApi's speed, 1.7s against 1.8s per Google search, at about 3× lower cost per 1,000 searches at scale, plus web scraping APIs SerpApi doesn't offer.
HasData vs SerpApi
Both match on price, free tier, and JS rendering. HasData leads on named APIs, concurrency, and team access.
| Feature | HasData | SerpApi |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1,000 credits every month, no card | 250 searches renews monthly |
| Starting price | $59/mo 200k credits | $25/mo 1,000 searches |
| Cost per 1k Google searches | from $0.75 | from $1.96 |
| Search engines | Google, Bing, YouTube, Amazon… 20+ search-family APIs | 107 engines Google family, Baidu, Naver, Yandex… |
| Web scraping (any URL) | Yes JS rendering + residential proxies | No search pages only |
| No-code scrapers | Yes templates + scheduled jobs | No |
| Team seats | Included | Included |
| Output formats | JSON · HTML · CSV · Markdown · Plain Text | JSON · HTML |
| Pay per success | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Live chat, email, Discord | Live chat, email, GitHub |
The real cost per request
SerpApi charges per search at rates that fall with volume. HasData credits are cheaper per call and spend across every API, not just search.
| Configuration | HasData | SerpApi |
|---|---|---|
| Google SERP API structured JSON | 10 credits $0.75–2.45 per 1k | $1.96–25.00 per 1k searches across tiers |
| Google SERP Light organic and rich results | 5 credits $0.37–1.23 per 1k | same rate google_light = 1 search |
| Google Maps API places, ratings, contacts | 5 credits $0.37–1.23 per 1k | same rate 1 search per call |
| Amazon Product API price, offers, reviews | 5 credits $0.37–1.23 per 1k | same rate 1 search per call |
| Web Scraping API any URL, JS, residential | 1–15 credits static to anti-bot | — not offered |
| Feature | HasData | SerpApi |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 1,000 credits every month | $0 250 searches/mo |
| Team management | Included from trial | Included role-based access |
| No-code scrapers | Included from free tier | Not available |
| Full-speed responses | Included all plans | 🔒 2× plan price Ludicrous Speed · Max runs 4× |
| Dedicated manager | $249 ↑ Growth | Custom Cloud tiers |
Response time by site
Median response time per request from 2026 benchmarks, measured with SerpApi caching disabled.
What developers actually say
The patterns G2, Capterra, and Trustpilot reviewers keep flagging in HasData and SerpApi.
"We use the Google SERP API by HasData for its AI-overview feature. It delivers real-time data with consistent reliability. The JSON output includes an actual SERP screenshot, ensuring full accuracy."
- –Expensive at volume 29 reviewsReviewers call it pricey for heavy use, with entry plans short on searches for the money
- –Customization gaps 8 reviewsFiltering options and field coverage flagged as limiting for advanced queries
- –Subscription over sporadic use 9 reviewsReviewers with uneven month-to-month volume ask for pay-per-use or bundles that do not expire
- –Unclear credit accounting 2 reviewsReviewers find it hard to map plan spend to actual usage
- –Cheaper on every tierFull SERP JSON runs $0.75–2.45 per 1,000 requests against SerpApi's $1.96–25.00. At 10M searches that is $7,470 versus $21,125, about 2.8× less.
- –One balance, every APICredits spend on SERP, Maps, Amazon, or any-URL web scraping. No separate search quota to burn down.
- –Full speed on every planNo Best Effort tier and no paid fast lane. The same routing serves the free tier and the largest plan.
- –Markdown and CSV, not just JSONOutput comes back as JSON, HTML, CSV or Markdown, so a spreadsheet or a RAG pipeline needs no conversion step.
Built for production scraping, not toy demos
Production scraping needs more than an API, and HasData includes the full stack on every plan.
7 proxy providers, auto-routed
Residential, datacenter, and mobile proxies routed automatically by target. No manual pool management, no per-IP billing.
50+ named APIs return structured JSON
Google SERP, Amazon, Zillow, and 50+ more endpoints. Send a URL, get parsed JSON. No CSS selectors, no parser to maintain.
Every scrape saved automatically
Every scraping job is saved automatically, so nothing gets lost. Download results whenever you need them or pipe them straight into your pipeline via webhook.
Connects to Make, Zapier, n8n, MCP, CLI
Webhooks, scheduled jobs, AI agent workflows, and native integrations with the tools your team already uses.
REST API with SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go
Full API reference, SDK for three runtimes, pay-per-success billing. Start with a curl call, scale to production without changing the interface.
Up to 500 concurrent requests
Auto-scaling with no servers to manage and no queue to maintain. Public plans reach 500 concurrent requests, custom plans scale beyond that.
Flexible Pricing
Start for free. Scale as you grow.
Free
Startup
Basic
RecommendedGrowth
Monthly request volume
Custom price based on required volume
Past 20M credits a month, or terms the self-serve plans do not cover. We shape the contract around your workload. Past 20M credits a month, or need terms the self-serve plans do not cover? We shape the contract, concurrency, and support around your workload.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from teams considering HasData for production scraping.
HasData gives 1,000 credits every month with no card required, and the allowance renews on the same date each month. Unused credits do not carry over. SerpApi's free plan gives 250 searches a month.
Yes. Start with 1,000 free credits and run HasData against the exact keywords and locations you track today. For larger stress tests, contact us. We can extend the trial to match your current SerpApi plan so you can benchmark at real volume before moving.
HasData runs $0.83–2.95 per 1,000 full SERP requests against SerpApi's $1.96–25.00, so it costs less on every tier. Public plans top out at 20M credits a month, which covers 2 million full SERP requests for $1,660. Credits also spend on Maps, Amazon, and any-URL scraping instead of expiring as unused searches.
Yes. The request shape is similar: engine=google maps to the Google SERP API endpoint, and q, location, gl, and hl carry over. The response is structured JSON with organic results, ads, and related questions, so most parsers need only field-name updates.
You don't pay for it. Only successful requests consume credits, and HasData retries on its own, so the extraction usually completes even if the first attempt runs into issues.
Yes. Public plans reach 20M credits a month, which covers 2M full SERP requests or 4M light ones, with up to 500 concurrent requests. Custom plans scale beyond that. Each request returns in 1.7s at the median, measured on production traffic.
No. Alongside SERP, Maps, News, Images, and YouTube endpoints, HasData scrapes any URL through the Web Scraping API with JS rendering and residential proxies, and ships no-code scrapers for Amazon, Zillow, Glassdoor, and more. SerpApi covers search pages only.
Yes. Share the website URL and the exact fields you need, and our team will scope and build the scraper. Clear sources and target lists move the work faster than open-ended briefs.
