Telemetry Credit System · $1 = 10,000 Credits · 2 Credits = 1 SERP / News / Realtime Trends Call
Google SERP, Trends & News API Pricing — $0.20 base, down to $0.08/1K.
Start with 12,000 free Credits ($1.20) instantly at signup plus up to +$2.00 via the Developer Sandbox Streak. Top up with the $9.00 Indie Starter Micro-Pack (75,000 never-expiring credits) or scale with Monthly Subscriptions via instant 0%-fee Multi-Chain Crypto (+5% bonus credits).
75,000 Never-Expiring Credits (= 37,500 Google SERP or News queries · $0.12/1K effective · 120 RPM unlocked)
Unified Credit System: $1 = 10,000 Credits · 2 Credits = 1 SERP/News Query (0 Credits on empty search)
Free Trial
12,000 Credits
$1.20 Instant + $2.00 Streak Bonus · 30 RPM
Instant $1.20 sandbox grant (12,000 credits = 6,000 SERP/News queries) on sign-up plus +$2.00 (+20,000 credits) in Day-2 & Multi-Day streak bonuses.
Included
- ✓$1.20 Free Credits (12,000 Credits) at 0 ms — no credit card required
- ✓Day-2 Return (+10,000) & Multi-Day Integration (+10,000) bonuses
- ✓30 RPM (2 RPS) sandbox concurrency
- ✓LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI & Remote MCP ready
- ✓0 Credits charged on empty results & failed calls
Starter
Or $25 PAYG (250,000 Credits)
250,000 Credits
+31% Bonus · $0.15 / 1K Queries · 120 RPM
Built for AI RAG startups, SEO rank trackers, and production LLM search agents.
Included
- ✓250,000 Credits / month (+31% bonus value)
- ✓$0.15 per 1,000 SERP & News queries
- ✓120 RPM (5 RPS) smooth burst-queued concurrency
- ✓All 6 /v1/* endpoints + SerpApi/Serper/CSE drop-in aliases
- ✓Live cache bypass (?fresh=1) unlocked
Pro
Most PopularOr $89 PAYG (1,200,000 Credits)
1,200,000 Credits
+74% Bonus · $0.11 / 1K Queries · 300 RPM
For high-QPS AI research agents, multi-country SERP trackers, and market intelligence pipelines.
Included
- ✓1,200,000 Credits / month (+74% bonus credits)
- ✓$0.11 per 1,000 SERP & News queries (130x cheaper than SerpApi $75/mo)
- ✓300 RPM (10 RPS) high-speed production concurrency
- ✓195-country geo-localized rankings + People Also Ask
- ✓Remote OAuth 2.1 MCP Server + priority upstream failover
Business
Or $249 PAYG (5,000,000 Credits)
5,000,000 Credits
+151% Bonus · $0.08 / 1K Queries · 600 RPM
Enterprise telemetry feed for LLM search engines, global SEO SaaS platforms, and hedge-fund trend feeds.
Included
- ✓5,000,000 Credits / month (+151% bonus credits)
- ✓$0.08 per 1,000 SERP queries · $0.04 / 1K Autocomplete
- ✓600 RPM (15 RPS) dedicated multi-rail SLA routing
- ✓Unlimited deep pagination & ?fresh=1 live pass-through
- ✓99.95% Uptime SLA & priority engineering support
Need 1,200+ RPM or 20M+ queries/mo? Dedicated Enterprise Telemetry Pool — isolated multi-rail SERP & Trends capacity, custom burst QPS, and SLA volume pricing.
Contact Enterprise Engineering →12,000 Free Sandbox CreditsINSTANT · $0
Every new developer receives 12,000 free credits ($1.20) at 0 ms plus up to +$2.00 via the Developer Sandbox Streak — no card required.
0%-Fee Multi-Chain Crypto (NOWPayments)LIVE · +5% BONUS
Pay with USDT or USDC (Solana, Tron, Polygon, Arbitrum, BSC, Ethereum), BTC, ETH, SOL, or BNB with zero gateway fees and +5% bonus credits.
Corporate VAT & Tax Invoices
Add your legal entity name, billing address, and EU VAT / US EIN / UK VAT / GST Tax ID inside your dashboard for compliant accounting.
Per-endpoint telemetry rate card.
$1.00 = 10,000 Credits. Credits are deducted strictly after an HTTP 200 non-empty payload is verified — empty searches and upstream errors always cost 0 Credits.
| Endpoint Category | Credit Rate | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
Real-Time Web Search SERP (Organic Rankings, Snippets, People Also Ask, Knowledge Graph)GET /v1/search | 2 Credits / query (0 Credits if empty or error) | $0.08 – $0.20 / 1,000 queries |
Real-Time Daily Trending Searches & Breakout Velocity FeedGET /v1/trends/realtime | 2 Credits / query (0 Credits if empty) | $0.08 – $0.20 / 1,000 queries |
54-Week Historical Search Interest Over Time Curve (0–100 Index + Momentum %)GET /v1/trends/interest | 10 Credits / 54-week curve (0 Credits if empty) | $0.40 – $1.00 / 1,000 curves |
Real-Time Keyword News Search & Freshness Window (1h / 24h / 7d / 30d)GET /v1/news/search | 2 Credits / query (0 Credits if empty) | $0.08 – $0.20 / 1,000 queries |
Live Top Headlines by Topic (TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, WORLD, SCIENCE, HEALTH, SPORTS)GET /v1/news/top | 2 Credits / query (0 Credits if empty) | $0.08 – $0.20 / 1,000 queries |
Sub-80ms Typeahead Search Suggest & Keyword AutocompleteGET /v1/autocomplete | 1 Credit / query (0 Credits if empty) | $0.04 – $0.10 / 1,000 queries |
Interactive monthly query & savings calculator.
- SearchData API (Plan Effective Rate)
- $12.60
- SerpApi Developer Plan ($75/mo = $15.00/1K) & Google CSE ($5.00/1K)
- $1,500.00
- Your Monthly Savings
- $1,487.40
$0.13 / 1,000 SERP queries · Base rate: $20.00
$15.00 per 1,000 SERP queries
15x–75x lower cost · 0 Credits on 0 results
What you never pay for.
- Empty search, trends, or news responses returning 0 records (0 Credits charged)
- Rate-limited requests (HTTP 429) or gateway/upstream errors (HTTP 4xx / 5xx)
- OpenAPI, health (/v1/health), status (/v1/status), and MCP tool discovery requests
- Expiry on Pay-As-You-Go purchased credit balances (including the $9 Indie Starter Pack)
Line-by-Line Cost Audits · Verified 2026
Incumbent SERP, Trends & News pricing teardowns.
Compare exact per-1,000-query unit economics, monthly credit expiration traps, and 5-minute migration guides against legacy SERP and news APIs.
SerpApi Pricing Breakdown ($75/mo vs $0.20/1K)
Why SerpApi charges $15.00/1K on Developer ($75/mo) and expires unused monthly searches vs SearchData API $0.08–$0.20/1K.
Google Trends API Guide (Replace Broken pytrends)
Query realtime trending breakouts ($0.20/1K) and 54-week 0–100 interest curves ($1.00/1K) without residential proxy headaches.
Google News API & NewsAPI Commercial Alternative
Skip NewsAPI.org's $449/mo Business paywall and 24-hour free-tier delay with live Google News search & topic feeds at $0.20/1K.
Google Custom Search JSON API Alternative
Break past Google CSE's $5.00/1K pricing and strict 10,000 queries/day ceiling with true Google SERP rankings and PAA questions.
Serper.dev vs SearchData API Comparison
Compare Serper's $50 minimum top-up and SERP-only scope against SearchData API's $9 Indie Pack, 54-week Trends, and Remote MCP.
LangChain, LlamaIndex & MCP Web Search Grounding
Drop-in Python & TypeScript tool definitions for grounding LLM answers with live Google SERP snippets and breaking news wires.
Pricing FAQ.
How does the $1.00 = 10,000 Credits ($0.20 / 1K Queries) pricing model work?
SearchData API uses a transparent credit ledger where $1.00 = 10,000 Credits. Standard real-time Web Search SERP (/v1/search), News Search (/v1/news/search), Top Headlines (/v1/news/top), and Realtime Trends (/v1/trends/realtime) cost 2 Credits per query ($0.20 per 1,000 queries on PAYG, $0.11/1K on Pro $69/mo, and $0.08/1K on Business $199/mo). Sub-80ms Autocomplete (/v1/autocomplete) costs 1 Credit ($0.10/1K base, $0.04/1K on Business), and 54-week historical Search Interest curves (/v1/trends/interest) cost 10 Credits ($0.001). Empty results or failed calls always cost 0 Credits.
Should I choose the $9 Indie Starter / PAYG Pack or a Monthly Subscription?
PAYG Credit Packs ($9 Indie Starter / 75K credits, $25 / 250K, $89 / 1.2M, $249 / 5M) have zero recurring fees and purchased credits never expire—ideal for burst scraping, prototypes, and AI side projects. Monthly subscriptions ($19 Starter / 250K, $69 Pro / 1.2M, $199 Business / 5M) include +31% to +151% bonus credits, dropping SERP cost to $0.08–$0.15 per 1,000 queries.
How is SearchData API 15x to 75x cheaper than SerpApi ($75/month)?
SerpApi's entry Developer plan requires a $75/month recurring commitment for 5,000 searches ($15.00 per 1,000 queries), and unused monthly searches expire. SearchData API eliminates residential browser-rendering bloat via a multi-rail JSON gateway backed by L1 Redis + PostgreSQL 16 write-through caching: PAYG packs start at just $9 (75,000 never-expiring credits = 37,500 SERP queries) or $25 ($0.20/1K), while monthly plans lower your effective cost to $0.08–$0.15 per 1,000 queries.
Am I charged when a query returns 0 results or when an upstream request fails?
Never. SearchData API enforces strict Charge-Before-Return & Zero-Charge-on-Error accounting: queries returning 0 items, HTTP 400 validation errors, HTTP 429 rate limits, and HTTP 5xx upstream errors deduct 0 Credits.
What are the RPM rate limits and concurrency tiers?
Free Trial accounts include 12,000 Credits ($1.20 instant + $2.00 Sandbox Streak) and 30 RPM (2 RPS). Paid tiers unlock burst-smoothed production concurrency: 120 RPM / 5 RPS ($9 Indie & $19 Starter), 300 RPM / 10 RPS ($69 Pro), and 600 RPM / 15 RPS ($199 Business). Need 1,000+ RPM? Dedicated Enterprise Key Pools are available via support@searchdataapi.com.
What payment methods and invoices are supported?
We support dual-rail checkout: Credit/Debit Cards, Apple Pay & Google Pay via Stripe (with downloadable VAT/Tax PDF invoices) AND 0%-fee Cryptocurrency (USDT, USDC, SOL, BTC, BNB across Solana, Arbitrum, Polygon, Base/BSC, Tron, and Ethereum) via NOWPayments with an automatic +5% Bonus Credits reward.
What is your refund policy?
Payments made within the last 14 days are eligible for a pro-rated refund of unused purchased credits. Promotional signup and streak credits have no cash value.