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Alternatives to SearchApi
SearchApi: Google Search API for real-time SERP scraping. 8 products similar to SearchApi, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 4 of 8 offer an MCP server, 1 of 8 is open source.
- SerpApi
Google Search API
- WebScraping.AI
Web scraping API that returns rendered HTML, clean text, or AI-extracted structured JSON from any URL
- Geekflare API
Web scraping, search, and screenshot APIs for AI agents and developers
- ScrapingBee
Web scraping API that handles proxies, headless browsers, and anti-bot defenses
- IP-API.com
IP Geolocation API - lookup any IP address
- TheIpAPI.com
IP geolocation API returning country, city, coordinates, timezone, ASN, company, and VPN/datacenter detection for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
- FreeIPAPI
Free IP geolocation API for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, available in JSON and XML formats.
- ipapi.is
IP address API for geolocation, ASN, company and abuse data, plus VPN, proxy, Tor and datacenter detection.
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SearchApi | Paid · from $40/month (Developer Plan, $4 per 1,000 searches) | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| SerpApi | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| WebScraping.AI | Freemium · from $29/month (Personal plan, 250,000 credits); pay-as-you-go $0.0002/credit with $20 minimum top-up | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Geekflare API | Freemium · from $0 (Free, 500 credits/month); paid plans from $19/mo; credit packs from $10 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| ScrapingBee | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| IP-API.com | Freemium | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| TheIpAPI.com | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| FreeIPAPI | Freemium | yes | yes | no | no | yes |
| ipapi.is | Freemium | yes | yes | no | no | no |
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