SERP API as an alternative for Google scraping

1. The problem

Require high volume access to Google without proxies

2. Simple solution

Use a paid API

3. Screenshot examples

SCM supports SerpApi, ScrapeOwl, Bright Data, DataForSEO and Exa.ai. Add your key in API Logins > Search, then pick the provider under Source in your task.

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SERP API alternatives FAQ

What are the best SerpApi alternatives?

SCM works with ScrapeOwl, Bright Data, DataForSEO and Exa.ai as well as SerpApi. SCM can also scrape Google itself, no API needed.

Is there a free SerpApi alternative?

SCM can scrape Google itself with no API bill, you only need proxies for high volume. If you want an API, Exa.ai gives you $20 free credit.

Which SERP API works best for Google search result scraping?

SerpApi, Bright Data and DataForSEO all return Google results in SCM. ScrapeOwl does web search only, with no news and no people also ask.

What is a good Google search API alternative?

Pick one of the five providers SCM supports: SerpApi, ScrapeOwl, Bright Data, DataForSEO or Exa.ai. Or skip the API and let SCM scrape Google directly.

Are there alternatives to paid SERP APIs?

Yes. SCM scrapes Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Baidu itself, and you add proxies once you need high volume.

Yes please :ok_hand: hopefully the users can also integrate their favorite SERP API service to SCM. Thank you.

Free search plans 100 searches with serpapi!

Recommendation: serper.dev and dataforseo, for LTD spaceserp @ AppSumo (haven’t tried it).

Also google custom search JSON API.

Thanks will check them out as well.

Hopefully we can have a few cheap providers on the list.

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There is also a self hosted OSS, but it’s too technical for regular user. SearXNG

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SERP api supports People also ask scraping! Which is important part of google search scraping that is not always available!

Scrape owl doesn’t seem to support this in their Google api (but I have asked to confirm)

The scrape owl premium proxy solution does not solve captchas unfortunately.

New location to enter SERP API key

To switch to SERP API

Select it in settings search

If selected correctly, it appears next to search engine settings in tasks.

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