I Tested 7 SERP APIs in 2026 — Here's Who's Overpriced and Who's Actually Worth It (opens in new tab)

The search results data market is booming, but most APIs are still charging enterprise prices for what should be a commodity.** If you've ever built an SEO tool, an AI agent that needs real-time web data, or a price monitoring system, you've faced the same dilemma: Build your own scraper → Spend weeks dealing with CAPTCHAs, IP blocks, and ever-changing HTML structures. Or pay for a SERP API → Get hit with outrageous pricing tiers that make sense only for VC-funded startups. I've spent the las...