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ScrapingBee Google API Alternative

General scraper or SERP API?

Google, Bing, Yahoo and DuckDuckGo: live · Baidu and Ecosia: opening soon · not GA

ScrapingBee's Google API is one feature of a general web-scraping platform with a request builder and free credits. Compare it with a SERP-only API for Google, Bing and more.

Get API keyGeneral scraper or SERP API?

Baidu and Ecosia endpoints opening soon.

Google News
curl -X POST https://kieapi.com/v1/serp/google/news -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"q":"ev charging"}'
# → news[].{rank,title,url,snippet,source,date,image_url}, news_count

Use-case router

Any web page

Product pages, articles, arbitrary URLs: use a general web scraper.

Search results only

Ranked organic, news or image results for a query: use a SERP API.

News JSON, field by field

Our fields only.

rank

Nullable: yes

title

Nullable: no

url

Nullable: no

snippet

Nullable: yes

source

Nullable: yes

date

Nullable: yes

image_url

Nullable: yes

Side-by-side

Positioning

ScrapingBee: General web scraping; Google is one feature

SpideyData SERP: SERP only

Request building

ScrapingBee: Dashboard request builder

SpideyData SERP: Field reference at /serp-json-api

Free allowance

ScrapingBee: 1,000 credits (their own claim)

SpideyData SERP: No free API allowance; free browser tools are available.

Billing unit

ScrapingBee: API credits (see their pricing)

SpideyData SERP: Charged per successful search at 2 Credits (display rate); failed searches are not charged

Legal FAQ

ScrapingBee: Yes

SpideyData SERP: No legal advice offered

Launch status for this page

Check engine availability before choosing an endpoint. Google also supports News, Images and asynchronous tasks.

  • GoogleLiveGoogle is callable today with a Bearer API key.
  • BingLiveBing is callable today with a Bearer API key.
  • YahooLiveYahoo is callable today with a Bearer API key.
  • DuckDuckGoLiveDuckDuckGo is callable today with a Bearer API key.
  • BaiduOpening soonBaidu endpoints opening soon: until they open, requests return 503 service_unavailable and are not charged.
  • EcosiaOpening soonEcosia endpoints opening soon: until they open, requests return 503 service_unavailable and are not charged.

SERP searches are charged per successful search at a display rate of 2 Credits per search; failed searches are not charged. Polling task status is free. The current rate is on Pricing.

What this is not

  • No arbitrary-URL scraping.
  • No legal advice.
  • No free API allowance; free browser tools are available.

Frequently asked questions

Can I scrape any URL?

No. SERP endpoints only.

Do you have a free credit grant?

No free API allowance; free browser tools are available.

Which Google verticals?

Organic, News and Images.

Only need search results?

Get an API key for SERP-only endpoints.

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Baidu and Ecosia endpoints opening soon.