The SERP incumbent
FastAF vs SerpApi
SerpApi is the best known search API and covers a wide list of engines with solid docs. Its plans are monthly and counted in searches, with list pricing from $25 per 1,000 on the $25 Starter plan down to $3.75 per 1,000 on the plan of a million searches a month. FastAF packs are bought once and last 12 months. At the same volume the gap is wide: 15,000 searches cost $150 a month on SerpApi and $29 once on FastAF.
SerpApi
$3.75-25 / 1,000 searches
FastAF
$1.33-2.50 / 1,000 searches
Side by side
| SerpApi | FastAF | |
|---|---|---|
| 15,000 Google searches | $150 / month ($10.00 / 1,000) | $29 once ($1.93 / 1,000) |
| 200,000 Google searches | $1,475 / month, smallest plan that covers it | $299 once ($1.50 / 1,000) |
| Billing | Monthly plan | One-time pack, valid 12 months |
| General page scraping | Not offered | Yes, from 1 credit per page |
The honest verdict
If you need dozens of niche search engines, SerpApi has broader engine coverage, and that may matter more to you than price. For Google, Maps, Amazon or social data, FastAF returns the same kind of records for a fraction of the price at the same volume, behind one key.
SerpApi prices are public list prices read on their pricing page on October 18, 2026, and they can change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it. For the same arithmetic across every provider we track, next to latency measured on our own live API, see the benchmarks page.