#1 SearchApi Alternative

import httpx

response = httpx.get(
    "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search",
    params={"engine": "google", "q": "coffee grinders", "gl": "us", "hl": "en"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {SEARCHAPI_KEY}"},
    timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
results = response.json()["organic_results"]

import httpx

response = httpx.get(
    "https://api.litescrape.com/api/google/search",
    params={"q": "coffee grinders", "gl": "us", "hl": "en"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {LITESCRAPE_KEY}"},
    timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
results = response.json()["organic_results"]

• Drop engine; the endpoint path names it. The bearer header stays.
• organic_results, knowledge_graph, related_questions and pagination keep their names.
• No share-of-plan throttle; the one limit is 25 requests at a time per key.

SearchApi request reference →Litescrape API docs →

1. 01 Limits

   Spend the balance in one hour

   SearchApi's FAQ limits every plan to 20% of its credits per hour. Litescrape has no hourly figure; the one limit is 25 requests at a time per key, and we raise it on request.

   Please note that you can utilize only up to 20% of your plan's credits each hour.SearchApi pricing FAQ, read September 14, 2026. searchapi.io/pricing

2. 02 Pricing

   $0.15 per 1,000 against $4.00

   SearchApi's Developer plan is $40 a month for 10,000 searches. 10,000 calls on Litescrape cost $1.50, and 1,000,000 cost $150 against $1,500 on the Octo 1M plan.

   Developer Plan: $4 per 1,000 searches, $40 / month. 10,000 Searches.SearchApi pricing page, read September 14, 2026. searchapi.io/pricing

3. 03 Plans

   No plan to size

   On SearchApi a quiet month still costs the plan and a busy one needs an upgrade. On Litescrape a $10 top-up buys 66,667 calls that you spend over six months at any pace.

4. 04 Cost at scale

   300,000 rank checks for $45

   Continuous rank tracking is where the per-search rate sets the budget. 10,000 keywords checked once a day is 300,000 calls a month: $45 on Litescrape, against $900 for SearchApi's nearest plan, Octo 500K.

   Pricing is relatively high for continuous keyword tracking; small projects often end up overpaying just to keep data flowing.SerpBear user, GitHub issue 338, April 19, 2026. github.com/towfiqi/serpbear

5. 05 Honest take

   SearchApi sells an SLA

   SearchApi advertises a 99.9% SLA on every plan, and its catalog reaches Amazon, YouTube, TikTok and Zillow. Litescrape offers no SLA and covers search, maps and reviews only.

   Production Plan: $3 per 1,000 searches, $100 / month. ... 99.9% SLA.SearchApi pricing page, read September 14, 2026. searchapi.io/pricing

6. 06 Coverage

   Yelp on the same key

   SearchApi covers Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Apple Maps and Tripadvisor. Litescrape covers the same and adds Yelp search and reviews, at one price for all of them.