The Pay-As-You-Go Alternative to SerpAPI

No subscription tier to outgrow

SerpAPI's plans are search-volume gated ($25/mo for 1,000 searches up to $275/mo for 30,000). AlterLab charges per request from $0.0002, so cost scales linearly with usage instead of forcing an upgrade when you cross a plan boundary.

One API, not a search-only tool

SerpAPI is purpose-built for search engine result pages. AlterLab handles search result pages the same way it handles any other URL — product pages, articles, directories — so an agent pipeline doesn't need a separate tool for non-search targets.

Automatic website compatibility handling

AlterLab's 5-tier system automatically escalates rendering strategy per target, from standard HTTP to full browser rendering — useful when an agent needs to follow a search result to the destination page, not just read the results list.

from serpapi import GoogleSearch

search = GoogleSearch({
    "q": "best web scraping api",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
})
results = search.get_dict()

import requests

# Extract content from any page, including search result pages
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
    json={
        "url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=best+web+scraping+api",
        "extract": {"results": [{"title": "string", "url": "string", "snippet": "string"}]}
    }
)