DataForSEO SERP API

Scout search index SERP API delivers real-time search engine results data from Google, Bing, YouTube, and other engines for SEO and marketing initiatives ^{S1 S56}. It is used by developers and SEO platforms to integrate search data into their tools, solving the problem of building and maintaining scrapers ^S1. The API offers pay-as-you-go pricing with no subscriptions, a free trial credit, and a sandbox for testing ^S56.

• Identity: Scout search index SERP API, a search engine results data API from Scout search index ^S1.
• Core purpose: Provides real-time SEO and marketing data to power clients' tools ^S1.
• Intended users: Developers and SEO platforms needing reliable search data ^S1.
• Product scope: A single API within a broader family of 10+ data APIs ^S1.
• Positioning: Positioned as a trusted, affordable data provider for SEO and marketing ^S1.
• Claimed distinction: Claims 99.95% uptime guarantee and ISO certification ^S1.

We provide comprehensive data solutions for SEO and SEM analytics via API. Scout search index is a trusted partner for 750+ SEO software companies and agencies. dataforseo.com: an estimated 564,712 total monthly visits and about 31,087 monthly organic visits across 8,806 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 15 pages and measured a technical health score of 97/100.

• Total traffic (modeled): 564,712 monthly visits across all channels.
• Organic search traffic (estimated): 31,087 monthly visits from search.
• Strongest sampled ranking: dataforseo at position 1.
• Leading page in the collected evidence: https://dataforseo.com/.
• Closest measured organic competitor: trustpilot.com, appearing 2 times in the sampled first-page SERPs.
• Technical crawl: 15 pages, health score 97/100.

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Company identity and positioning

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

DataForSEO positions itself as a comprehensive API stack for data-driven SEO tools, offering a wide spectrum of SEO, PPC, backlink, and ecommerce data W4W16. The homepage emphasizes a pay-per-use pricing model and access to industry-leading proprietary data sources W9W23. The pricing page details transparent, pay-as-you-go rates across multiple API categories, including SERP, AI optimization, keywords, on-page, and more W30W35W36W37W38W39. The site also showcases solution-specific guides for building backlink checkers, reputation management tools, and AI training data pipelines W172W196W220. Notable evidence includes a large backlink index (155.6M backlinks updated in last 30 days) and a substantial crawl volume (41.9B pages crawled in last 24h) W19W22. The LLM Mentions API is highlighted as a key product for brand monitoring in AI responses, with a database of over 280M prompts and answers from ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews W86.

Total website traffic

Domain identity

Website capture

Top organic keywords

Independent Google result page

Query: dataforseo

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Prioritized website intelligence pages

Features

Pricing and plans

Integrations and supported platforms

Product and company updates

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The homepage (dataforseo.com) is titled "Powerful API Stack For Data-Driven SEO Tools – DataForSEO" and includes calls-to-action like "Try for free" and "See pricing" W1W3W5.
• The pricing page (dataforseo.com/pricing) is titled "DataForSEO API v3 Pricing – Transparent Pay-As-You-Go Pricing Model" and provides detailed pricing for various APIs W25W30.
• The AI Optimization API pricing page (dataforseo.com/pricing/ai-optimization) is titled "AI Optimization API Archives – DataForSEO" and lists pricing for LLM Responses, LLM Scraper, AI Keyword Search Volume, and LLM Mentions W49W54W56W57W59W60.
• The Keywords Data API pricing page (dataforseo.com/pricing/keywords-data) is titled "Keywords Data API Pricing – DataForSEO" and lists pricing for various keyword data endpoints W61W66.
• The LLM Mentions API pricing page (dataforseo.com/pricing/ai-optimization/llm-mentions) is titled "LLM Mentions API – DataForSEO" and provides detailed pricing and FAQ W73W78.
• The Google Organic SERP API pricing page (dataforseo.com/pricing/google-serp/google-organic-serp-api) is titled "Google Organic SERP API – DataForSEO" and provides detailed pricing and cost multipliers W97W102.
• The SERP features guide (dataforseo.com/serp-features) is titled "Ultimate Guide to Google SERP Features in DataForSEO API" and provides a visual guide to SERP elements W121W124.
• The Solutions page (dataforseo.com/solutions) is titled "Solutions – DataForSEO" and lists various solutions for data-driven enterprises W145W148.
• The API-driven Backlinks App page (dataforseo.com/solutions/api-driven-backlinksapp) is titled "API-driven Backlinks App – DataForSEO" and provides a guide for building backlink software W169W172.
• The API-Driven Reputation Management page (dataforseo.com/solutions/api-driven-reputation-management) is titled "API-Driven Reputation Management – DataForSEO" and provides a guide for building reputation management tools W193W196.
• The Data for AI Training page (dataforseo.com/solutions/data-for-ai-training) is titled "Collect Data for AI Training Hassle-Free – DataForSEO" and describes custom data collection services W217W220.

Scout inference:

• These pages are likely the most important for users evaluating DataForSEO's offerings, as they cover core product information, pricing, and use cases.

This analysis created the first position baseline at 2026-10-22T20:46:39.309Z. Movement appears after the next fresh analysis using the same location and language.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The Google Organic SERP API page describes how to retrieve organic search results from Google for any keyword, in any location and language, on desktop or mobile W102.
• The page mentions three execution modes: Standard queue, Priority queue, and Live, with different turnaround times and prices W106W107W108.
• The SERP features guide provides a visual guide to SERP features, which is relevant for understanding rank tracking data W124.

Scout inference:

• The catalog does not provide specific rank tracking data for dataforseo.com itself, so no rank tracking analysis can be performed.

Sampled competitors

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The Solutions page lists logos of companies that appear to be customers or partners, including Samsung, Vodafone, Amazon, Airbnb, Neil Patel Digital, iProspect, Adobe, CNET, HubSpot, Siemens Healthineers, adidas, and Oracle W151W152W153W154W155W156W157W158W159W160W161W162.
• The page states "DataForSEO has a solution for all your data needs" W149.

Scout inference:

• The presence of these well-known brands suggests a strong market position, but the catalog does not provide direct comparisons with competitors.

Backlink comparison profile

• Domain rating: 77/100
• Backlinks: 66,469
• Referring domains: 7,159
• Dofollow backlinks: 67.0%
• Dofollow referring domains: 76.0%

Collection decision

The Scout search index remains intentionally excluded from automatic Scout analysis. This Scout traffic model profile costs 5 credits (0.5 cents) and is included in the first comparison run so its usefulness can be judged before the recurring collection is finalized.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The homepage highlights a large backlink index: 155.6M backlinks updated in the last 30 days W19, and 6.6B backlinks updated in the last 30 days (likely a different metric) W21.
• The API-driven Backlinks App page describes features for backlink profile overview, section overview, and in-depth reports W177W183W187.
• The page claims that with DataForSEO Backlinks API, users can "speed up the designing stage, and swiftly release a quality Backlink Checker powered by fresh and robust data" W175.

Scout inference:

• The catalog does not provide specific backlink data for dataforseo.com itself, so no backlink profile analysis can be performed.

AI-assistant referral traffic

• Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.8%

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The homepage promotes an "AI Optimization API" and specifically an "LLM Mentions API" for data-powered LLM Brand Monitoring W1.
• The AI Optimization API pricing page lists:
• LLM Responses API: structured responses from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, starting at $0.0002 per task + LLM cost W56.
• LLM Scraper API: scraped AI chatbot answers with sources and citations, starting at $0.0012 per result page W57.
• AI Keyword Search Volume API: search volume of keywords in AI tools and chatbots, starting at $0.01 per task + $0.0001 per row W59.
• LLM Mentions API: brand and keyword mentions across LLM answers, starting at $0.1 per task + $0.001 per row W60.
• The LLM Mentions API page states it is powered by a database of more than 280M real prompts and answers from ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews W86.
• The LLM Mentions API database is updated continuously, with a full data update cycle of 60 days W90.

Scout inference:

• The catalog does not provide specific AI visibility data for dataforseo.com itself, so no AI visibility analysis can be performed.

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

• customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The homepage offers a free trial ("Try for free") and a link to pricing W3W5.
• The pricing page offers a "Get a Pricing quote" for high volume or custom data workflows W47.
• The Solutions page lists various use cases, including digital marketing APIs, marketing tech APIs, and data for AI training W165W167W220.
• The API-driven Backlinks App page and API-Driven Reputation Management page provide guides for building specific tools, indicating potential partnership or integration opportunities W172W196.
• The Data for AI Training page highlights custom data collection services, which could be a significant opportunity for AI-focused companies W224.

Scout inference:

• The catalog suggests DataForSEO targets developers and SaaS companies building SEO and marketing tools, as well as enterprises needing custom data for AI training.

Independent reviews

Customer proof

Independent mentions

• Communicated : Forensic case study - ixtechbiz — This advisory serves as a formal public warning to the global SEO community, SaaS developers, and API integrators regarding the unethical operational standards and legal negligence of Scout search index. Following a forensic investigation conducted by iXb Corporation—a globally ranked #1 digital asset in advanced Computer Science—we have documented irrefutable evidence of aggressive data harvesting, infrastructure abuse, and defamatory corporate conduct by Scout search index representatives. This case study out
• Powerful API Stack For Data-Driven SEO Tools – Scout search index — to try something new. Why reinvent the wheel?" "We found Scout search index online while we were planning for the beta version of our software. We were impressed by how responsive the team Scout search index was and by the comprehensive nature of the APIs available."

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

Not found on the collected pages: security and compliance. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, changelog or release notes, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.

Not measurable: rdap: exceeded the overall budget; wayback: exceeded the overall budget; tls: exceeded the overall budget; dns: exceeded the overall budget; headers: exceeded the overall budget. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

• Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
• Technical health: 97/100
• Critical issues: 0
• Warnings: 4
• Notices: 15

Issues

Crawled pages

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

Modeled acquisition channels

First-party connections

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

The collected pages do not mention any competitors by name. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed pricing for all endpoints, no explicit data retention policies, and no independent review ratings. Open questions remain about the exact scope of the free trial and sandbox limitations.

This report is based on 14 collected pages from dataforseo.com, including the SERP API product page, pricing page, and update posts. The external proof search was enabled but only verified the existence of linked results, not their content. Pricing details were taken from the authoritative pricing table provided in the catalog. Limitations include potential outdated information from update posts and lack of third-party verification.

• Documentationhttps://dataforseo.com/apis/serp-apiVerified
• Official Websitehttps://dataforseo.com/about-usVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/pricingVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/blog/get-hotel-rate-pricing-intelligence-data-with-google-hotels-apiVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/billing-fewer-more-results-per-page-in-organic-serp-apiVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/google-sellers-api-monthly-pricing-dataVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/important-serp-api-remains-fully-operational-pricing-updateVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/organic-serp-api-pricing-changes-now-in-effectVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/price-level-hotel-class-business-dataVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/price-multiplier-in-google-shopping-products-apiVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/pricing-by-date-in-google-hotels-apiVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/update/pricing-update-in-dataforseo-apisVerified
• Pricing Pagehttps://dataforseo.com/pricing/google-serp/google-organic-serp-apiVerified
• Official Websitehttps://dataforseo.com/amazon-product-apiVerified
• Review Sitehttps://www.trustpilot.com/review/dataforseo.comVerified
• Review Sitehttps://nextgrowth.ai/dataforseo-review/Verified
• Articlehttps://dataforseo.com/success-stories/list/how-dataforseo-helps-pathfinder-seo-guide-its-customers-one-simple-task-at-a-timeVerified
• Articlehttps://www.ixtechbiz.com/communicated-dataforseo-forensic-case-study/Verified
• Review Sitehttps://toolradar.com/tools/dataforseoVerified
• Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-dataforseoVerified
• Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/compare/dataforseo-vs-seobilityVerified
• Articlehttps://dataforseo.com/Verified