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Scrapfly vs SerpApi

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for web scraping api. Scrapfly has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.

Scrapfly has the lower entry price — Scrapfly starts at $0/mo, SerpApi at $0/mo. Free tier: Scrapfly Yes, SerpApi Yes. HIPAA: Scrapfly Yes, SerpApi —.

As of 2026-06-14 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Scrapfly

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forCompliance-sensitive teams needing HIPAA/SOC2/ISO27001

SerpApi

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2Yes
GDPR
Best forSEO teams needing structured SERP data across multiple search engines

Sources — Scrapfly: scrapfly.io (verified 2026-06-14) · SerpApi: serpapi.com (verified 2026-06-14)

Key features

Scrapfly: HIPAA-compliant with BAA available (Custom plan); SOC 2 Type I & II, SOC 3, and ISO 27001 certified; Anti-bot bypass with 94–98% success rates across Cloudflare, Akamai, DataDome, Imperva, Kasada; Pay-only-for-success model (failed requests not billed); AI Browser Agent with stealth Chromium for autonomous agent loops

SerpApi: SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified; U.S. Legal Shield: up to $2M liability coverage for lawful SERP scraping; Real-time structured SERP JSON across 20+ search engines (Google, Bing, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Amazon, YouTube, Yelp); ZeroTrace Mode for privacy-sensitive searches; 99.95% SLA guarantee with credits up to 100% of monthly plan for downtime

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