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CrawlerData vs DataForSEO

CrawlerData charges the same on every queue, so live Google results and Google Shopping sellers cost the same as batch work. There is no premium for getting the answer in the same request.

Last checked October 13, 2026 against DataForSEO's public pages. Sources

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The short version

How they differ

CrawlerData costs $1.00 down to $0.30 per 1,000 requests on every queue, including live, synchronous results. DataForSEO's Google Organic price depends on the queue: $0.60 per 1,000 SERPs on Standard, $1.20 on Priority and $2.00 on Live.

Our Google Shopping sellers endpoint answers live too, with every seller for a product in one request. DataForSEO's Merchant API Sellers task is queued: you post a task, then fetch the result.

At a glance

CrawlerData vs DataForSEO, as of October 13, 2026
	CrawlerData	DataForSEO
Pricing model	Prepaid credit packs, no subscription. Credits valid 6 months	Pay-as-you-go balance, $50 minimum payment. The balance has no expiry date
Cost per 1,000 at entry	$1.00 per 1,000 requests (Starter, $50 for 50k credits)	$0.60 per 1,000 SERPs on Standard, $1.20 on Priority, $2.00 on Live (Google Organic, 10 results per SERP)
Cost per 1,000 at volume	$0.30 per 1,000 requests (Ultimate, $3,750 for 12.5M credits)	Same rates at any volume. Depth billed per 10 results; search operators 5×
Free tier	50 free credits with a verified work email, valid 30 days	$1 trial credit, plus a sandbox that returns sample responses
Google Shopping sellers	Yes. Every seller for a product in one request, 1 credit per 10 sellers returned (rounded up, minimum 1)	Merchant API Sellers task: top 10 by default, depth up to 200, $0.001 per SERP of 10 sellers on Standard ($0.002 Priority). Queued (task POST, then GET); no Live mode listed
Async and webhooks	Live (synchronous), plus Fast and Regular queues with polling or a webhook (postbackUrl). Same price on every queue	Standard and Priority are task-based with postback_url (results) and pingback_url (notification) webhooks. Live mode for SERP
MCP server	Yes. Remote server at api.crawlerdata.com/mcp, 8 tools, same API key	Yes. Official open-source MCP server (dataforseo-mcp-server)
Failed requests	Not charged. A failed job costs 0 credits	"We charge your balance only when you get a result"
Rate limit	100 requests per minute and 20 per second per API key	2,000 API calls per minute, up to 100 tasks per POST

List prices in USD, excluding tax, as published on October 13, 2026. "Not published" means we could not find it on DataForSEO's public pages. Per-1,000 figures marked "our arithmetic" divide a plan price by its volume.

Where CrawlerData fits best

Choose CrawlerData if…

You need live results without paying a premium: DataForSEO Live is $2.00 per 1,000 SERPs; our live queue costs the same as our async queues, $1.00 to $0.30 per 1,000.
You check Google Shopping sellers on a schedule and want the answer in one live request. A product with 30 sellers is 3 credits on CrawlerData ($0.003 on Starter, $0.0009 on Ultimate), and $0.003 on DataForSEO's Standard queue (3 SERPs of 10 sellers).
You want simple billing: 1 credit per request, no depth, operator or option multipliers.
You want a Bearer API key that also works for our remote MCP server, rather than a login and password.

Migration

Moving from DataForSEO

DataForSEO uses Basic authentication and an array of tasks per POST. Ours takes one job per request with a Bearer token. Use our live queue for synchronous results, or fast and regular with a postbackUrl to replace task POST plus postback.

DataForSEO	CrawlerData
/v3/serp/google/organic/live/advanced	"endpoint": "google-search", "queue": "live"
/v3/serp/google/organic/task_post + postback_url	"queue": "fast" or "regular" + "postbackUrl"
/v3/merchant/google/sellers/task_post	"endpoint": "google-shopping-product" with product_id
Basic auth (login:password)	Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
keyword	params.query
location_code / location_name	params.country (2-letter code, e.g. "us" for 2840)
language_code	params.language
device	params.device ("desktop" or "mobile")
tasks[].result[].items[] where type = "organic"	result.organic_results[]
rank_group, title, url, description	position, title, link, snippet

Before: DataForSEO

curl -X POST https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/organic/live/advanced \
  -u "YOUR_LOGIN:YOUR_PASSWORD" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"keyword":"best crm software","location_code":2840,"language_code":"en","device":"desktop"}]'

After: CrawlerData

curl -X POST https://api.crawlerdata.com/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"endpoint":"google-search","params":{"query":"best crm software","country":"us","device":"desktop"},"queue":"live"}'

DataForSEO's rank_absolute counts every SERP element, while rank_group counts within one element type. Our position is the rank within organic_results, so compare it with rank_group, and re-baseline rank history when you switch.
Map each location_code to its two-letter country code, for example 2840 to "us".
For more than one page of results, send one request per page (page 1 to 10) instead of a depth value.

Full request and response schemas are in the OpenAPI spec, with runnable code in the examples repo. AI clients can connect to the MCP server at https://api.crawlerdata.com/mcp with the same API key.

FAQ

Questions

How do live prices compare?

DataForSEO's Live queue costs $2.00 per 1,000 SERPs. CrawlerData costs $1.00 to $0.30 per 1,000 requests on every queue, live included. Prices as of October 2026.

How do the two bill Google Shopping sellers?

DataForSEO bills $0.001 per SERP of 10 sellers on Standard ($0.002 on Priority), and doubles the cost if you include Buy on Google shops. We bill 1 credit per 10 sellers returned, rounded up, minimum 1, on every queue including live.

Can I get Google Shopping sellers live?

On CrawlerData, yes: the sellers endpoint runs on the live queue at the same price as the fast and regular queues. DataForSEO's Merchant API Sellers task is queued: you post a task, then fetch the result.

Do both support webhooks?

Yes. DataForSEO has postback_url and pingback_url on task-based endpoints. We send the result to your postbackUrl on the fast and regular queues.

Do both have an MCP server?

Yes. DataForSEO publishes an open-source MCP server you run with your login and password. Ours is remote at https://api.crawlerdata.com/mcp, with 8 tools and the same API key.