HasData alternative
A simpler HasData alternative. One clean data API for the data you actually want, the whole Google menu through one endpoint, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads, instead of a general scraping platform to wire up. One credit per successful call, and credits that never expire.
One request, real response
No rendering options to set, no proxy pool to think about. You send one GET request and get clean data back in about a second. The example below is a Maps search:
The same businesses come back as CSV rows, one click into Sheets or a CRM:
Swap type=maps for news, shopping, reviews, and the rest. The key and the schema stay the same across every type.
The full record, ready to use
Every result comes back parsed and complete, so you build a list or a dataset with no second call and nothing to clean up first. Here is one business as CSV rows, ready for Sheets or a database:
Or the same record as clean JSON from the API:
HasData vs CrustAPI
HasData is a general web scraping platform with a SERP API and a proxy network for pulling pages from many sites. CrustAPI is one clean data API for the data you actually want: the whole Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads. The difference shows up most in billing and in how much you have to manage.
| HasData | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Subscription plans with a monthly request allowance | One credit per successful call, prepaid; Maps bills per business returned, every other search is one flat credit per query |
| Free tier | Free trial credits when you sign up | 3,000 results a month, no card |
| Credit expiry | Monthly plan allowance resets each billing cycle | Prepaid credits never expire |
| Data in response | Parsed JSON returned in the API response | Clean JSON from the API, or the same rows as CSV, no storage limits |
| Coverage | A SERP API plus a general web scraping API for other sites | The whole Google menu plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads, one schema across every surface |
| Google surfaces | Google Search, Maps, and News endpoints, plus rich SERP features per query | Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Autocomplete, Webpage, Scholar, Patents, Places, Reviews |
| Setup | Send a scrape request, pick rendering and proxy options | One GET request, JSON back in about a second |
One credit per successful call
Prepaid packs, and credits never expire: 25k for $49 · 100k for $149 · 500k for $549 · 2.5M for $1,999 · up to 250M, all self-serve, ex-tax. You pay one credit per successful call: a Maps search bills one credit per business it returns, and every other search is one flat credit per query. A call that returns nothing costs nothing. No monthly allowance to spend before it resets, no proxy line item, no extra fee for rendering.
Every Google surface, one API
One key and one schema across the whole Google menu. Each type returns clean records you can keep. Beyond the menu, the same account covers LinkedIn profiles and local business leads.
Related: SERP API · Google Search API · Google Maps scraper API · Web scraper API · Docs
When HasData is the better pick: HasData is a general web scraping API. If you need to pull raw HTML from arbitrary websites, render JavaScript-heavy pages, or scrape sites CrustAPI does not have a data product for, its scraping API and proxy network are built for exactly that, and CrustAPI does not cover it. CrustAPI is more focused: clean, ready-to-use data for the sources you actually want, the whole Google menu plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads, priced one way. If that is the data you need, the pay-per-successful-call billing and the credits that never expire are the reason to switch. The two are not exclusive; plenty of teams use both.
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