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Clean JSON with no proxy setup and no sales calls.
One request, real response
No proxies to rent, no scraper endpoint to configure, no plan to size. You send one GET request and get clean data back in about a second. The example below is a Maps search:
The API returns clean JSON, and the same rows are available as CSV with one click, so the result drops straight 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.
What data do you get?
Every result comes complete, so you build a list or a dataset with no second call. Here is one business as CSV, the same rows you get with one click:
Or the same record as clean JSON, exactly what the API returns:
Oxylabs vs CrustAPI
Oxylabs is a large proxy and web-scraping infrastructure company with scraper products for many sites. CrustAPI is one data API for the whole Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads.
| Oxylabs | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Subscription plans, with usage billed per request or per GB of traffic depending on the product, and sales contact for larger volumes | Pay only for results at the applicable endpoint rate. Google Search bills per successful request and Maps per business returned. LinkedIn reads bill per successful request, People and Jobs per successful search, Refresh per accessible profile, and enriched People per full profile. Empty and failed requests are free. The pricing page lists every rate. |
| Free tier | Free trial available on its scraper products | Free to try, no card |
| Balance expiry | Subscription allowance tied to a monthly plan | Prepaid funds never expire |
| Data and output | Structured results from its scraper APIs, with raw or parsed output options | Clean JSON in the response, or the same rows as CSV, yours to keep and export |
| Site coverage | Broad: proxies and scraper APIs across search, e-commerce, and the general web, in many countries | The whole Google menu through one endpoint, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads |
| Google surfaces | Google and other search engines through its SERP Scraper API | Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Autocomplete, Webpage, Patents, Places, Scholar, Reviews |
| Setup | Create an account, pick a product and plan, configure the endpoint or proxies | One GET request, JSON back in about a second |
How much does CrustAPI cost?
You pay the applicable price per successful call. Maps bills per business returned; other Google endpoints bill per successful request. Empty and failed requests are free.
| Deposit | Google Search / 1,000 requests | Maps / 1,000 businesses | LinkedIn reads / 1,000 requests | People, Jobs, Refresh / 1,000 units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10+ | $1.00 | $1.96 | $6.00 | $1.96 |
| $149+ | $0.76 | $1.49 | $4.50 | $1.49 |
| $549+ | $0.56 | $1.10 | $3.30 | $1.10 |
| $1,999+ | $0.41 | $0.80 | $2.45 | $0.80 |
| $6,500+ | $0.33 | $0.65 | $1.95 | $0.65 |
| $27,500+ | $0.28 | $0.55 | $1.65 | $0.55 |
| $50,000+ | $0.26 | $0.50 | $1.50 | $0.50 |
| $100,000+ | $0.20 | $0.40 | $1.50 | $0.40 |
Every eligible account gets $6 of free usage monthly. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent; paid funds never expire. People and Jobs bill per successful search, Refresh per accessible profile. Full profiles in People use the read rate per full profile. See all billing details.
Larger deposits unlock lower endpoint prices. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent. See the full deposit table on the pricing page. Prices in USD, ex-tax.
Everything is prepaid and self-serve, and paid funds never expire. LinkedIn profile calls bill the applicable endpoint price for successful data too. No per-GB traffic meter, no plan commitment on top.
How do you get started?
Nothing to configure. From zero to real data in about two minutes:
- 1
Create a free account. Try it free, no card needed.
- 2
Type a search in the playground. Pick a type like maps or shopping and run a query.
- 3
Export the CSV, or copy your key and run the curl above. Same data, as JSON.
Every Google surface, one API
One key and one schema across the whole Google menu. Each type returns clean records you can keep, at the applicable price per successful call.
Who switches from Oxylabs?
- Lead gen teams. Pull every business in a niche with phone and website, then export the CSV the same day.
- Developers. Swap infrastructure you babysit for one GET request that returns finished records.
- AI and agent builders. Feed Google results into LangChain, n8n, or an MCP agent with one key.
- Researchers and analysts. Pull news, reviews, Scholar, and Patents into one dataset with one schema.
Related: Google Search API · Google Maps scraper API · Google News API · Google Scholar API · Serper alternative · Docs
When Oxylabs is the better pick: if your work needs more than Google, Oxylabs is built for it. They run a large proxy network, cover many sites and countries, and carry the enterprise support and account structure big teams and procurement expect. CrustAPI is one data API for the Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads, priced one way. Some teams use both.
Common questions
It is one clean data API for the whole Google menu, Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Autocomplete, Webpage, Patents, Places, Scholar, and Reviews, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads. Instead of renting proxies and wiring up a scraper endpoint, you send one request and get clean JSON back, or the same rows as CSV. You pay the applicable endpoint price for successful data, and paid funds never expire.
Pay only for results at the applicable endpoint rate. Google Search bills per successful request and Maps per business returned. LinkedIn reads bill per successful request, People and Jobs per successful search, Refresh per accessible profile, and enriched People per full profile. Empty and failed requests are free. The pricing page lists every rate.
No. Prepaid funds never expire, and the free plan needs no card. An unused pack waits for your next project.
Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Autocomplete, Webpage, Patents, Places, Scholar, and Reviews. One key and one schema across all of them, priced the applicable price per successful call.
When you need more than CrustAPI covers, like arbitrary sites or your own proxy control. Oxylabs runs a large proxy network across residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile IPs and covers e-commerce and general-web scraping across many sites and countries, with enterprise support. CrustAPI gives you finished data for the Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads.
No. You send a request and get clean records back. There is no proxy pool to configure and no scraper to host, which is the main setup difference from a proxy-first provider.
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