A Scale SERP alternative with prepaid credits
Scale SERP sells through Traject Data these days, entry plan $23 a month for 1,000 searches billed annually. Here is a prepaid Scale SERP alternative for the same Google results.
Where Scale SERP stands in 2026
Still running, but under a new roof, with pricing that assumes an annual commitment.
scaleserp.com now redirects to trajectdata.com, where Scale SERP lives alongside its sibling products Value SERP and SerpWow. Traject Data itself was acquired by ScraperAPI. The product keeps operating; what changed is who owns it and where you buy it. Checked July 27, 2026.
The published entry plan is 1,000 searches for $23 a month, billed annually, an effective $23.00 per 1,000, with overage at $0.038 per extra search, or $38.00 per 1,000. The next step up is 10,000 credits for $66 a month, about $6.60 per 1,000, with overage at $0.0118 each, or $11.80 per 1,000. The free tier is 125 searches a month. Figures from Traject Data's published pricing page, checked July 27, 2026.
Prepaid credits have no overage cliff: when a pack runs out you top up at the same pack rates, or wait.
Year one at entry, both ways
The smallest paid buy on each side, priced over the same year.
$276 buys 12,000 committed searches; $49 buys 25,000 that keep until you use them.
Same Google results, one flat credit
One request against the web endpoint. One credit per search, however many results come back.
The organic results as CSV first:
Sample rows as CSV, exactly as exported
| title | link | position |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 Project Management Software I Tested & ... | https://project-management.com/top-10-project-management-software/ | 2 |
| What project management tools do you guys recommend? | https://www.reddit.com/r/projectmanagement/comments/1jwjw9s/what_project_management_tools_do_you_guys/ | 3 |
| 20+ Best Project Management Software for 2026 | https://www.paymoapp.com/blog/project-management-software/ | 4 |
| The best free project management software in 2026 | https://zapier.com/blog/free-project-management-software/ | 5 |
| 5 Best Project Management Software I Reviewed for 2026 | https://technologyadvice.com/project-management/ | 6 |
And one record as JSON:
Scale SERP vs prepaid credits
Both return Google results as JSON. The difference is the commitment and the meter.
| Scale SERP | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry buy | $23 / month for 1,000, billed annually | $49 once, 25,000 credits |
| Per 1,000 searches | $23.00 at entry, $6.60 on the 10k plan | $0.40 to $1.96 |
| Free tier | 125 searches / month | 3,000 credits / month |
| Commitment | Annual billing on the listed rate | None |
| Unused volume | Monthly allotment | Credits never expire |
| Ownership | Traject Data, under ScraperAPI | Independent |
Scale SERP figures from Traject Data's public pricing page, July 27, 2026. Anything stale? Email support@crustapi.com and we'll fix it.
Pick Scale SERP when you already live in the ScraperAPI world: it is a mature product with years in the market, and keeping your SERP feed inside a vendor family you already pay has real operational value. If the annual commitment matches your volume, the price is predictable.
Prepaid credits, one flat meter
Buy once, spend at your pace, top up when you choose.
Every web search costs 1 credit, flat, no matter how many results come back, and a search that returns nothing costs nothing. Start free with 3,000 credits every month, no card. Paid packs are prepaid and self-serve: 25k for $49 · 100k for $149 · 500k for $549 · 2.5M for $1,999 · up to 250M, ex-tax. That is about $1.96 per 1,000 at the entry pack, falling to roughly $0.40 per 1,000 at the largest. Credits never expire.
The same key covers the rest of the Google menu: Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Reviews, Scholar, Patents, Autocomplete, and more, one schema across all of them.
Related: SERP API · Value SERP alternative · SerpApi alternative · Serper alternative · Google Search API
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