A Value SERP alternative without the subscription
A $49 deposit covers 49,000 successful Google searches at standard prices. Paid funds never expire.
Where Value SERP stands in 2026
Alive, cheap on committed volume, and now part of a bigger machine.
valueserp.com redirects to trajectdata.com, the shared home of Value SERP, Scale SERP, and SerpWow. Traject Data itself was acquired by ScraperAPI.
The published entry plan is $50 a month for 25,000 searches on annual billing, which is $2.00 per 1,000. Overage past the allotment is $1.60 per 1,000, and plan rates scale down to $0.50 per 1,000 at 20 million searches a month.
Pay-as-you-go runs $2.50 per 1,000 with a $25 minimum first purchase. The free trial is 100 searches, once. Figures from Traject Data's published pricing page, checked July 27, 2026.
Where each side actually wins
The entry rates land two cents apart. The shape of the deal does not.
CrustAPI Google Search starts at $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests, falling to $0.20 for the largest deposit. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent. Compare the current pricing and terms for your workload.
CrustAPI deposits are one-time purchases. Google Search starts at $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests. Paid funds never expire and the $6 free allowance resets monthly.
CrustAPI Google Search starts at $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests, falling to $0.20 for the largest deposit. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent. Compare the current pricing and terms for your workload.
CrustAPI’s standard Google Search price is $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests. Check the deposit table below for lower rates at larger deposits.
Plan rates from Traject Data's pricing page, July 27, 2026; pack rates are ours. Their 10M-and-up plans ($0.60 to $0.50 per 1,000) beat our same-size packs; see the fair-play note below.
What data do you get?
One request against the web endpoint, real Google results back as clean JSON. Pay only for results. Empty results cost nothing.
The organic results as CSV first:
Sample rows as CSV, exactly as exported
| title | link | date | position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Best Email Marketing Platforms 2026 (Review & ... | https://www.emailvendorselection.com/best-email-marketing-platforms/ | 8 days ago | 1 |
| 10 Best Email Marketing Software & Tools for 2026 (Tested) | https://ventureharbour.com/email-marketing-software-tools-one-best/ | Jul 8, 2026 | 2 |
| What's the best email marketing platform to consider? | https://www.reddit.com/r/DigitalMarketing/comments/1qauudt/whats_the_best_email_marketing_platform_to/ | 6 months ago | 3 |
| The 8 best free email marketing services in 2026 | https://zapier.com/blog/free-email-marketing-software/ | Jan 26, 2026 | 4 |
| Email Marketing Software & Free Campaign Tools | https://www.hubspot.com/products/marketing/email | 5 | |
| 14 Best Email Marketing Platforms for Startups [2026] | https://mailtrap.io/blog/email-marketing-platforms-for-startups/ | 6 |
And one record as JSON:
Value SERP vs prepaid funds
Both are priced for people who do the math. So here is the math.
| Value SERP | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Committed entry rate | $2.00 / 1,000 (annual billing) | $1.00 / 1,000 (no commitment) |
| Overage | $1.60 / 1,000 past the allotment | None; packs just deplete |
| Pay-as-you-go | $2.50 / 1,000, $25 minimum | $1.00 / 1,000 from the first pack |
| Free volume | 100 searches, one time | $6 of free usage each month |
| Commitment | Annual billing for the listed rate | None |
| Unused volume | Monthly allotment | Paid funds never expire |
| Cheapest possible rate | $0.50 / 1,000 at 20M / month | $0.20 per 1,000 Google searches with the largest deposit |
Value SERP figures from Traject Data's public pricing page, July 27, 2026. Anything stale? Email support@crustapi.com and we'll fix it.
One 25,000-search job, both ways
Say the job needs 25,000 searches once, not every month.
Run the full allotment every month and the gap narrows to cents: $600 buys 300,000 searches on their plan, $588 prepaid buys the same here. The plan only wins the tie if your volume never dips.
Pick Value SERP when your volume is dead steady and huge: at the 10-million-and-up plans its committed rates run $0.60 down to $0.50 per 1,000, below our same-size packs, and the product is mature with ScraperAPI behind it. Prepaid wins when volume is bursty, seasonal, or still growing.
How much does CrustAPI cost?
Every web search costs one request charge, flat, no matter how many results come back. A search that returns nothing costs nothing.
| 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.
Funds are prepaid and never expire, so an unused pack is still yours next year.
One key also covers Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Reviews, Scholar, Patents, and Autocomplete, with the same schema everywhere.
How do you get started?
From zero to your first Google results in about two minutes:
- 1
Create a free account. Try it free, no card needed.
- 2
Type a search in the playground. The results land in a flat table. Developers: copy your key from the dashboard instead.
- 3
Export the CSV, or run the curl above. Same data either way.
Who switches from Value SERP?
- Rank trackers. Thousands of keyword checks a day, each with a position field, and empty searches never bill.
- Agencies with seasonal volume. Paid funds never expire, so a slow month costs nothing and busy months just draw the pack down.
- AI and RAG builders. Clean JSON with one schema across every Google type, ready to feed an agent or pipeline.
- Solo devs and side projects. The free tier covers a small tool with no card on file.
Related: SERP API · Scale SERP alternative · SerpApi alternative · Serper alternatives · Google Search API
Common questions
Yes. valueserp.com redirects to trajectdata.com, where it operates alongside Scale SERP and SerpWow, and Traject Data was acquired by ScraperAPI. Checked July 27, 2026.
The entry plan is $50 a month for 25,000 searches on annual billing, which is $2.00 per 1,000, with overage past the allotment at $1.60 per 1,000. Plan rates scale to $0.50 per 1,000 at 20 million a month. Pay-as-you-go is $2.50 per 1,000 with a $25 minimum. The free trial is 100 searches, one time.
CrustAPI Google Search starts at $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests, falling to $0.20 for the largest deposit. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent. Compare the current pricing and terms for your workload.
Value SERP offers a one-time 100-search trial. CrustAPI is free to try with no card on file.
Google Search costs $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests at standard prices, down to $0.20 for the largest deposit. Empty and failed searches are free. Every eligible account gets $6 of free usage monthly. Paid funds never expire.
The whole Google menu: web, Maps, Places, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Reviews, Scholar, Patents, Autocomplete, and webpage, one schema across all of them.
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Price it on your real volume
Run a month of your actual queries through the free tier first. If the math says Value SERP, take it. It usually does not.
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