DataForSEO SERP API — Google Organic, Maps & News Results

Get live Google Organic, Google Maps and Google News results for any keyword as clean JSON, powered by the DataForSEO SERP API. No DataForSEO account, no balance top-up, no subscription: you pay per 10 results through Apify.

What does the DataForSEO SERP API actor do?

It sends your keywords to the DataForSEO SERP API and returns one dataset row per search result, in Google's own ranking order. You choose the engine, country, language, device and how deep to go (up to 700 results per keyword).

• Google Organic: rank, result type, title, URL, domain and snippet. SERP features are kept too: the AI Overview text, People Also Ask questions and related searches arrive in the description column of their own rows.
• Google Maps: business name, rating, review count, category, address, phone, website and GPS coordinates.
• Google News: headline, publisher domain, URL, snippet, relative publish time ("11 hours ago") and an exact timestamp. Top-story clusters link to their lead article.
• Real Google results fetched live, with no proxies or captchas to manage.

Use cases

• Rank tracking: check where your pages rank for a keyword set in any of 14 countries, on desktop or mobile.
• SERP and competitor research: see which vendors, review sites and listicles own page one for your category.
• AI Overview monitoring: read what Google's AI Overview says about your topic and which sources it links to.
• Local SEO and lead lists: pull the Google Maps pack for "dentist chicago" or any business type and city.
• News monitoring: track Google News coverage of a brand, competitor or topic.
• AI agents and automations: structured JSON that drops straight into n8n, Make, Zapier, MCP servers and LLM pipelines.

How to use the DataForSEO SERP API

1. Enter one or more keywords in Search queries (up to 100 per run).
2. Pick the Search engine: Google Organic, Google Maps or Google News.
3. Set Results depth (10 = the first page), plus Location, Language code and Device if you need them.
4. Click Start. Each keyword takes a few seconds.
5. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API. The Organic results, Google Maps places and Google News articles views show the columns that matter for each engine.

Example input

{
  "queries": ["best crm software", "crm for small business", "hubspot alternatives"],
  "engine": "google_organic",
  "resultsDepth": 10,
  "locationCode": "2840",
  "languageCode": "en",
  "device": "desktop"
}

Google Maps example:

{
  "queries": ["dentist chicago", "emergency dentist chicago"],
  "engine": "google_maps",
  "resultsDepth": 20,
  "locationCode": "2840",
  "languageCode": "en"
}

Input configuration

Field	Type	Default	Description
queries	array of strings	required	Keywords to search. Up to 100 per run; extra keywords are ignored.
engine	string	google_organic	google_organic, google_maps or google_news.
resultsDepth	integer	10	Results to request per keyword, 1 to 700. Billed per 10 (see pricing). Google can return fewer.
locationCode	string	2840 (United States)	Country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, South Africa or United Arab Emirates.
languageCode	string	en	Two-letter language code, e.g. en, de, fr, es.
device	string	desktop	desktop or mobile. Used for Organic and News, ignored for Maps.

Example output

Google Organic row:

{
  "query": "best crm software",
  "engine": "google_organic",
  "type": "organic",
  "rank_absolute": 2,
  "title": "Choosing The Best CRM Software In 2026",
  "url": "https://www.salesforce.com/crm/best-crm/",
  "domain": "www.salesforce.com",
  "description": "Salesforce is consistently named the #1 CRM by IDC for providing world-class apps for every team..."
}

SERP-feature rows (type = ai_overview, people_also_ask, related_searches, ...) use the same fields. Their text is in description, and title/url are empty unless the feature links to a page.

Google Maps row:

{
  "query": "dentist chicago",
  "engine": "google_maps",
  "type": "maps_search",
  "rank_absolute": 1,
  "title": "Chicago Dental Dream Team",
  "url": "http://www.dentaldreamteam.com/",
  "domain": "www.dentaldreamteam.com",
  "description": "820 E 87th St #201, Chicago, IL 60619",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "rating_count": 738,
  "address": "820 E 87th St #201, Chicago, IL 60619",
  "phone": "+1773-488-3738",
  "category": "Dental implants periodontist",
  "latitude": 41.7369797,
  "longitude": -87.6039206
}

Google News rows add time_published (as Google shows it, e.g. "11 hours ago") and timestamp (e.g. "2026-09-22 16:08:02 +00:00").

A run summary (queries, total results, billed units) is also saved to the run's key-value store as OUTPUT.

How much does the DataForSEO SERP API cost?

Pay per event. The main event is a SERP page, and one SERP page is 10 requested results for one keyword. A keyword at depth 10 is 1 unit, depth 20 is 2 units, depth 100 is 10 units. You are billed for the depth you request, even if Google returns fewer results.

Event	Free / Bronze plan	Silver plan	Gold plan and above
Actor start (once per run)	$0.001	$0.0009	$0.0008
SERP page (10 requested results per keyword)	$0.005	$0.0045	$0.004

Minimum-request charge. Every Google request carries a fixed backend fee. On shallow Organic and News searches (depth under 50), the per-10 price can come in under that fee, so the run adds a few extra SERP-page units. At depth 10 this works out to about $0.00625 per keyword instead of $0.005. Maps searches and deeper Organic/News searches are billed at the table price.

Worked examples (Free/Bronze prices, measured on real runs):

Run	Units billed	Total
3 Organic keywords, depth 10	3 + 1 minimum-request unit	$0.021
2 News keywords, depth 10	2 + 1 minimum-request unit	$0.016
2 Maps keywords, depth 20	4	$0.021
10 Organic keywords, depth 100	100	$0.501
100 Organic keywords, depth 10	100 + 25 minimum-request units	$0.626

There is no monthly fee and no DataForSEO subscription or minimum top-up.

FAQ

Do I need a DataForSEO account? No. The actor calls the DataForSEO SERP API with its own access, and you pay per SERP page through Apify.

Which search engines and countries are supported? Google Organic, Google Maps and Google News, in the 14 countries listed in the Location dropdown.

How many results can I get per keyword? Up to 700 with resultsDepth. 10 is the first page. You are billed per 10 requested results.

Why do some Organic rows have no URL? Those are SERP features such as AI Overview, People Also Ask or related searches. Their content is in description, and type tells you which feature it is.

Can I track rankings on a schedule? Yes. Save your input as a task and add an Apify schedule for daily or weekly runs.

Is it good for AI agents, n8n or Make? Yes. The output is flat JSON with stable field names, which suits MCP servers, automations and LLM agents.

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