No Hourly Caps. No Monthly Resets.
Real Google SERP from $0.56/1K.
SearchApi charges $2–4 per 1,000 on a monthly subscription and caps hourly usage at 20% of your plan. SearchCans is pay-as-you-go from $0.56/1K, credits last 6 months, Parallel Lanes with Lane Stacking have no hourly ceiling, and Reader API is included at no extra vendor cost.
7-day money-back guarantee · Credits valid 6 months · Only pay for successful requests
SearchApi limits you to 20% of your plan's monthly credits per hour. On the $100/month plan (35,000 searches), that's a 7,000 req/hour ceiling.
SearchCans Parallel Lanes + Lane Stacking: no hourly cap. Use your credits whenever your pipeline needs them.
SearchCans vs. SearchApi
Pricing and features compared head-to-head — no asterisks.
| Feature | SearchCans ✓ Clear winner | SearchApi |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price per 1,000 | $0.75 (Starter) | $4.00 (Developer) |
| Best available price per 1,000 | $0.56 (Ultimate) | ~$1.50 (top-tier plan) |
| Billing model | Pay-as-you-go, one-time | Monthly subscription |
| Hourly rate limit | None (Lane Stacking) | 20% of monthly plan/hour |
| Credits expire? | Valid 6 months | Reset monthly |
| Google search results | ||
| URL → LLM-ready Markdown (Reader API) | Yes — 2 credits/call | |
| Web screenshot + file parsing | ||
| Free tier | 100 credits, no card | 100 free requests |
SearchApi pricing based on public pricing at searchapi.io as of June 2026.
What SearchApi Doesn't Tell You Upfront
The 20% Hourly Cap Kills Burst Workflows
Running a batch job or AI agent that fires searches in parallel? SearchApi's 20% hourly cap throttles you hard. On a 100K/month plan, that's 20,000 requests/hour max. SearchCans Parallel Lanes + Lane Stacking let you fire concurrent requests limited only by your lane count, which you can stack without ceiling.
Monthly Subscriptions Punish Irregular Usage
AI workloads aren't uniform. Some sprints need 50,000 searches; others need 5,000. With SearchApi's monthly subscription, you pay the same either way. SearchCans credits last 6 months — buy what you expect to use, use it at the pace your pipeline demands.
Search + Extract + Screenshot + Parse
SearchApi gives you SERP results. SearchCans gives you the full data layer: search for URLs, extract page content as Markdown, capture screenshots, and parse PDFs and documents — all under one API key. No additional vendors, no second bill, no second API integration.
Pay for Success Only
SearchCans deducts credits only on HTTP 200 success. Network errors, timeouts, and retries are free. At $0.75/1K on Starter, 132,000 credits for $99 handles a pipeline running 10,000 searches/month for over a year — something no monthly subscription matches at equivalent cost.
Parallel SERP Calls. No Rate Limit Errors.
Use asyncio or any concurrency framework — no hourly caps, no throttle responses.
import asyncio
import httpx
API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}
async def search(client, query):
r = await client.post(
"https://www.searchcans.com/api/v1/search",
headers=HEADERS,
json={"t": "google", "s": query},
timeout=30,
)
return r.json()["data"]
async def main():
queries = ["AI agents 2026", "RAG pipeline best practices", "LLM grounding techniques", "vector search tools"]
async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
# All 4 fire simultaneously — no hourly rate cap
results = await asyncio.gather(*[search(client, q) for q in queries])
for q, r in zip(queries, results):
print(f"{q}: {r[0]['title']}")
asyncio.run(main())No SDK, no rate-limit errors, no monthly reset anxiety. Full API docs →
Frequently Asked Questions
How is SearchCans different from SearchApi?
SearchApi charges $2–4/1K on a monthly subscription and caps hourly usage at 20% of your plan. SearchCans is pay-as-you-go from $0.56/1K, credits valid 6 months, Parallel Lanes + Lane Stacking with no hourly ceiling, and Reader API included. No subscription resets, no burst limits.
What if I only need SERP data and not web extraction?
That works fine. SERP searches cost 1 credit each. The Reader API (2 credits), Screenshot API, and File Extraction are additional capabilities you use only when needed — you never pay for features you don't use. No bundle pricing, no forced feature tiers.
How do I estimate how many credits I need?
1 SERP request = 1 credit. 1 URL extraction = 2 credits. Starter ($99, 132,000 credits): covers 10,000 searches + 5,000 extractions/month for 6+ months. Pro ($597, ~1M credits): suitable for larger pipelines running 50,000+ requests/month.
Is there a free trial?
Register at searchcans.com/register and get 100 free credits — no credit card required. Use them on live Google SERP calls and Reader API extractions before committing. 7-day money-back on any paid plan.
Break Free from Hourly Caps and Monthly Resets.
100 free credits. Real Google SERP. No subscription, no hourly throttle, no credit card. Your first burst query in under 60 seconds.
Get Started NowPay-per-request · Credits valid 6 months · 7-day money-back on paid plans