Cheapest DataForSEO API / data: 163 routes compared
Every priced way we found to get DataForSEO's data: the official API, data resellers, marketplace listings and scrapers, ranked by price per 1,000 records. The cheapest route is 700x cheaper than the typical one. Prices are researched from each vendor's own page and dated; a route without a published price stays unpriced.
163routes
63vendors
$0.005cheapest / 1k records
$3.50typical (median) / 1k
$0.005official / 1k
Call DataForSEO data through FetchAPI
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Price ladder: the 15 cheapest routes
Cheapest first, by price per 1,000 records at the vendor's best tier. Confidence: stated on the vendor's page, derived from its plan maths, estimated otherwise.
| # | Vendor · route | $ / 1k records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Google Play reviews, standard queue (per 150 reviews) | $0.005 |
| 2 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Google Play app list (top charts, 100 apps) | $0.012 |
| 3 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO App Store search, standard queue (100 apps per SERP) | $0.012 |
| 4 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO App Store app list (top charts, 100 apps) | $0.012 |
| 5 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Google Shopping products, standard queue (per 40 results) | $0.025 |
| 6 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO App Store reviews, standard queue (per 25 reviews) | $0.03 |
| 7 | OpenVerbsKeyword difficulty for UP TO 1,000 keywords in one call (DataForSEO upstream) | $0.03 |
| 8 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Google Play search, standard queue (30 apps per SERP) | $0.04 |
| 9 | CONNSKILL Growth ServicesKeyword difficulty (0-100) for UP TO 1,000 keywords in one call (DataForSEO upstream) | $0.05 |
| 10 | CONNSKILL Growth ServicesAI search volume - how often keywords are asked inside AI assistants, 12-month history, up to 1,000 keywords (DataForSEO upstream) | $0.05 |
| 11 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Google Ads search volume, standard queue (up to 1,000 keywords per task) | $0.06 |
| 12 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Backlinks list / referring domains (1,000 rows per call) | $0.06 |
| 13 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Backlinks bulk ranks (up to 1,000 domains per call) | $0.06 |
| 14 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Content Analysis citations (1,000 rows per call) | $0.06 |
| 15 | DataForSEOOFFICIALDataForSEO Google reviews, standard queue (per 10 reviews) | $0.075 |
148 more routes are not shown. Researched up to 2026-10-02.
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