Scrapingdog compatible

The call, before and after

# Before
curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google?query=football&api_key=$SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY"

# After
curl "https://api.specstream.ai/scrapingdog/google?query=football&api_key=$SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"

With Scrapingdog's Python client, scrapingdog 1.1.0, the change is one line: client = Client(SPECSTREAM_KEY, base_url="https://api.specstream.ai/scrapingdog"). Its Google search then runs as before.

What the route reads, and what it refuses

Read and applied: query, page, tbs, country, language, cr, lr, safe, and scrapingdog_pagination.page_no for the next page.

Refused: an empty query gets 400, and a wrong api_key gets 401, each with a message body that Scrapingdog's client reads. Every parameter was measured on production on Nov 10, 2026, and the full pass table lists each one and its result.

Every field that comes back

The reply has search_information with time_taken, total_results, query_displayed and organic_results_state, organic_results[] with title, link, displayed_link, snippet and rank, and scrapingdog_pagination with current and page_no.

The route does not return search_information.url, a result's source, favicon, highlighted_keywords or extended_sitelinks, pagination, relatedSearches, peopleAlsoAskedFor, ai_overview, knowledge_graph, sports_results or ads. One field is added, specstream, with the call's price_usd.

One price a search, no credits to count

On Scrapingdog a Google search takes 5 credits, and 10 with advance_search or mob_search. On SpecStream every search costs $0.005, there is no plan to renew, and credit you buy never expires. A busy call gets 429 with Retry-After and charges nothing.

The most accurate web search API, in about one second

On SimpleQA Verified the SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official questions, 978 of them correct. On WideSearch it scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Every score and its method is on the benchmarks page.

A call of up to 10 results on the first page runs the fast search. Measured on production on November 9, 2026, its median was 0.82 s at 1 search a second and 1.07 s at 20 a second, the 95th percentile stayed between 1.09 and 1.73 s, and it answered 718 of 720. One account can send up to 26,666 searches a minute.

You decide what is kept, on each key

Create the key with zero_retention and a search made with it keeps no request text and no answer after the reply. spend_cap_cents is the most the key can spend.

curl -X POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/account/keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "production", "scopes": ["account:read", "finds:spend"], "spend_cap_cents": 500000, "zero_retention": true}'

Search, pages and rows on one key

The same key reads up to 20 pages or documents a call with the Extract API at $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and a page with no text is not charged. Deep Search returns every match for a request in plain words as structured rows, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with a source URL on every value. The most a run can cost is approved before it starts. The full comparison is on the Scrapingdog alternative page.

SerpApi

Google results on monthly plans: Starter is $25 for 1,000 searches with 200 an hour, Developer $75 for 5,000. SpecStream charges $0.005 a search with no plan, and its credit never expires.

Serper

Google results in credit packs from $1.00 per 1,000 for 50,000 credits, valid for 6 months, with 2,500 free queries. SpecStream credit never expires, and it scores 97.9 F-score on SimpleQA Verified.

Scale SERP

Traject Data's Google results API: 1,000 searches for $23 a month billed annually, then $0.038 per extra request, with 125 free searches a month. SpecStream answers Scale SERP's own /search call at /scaleserp, at $0.005 a search with no plan.