DataForSEO

API

SEO data APIs for search results, keywords, backlinks and on-page audits

Price: Free credits, then paid
Access: API login and password

About

Pay-as-you-go APIs for search engine results, keyword volumes, backlinks, on-page audits and AI search data, for SEO tools and agencies. Most endpoints offer a cheaper queued mode and a pricier live mode; new accounts get $1 of credit, and top-ups start at $50.

What you can do with it

Get live Google search results for a keyword, location and language
Look up keyword search volume, competition and bids from Google Ads data
Pull backlink profiles and run on-page SEO audits for a domain

Get started

Create a free DataForSEO account
Copy the API login and password from the API Access tab
Send them with HTTP Basic auth

Example

curl -X POST https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/organic/live/advanced \
  -u "$DATAFORSEO_LOGIN:$DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"keyword": "albert einstein", "location_code": 2840, "language_code": "en"}]'

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#
MCP server: Remote
Works with: Google Ads