Best Search & Data APIs in 2026

Search engines, web scraping, and SERP data APIs. Add fast, relevant search to any application.

6 APIs across 3 subcategories

Search Engine(4)

FreemiumSearch Engine

5.5M/wk

Algolia API

Hosted search with typo tolerance, faceting, and instant results.

CLI

Quality

npm i algoliasearch

FreemiumSearch Engine

1.9M/wk

Elasticsearch API

Distributed search and analytics engine for all types of data.

CLI

Quality

npm i @elastic/elasticsearch

FreemiumSearch Engine

553k/wk

Typesense API

Open-source search engine optimised for instant search.

CLI

Quality

npm i typesense

FreemiumSearch Engine

365k/wk

Meilisearch API

Open-source, fast, typo-tolerant search engine.

CLI

Quality

npm i meilisearch

Web Scraping & SERP(1)

FreemiumWeb Scraping & SERP

116k/wk

SerpAPI

Google search results as structured JSON data.

CLI

Quality

npm i serpapi

Web Search(1)

FreemiumWeb Search

Google Custom Search API

Programmable search engine for custom web and image search.

CLI

Quality

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