SEO by Daniel vs SerpApi

SerpApi is an API for scraping Google and Bing search results, with CAPTCHA-solving infrastructure behind it. Free tier is 250 requests a month, and paid plans start at $25 a month. It returns raw JSON you build on. SEO by Daniel returns a finished 0-100 scored audit aimed at Laravel freelancers and micro-agencies. One is a building block. The other is a product. Comparing them is really a question about what you are trying to ship.

Where SerpApi wins

• Reliable SERP data at scale, from $25 a month.
• It handles the hard part of scraping: proxies, CAPTCHA and changing result markup.
• A free tier of 250 requests a month is enough to prototype with.
• The data is structured, so you can store rankings history without scraping yourself.
• It covers multiple search engines, not just Google, which matters if rankings are part of a client report.
• It is the right choice for developers building their own rank tracker or monitoring product.
• You own the data and the output, which matters if the product is the point. It can be resold as an API-powered product.

Where SEO by Daniel wins

• Instant 0-100 homepage score in about two seconds, with no account. Just drop in a domain.
• Sitemap auto-discovery via robots.txt, nested indexes and gzipped sitemaps finds every page automatically.
• A finished, client-ready scored report. No development required.
• You get the product, not the infrastructure to build one.
• A transparent €19 entry tier for a deliverable you can resell.
• It requires no build, no deploy and no API key.
• The output is a report a non-developer can read, so you can sell the audit to the person paying for it.
• It does not return SERP data, which is exactly why it is not an API.

A real example

A Laravel developer builds a rank tracker on SerpApi for a side project. A client then asks for a one-off site audit. He starts wiring the pieces: fetch robots.txt, parse the sitemap, crawl, score pages, generate a PDF. Half a day in, he stops.

He points SEO by Daniel at the client's domain instead, gets a scored report in seconds, and sells that as the audit. The rank tracker keeps using SerpApi. Nobody had to reinvent a crawler.

That is the clean split. SerpApi is the foundation for something you are building. SEO by Daniel is the finished thing you hand over. A developer with a rank tracker often needs both, because ranking data and site health are different questions. Building the second one from scratch is a project; buying it is a line item.

He delivers the audit the same afternoon. The client likes it and asks for a second site. The tracker still runs on SerpApi, and the audits still come from SEO by Daniel, because he never wanted to maintain a crawler. That is the division of labour: one tool answers what ranks, the other answers how the site is built. Mixing them up is how a weekend project turns into an unpaid second job.

The verdict

| | SerpApi | SEO by Daniel | | --- | --- | --- | | Job | SERP scraping API | Finished technical audit | | Output | JSON SERP data | 0-100 score, issues, CSV | | Free tier | 250 requests/month | Free scan, no account | | Entry price | From $25/mo | From €19/mo | | Build required | Yes | No | | Resellable deliverable | Only if you build it | Yes, out of the box |

When to pick which

Choose SerpApi if you are a developer who wants raw, reliable SERP data to build a ranking or monitoring product on top of. It is infrastructure, and it is priced like it. If your customers need ranking positions, this is the layer to build on.

Choose SEO by Daniel if you want a finished, client-ready scored audit in seconds, without building anything, at a transparent €19 you can resell. If you need ranking positions rather than site health, SerpApi is the better fit. Running both is normal for a Laravel freelancer: the tracker for ongoing work, the audit for the deliverable a client signs off on.

FAQ

Do I need to code to use SEO by Daniel? No. You paste a domain and get a report. SerpApi is the opposite: it is a developer tool.

Can I build a rank tracker on SEO by Daniel? No. It does not return SERP data. It scores the technical health of a site.

Should I use both? Yes, if you build ranking products and also need site audits for clients. Different layers, different jobs, and no overlap in maintenance.

If what you need is the finished audit rather than the raw data, run a free scan.