At a glance

Headcount LabsSerpApi
How it is soldPay as you go, per recordMonthly plans by searches, from $25 for 1,000 searches source, checked Oct 2026
Free every month100,000 records250 searches a month source, checked Oct 2026
3 million jobs in one month$29$2,750 (300,000 searches at up to 10 jobs each, on the 500,000-search plan) source, checked Oct 2026
RefreshJob boards re-read on a rolling schedule; measured freshness is on each dataset pageLive Google results; cached searches are free source, checked Oct 2026

Figures for SerpApi come from its own public pages, checked Oct 2026. Rows its pages do not state are left out.

Google Jobs returns up to 10 results per page, so one search returns at most 10 jobs.

When SerpApi is the better fit

SerpApi returns what Google Jobs shows for a query and location, including listings from job boards.

When Headcount Labs is the better fit

  • You need a large volume of open jobs at a low price: $29 for 3 million records in a month.
  • You want to start free: 100,000 records every month, no card.
  • You want every job traced to the employer: 8,390,837 open jobs, each with a link to the original posting, and 3,162,273 with the pay the employer published.
  • You want to check the data before you buy: the dataset pages show field fill rates, freshness and sample rows.

Test both in an afternoon

  1. Pick one search you care about, such as a job title in one country.
  2. Count it on Headcount Labs with one request that returns no jobs:
curl --request GET "https://api.headcountlabs.com/v1/jobs/count?title=data%20engineer&country=US" \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>'
  1. Pull 50 records from each provider and compare titles, locations, pay and posting links.
  2. Price your real monthly volume on both price lists.

Questions

Is Headcount Labs cheaper than SerpApi?

For 3 million jobs in a month, yes: $29 from Headcount Labs against $2,750 (300,000 searches at up to 10 jobs each, on the 500,000-search plan) from SerpApi, using SerpApi's published prices (checked Oct 2026).

When is SerpApi the better choice?

SerpApi returns what Google Jobs shows for a query and location, including listings from job boards.

Where does Headcount Labs get its jobs?

From employers' own career pages and the hiring platforms they post on. Each record keeps the link to the employer's posting, so any job can be checked against its source.

Is Headcount Labs affiliated with SerpApi?

No. Headcount Labs is an independent company and SerpApi is a trademark of its owner. The facts about SerpApi on this page come from SerpApi's public pages, checked Oct 2026.

Sources

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