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fastCRW is an open-source web data API that lets AI agents and developers search, scrape, crawl, map, parse, extract, and monitor web content through a single interface. It returns clean Markdown, JSON, or HTML and handles JavaScript-heavy pages, single-page apps, and anti-bot defenses without external proxies, Docker, or a separate browser fleet. The engine is a self-contained binary written in Rust, so it runs with low memory use and predictable latency. The same API behaves identically whether you self-host it next to your application or use the managed cloud, which means no vendor lock-in and no exit cost. fastCRW works with Python, Node.js, cURL, and the Model Context Protocol, and ships connectors for LangChain, CrewAI, n8n, and Dify. Teams use it to power AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, lead enrichment, market research, and change monitoring that depend on reliable, structured, real-time web data.

Serpent API exists for one reason: SERP data shouldn't cost more than the team analyzing it. For a decade, the SERP API market was dominated by providers charging $5–50 per 1,000 searches, locked behind enterprise contracts, monthly minimums, and sales calls. A single SEO agency tracking a few thousand keywords a day was burning through $1,500–$5,000 per month on raw search data alone — money that should have funded talent, content, and client outcomes, not API bills. We're a team of marketers who lived this pain every month. So we built the infrastructure ourselves. Today, Serpent API delivers the same Google, Bing, Yahoo!, and DuckDuckGo data — at a fraction of the cost, with no contracts, no minimums, and no enterprise sales calls required. What We Offer Radically Affordable Pricing — From $0.03 per 1,000 searches at Scale tier. The cheapest production-grade SERP API on the market, with no asterisks. Multi-Engine SERP API — Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo through a single unified API — web, news, images, and videos. AI Ranking API — Track how Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity cite your brand. Citations, visibility scores, competitor mentions, and ranking positions. Social Media API — YouTube search, video metadata, channel data, plus Instagram public profile scraping with structured JSON. Rich SERP Data — Organic results, People Also Ask, AI Overviews, Featured Snippets, related searches, ads, shopping, and more. Fast Response — DDG under 3 seconds. Google under 20 seconds with full stealth scraping. Pay As You Go — No subscriptions, no minimums. Pay only for what you use. Tier discounts unlock automatically with deposit. Free Tier — Start free, no credit card required.