How to Track Google Rankings Without Paying for SerpAPI (Using Apify)

How to Track Google Rankings Without Paying for SerpAPI (Using Apify) If you're running SEO for clients — or tracking your own site's keyword rankings — you've probably stared at SerpAPI's pricing page and winced. Their cheapest plan starts at $75/month. Semrush charges $119/month just for rank tracking (and caps you at 500 keywords). Ahrefs? $99/month for 750 tracked keywords. For a mid-size agency managing 10 clients, those costs compound fast. Here's what most people don't know: you can pull the exact same Google SERP data — positions, URLs, titles, snippets, featured snippets, ads — using a community-built Apify actor for $3–5 per 1,000 keyword results . No subscription. No monthly minimums. You pay only for what you actually run. This article shows you how to set it up in 5 steps. What You're Getting The actor is lanky_quantifier/google-serp-scraper on Apify. Here's what it returns for each keyword: { "keyword" : "best project management software" , "position" : 1 , "url" : "https