{
  "id": 12703601,
  "title": "What should I migrate to now that Google's Custom Search JSON API is retiring?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/what-should-i-migrate-to-now-that-googles-custom-search-json-api-is",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:11:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/rbatista19/what-should-i-migrate-to-now-that-googles-custom-search-json-api-is-retiring-3hgk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google is retiring its Custom Search JSON API, with the deadline being January 1, 2027. Existing customers can still use the service until that date, but new customers are no longer able to access it. For site searches involving up to 50 domains, Google recommends Vertex AI Search or Agent Search. For broader web searches, vendors like DataForSEO, cloro, SerpApi, Brave Search API, and ScraperAPI can be used. DataForSEO Live charges $2.00 per 1,000 queries with AI Overview included, while cloro's Hobby plan costs $1.20 per 1,000 queries. SerpApi's Big Data plan costs $275 a month for 30,000 searches. Brave Search API offers independent indexing without a Google link. The migration process involves updating the endpoint, authentication method, query parameter, and results array. Prices vary among the alternatives, with DataForSEO being the most cost-effective option for basic web searches, and SerpApi offering broad engine coverage at a higher cost.",
  "summary": "Migrate to a SERP API if you used Google's Custom Search JSON API to search the open web. DataForSEO, cloro and SerpApi each return the live Google results page as JSON, and Brave Search API returns results from an independent index. If you searched your own site or a fixed list of up to 50 domains, migrate to Vertex AI Search or Agent Search, which are the two products Google recommends. The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}