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Cheapest SEO API for agents

The cheapest SEO API for an agent is not one number. Wholesale APIs (including DataForSEO) often win on unit price at scale. Fig often wins on time-to-first-lookup: $10 Checkout, hosted MCP, compact tools, no location-code homework.

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Compare the bill you actually pay

  • Suite: cheap if you already live in it all month; expensive if the agent calls it twice.
  • Wholesale: cheapest per SERP; typical DataForSEO minimum payment is $50; you operate the API.
  • Fig: $10 minimum, $20 recommended pack, hosted tools and skills included in the retail rate.

Credits

Fig is prepaid credit, not a monthly seat. Checkout starts at $10; a $20 pack is the recommended default. Your agent spends the balance on live lookups, then asks you to approve Checkout again when remaining USD cannot cover the next call.

Fig does not guarantee rankings, citations, or traffic. It returns research data your agent can call. Humans approve sign-in and Checkout. The agent (or you) decides what to change on the site.

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