A Bright Data alternative for Google Hotels data
Bright Data runs a general web-data platform; its Google Hotels Scraper API is one pre-built scraper, priced per record and delivered as JSON, CSV or to cloud storage. ScraperCompany is built for travel data: Google Hotels with price calendars, plus direct OTA rates, official hotel sites and Google Flights.
Below: the cost of listing hotels and of fetching one hotel, the free tiers, the inputs each takes, and where Bright Data is the cheaper or the broader choice.
Bright Data figures as of 14 October 2026, from brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels, docs.brightdata.com … google-hotel-discover-by-search and docs.brightdata.com … google-hotel-collect-by-url. Check their site for current terms.
Cost of listing 1,000 hotels
Bright Data charges per record; in its sample responses a record is one hotel. A ScraperCompany search page holds about 20 properties and costs 4 credits, so 1,000 hotels take 50 pages. Cheapest first:
Pricing. Prices are in US dollars. New accounts get a free trial of 50 calls or 14 days, whichever ends first, no card needed; after it, buy a credit pack or pick a plan. Out of credits returns HTTP 402. The ScraperCompany dollar figures on this page use the monthly plan prices; credit packs cost a little more per credit.
| Option | How it is counted | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| ScraperCompany Scale | 50 search pages × 4 credits = 200 credits | $0.160 |
| ScraperCompany Growth | 50 search pages × 4 credits = 200 credits | $0.199 |
| ScraperCompany Starter | 50 search pages × 4 credits = 200 credits | $0.245 |
| Bright Data Scale (records beyond the included volume) | $1.30 per 1K records | $1.300 |
| Bright Data pay as you go | $1.50 per 1K records | $1.500 |
A Bright Data record can carry more than a search-page listing: its page lists phone number, star classification, room options and availability among the fields. A ScraperCompany search listing carries rating, class, amenities, images, coordinates and the lowest price itemised into base, taxes, fees and total; room-level detail is a separate call, which the next table prices.
Cost of one hotel's details
Bright Data collects one hotel by its Google Hotels URL. ScraperCompany returns one property page, with every seller's price, for 5 credits. Here Bright Data's pay-as-you-go record is the cheaper of the two on every ScraperCompany plan.
| Option | How it is counted | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Bright Data Scale (included volume) | $499 ÷ 384,000 records | $0.0013 |
| Bright Data pay as you go | one record (hotel collected by URL) | $0.0015 |
| ScraperCompany Scale | one property page, 5 credits | $0.0040 |
| ScraperCompany Growth | one property page, 5 credits | $0.0050 |
| ScraperCompany Starter | one property page, 5 credits | $0.0061 |
| Call | Credits | Starter | Growth | Scale | Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Hotels search page | 4 | $0.0049 | $0.0040 | $0.0032 | $0.0027 |
| Google Hotels property page | 5 | $0.0061 | $0.0050 | $0.0040 | $0.0033 |
| Google Hotels calendar | 8 | $0.0098 | $0.0079 | $0.0064 | $0.0053 |
Plans: Starter $49 for 40,000 credits, Growth $149 for 150,000 credits, Scale $399 for 500,000 credits, Business $999 for 1,500,000 credits a month. Free trial: 50 calls.
Inputs, coverage and limits
| Capability | Bright Data | ScraperCompany |
|---|---|---|
| Destination search | Discovery records by search: search_term, check_in_date, check_out_date, guest_number, country, currency, limit_per_input | Yes, about 20 properties per page, paged with next_page_token |
| One hotel | Collect by URL: a Google Hotels URL and a country | Property page by property token, with every seller’s price |
| Dates in one request | A check-in and check-out pair per input | Calendar: up to 330 nights per call (90 by default) |
| What a price carries | Price per night, total price and currency in the sample record | Base, taxes, fees and total kept apart, with when and how each was observed |
| Results | JSON, NDJSON, CSV or .gz by API, webhook or cloud storage (S3, Google Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Azure, Snowflake, SFTP) | JSON in the response; batches of calendars through POST /v1/jobs, with an optional signed completion webhook |
| Concurrency and limits | Unlimited concurrency on pay as you go and Scale; no specific usage limits | By plan: 1 concurrent and 10 requests a minute on the free trial; 10 concurrent and 300 requests a minute on Starter; 40 concurrent and 1,200 requests a minute on Growth; 100 concurrent and 3,000 requests a minute on Scale |
| Billing model | Free tier, pay as you go with monthly spend limits, a Scale plan, Enterprise | Monthly plans with included credits (Starter, Growth, Scale, Business), credit packs from $15 for 7,500 credits, valid 12 months, plus Enterprise |
| Beyond Google Hotels | Scrapers for other Google products (Maps, Shopping, Flights, Images, Play, AI Mode and more) and other sites | OTA rates, official hotel sites, guest reviews and Google Flights, plus Google Search and Maps |
| Free allowance | 5,000 records a month, no credit card | Free trial: 50 calls over 14 days, no card (50 search pages); then credit packs from $15 for 7,500 credits, valid 12 months (1,875 search pages) |
| Failed requests | Not charged | 0 credits for any 4xx or 5xx response and for empty search pages |
Rows list what each side documents for Google Hotels. Bright Data's page also advertises compliance certifications and a success rate; we have not compared those.
Where each Bright Data figure comes from
Every Bright Data claim on this page was read from the page linked beside it on 14 October 2026. Prices change, so open the link before you rely on one. If a figure here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
| What the page says about Bright Data | Read from | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing for the Google Hotels Scraper API: a free tier of 5K records a month with no credit card; pay as you go at $1.5 per 1K records; a Scale plan at $499 a month with 384,000 records included and $1.3 per 1K additional records; Enterprise on request. | brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels | 14 October 2026 |
| "Only pay for what's successfully delivered. No hidden fees, no charges for failed deliveries." | brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels | 14 October 2026 |
| Pay as you go lets you set monthly spend limits; pay as you go and Scale both list unlimited concurrency. The FAQ says there are no specific usage limits. | brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels | 14 October 2026 |
| Three Google Hotels scrapers: "Google Hotels" (one hotel by URL), "Discovery records by search" and "Discover records by filter URL". | brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels | 14 October 2026 |
| The page describes the fields as hotel ID, name, address, phone number, star classification, rating, review count, amenities, room options, pricing and availability. | brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels | 14 October 2026 |
| Discover by search takes search_term, check_in_date, check_out_date, guest_number, country, currency and limit_per_input; the sample record has hotel_id, name, address, rating, reviews_count, price_per_night, total_price, currency and the two dates. | docs.brightdata.com … google-hotel-discover-by-search | 14 October 2026 |
| Collect by URL takes a url and a country. | docs.brightdata.com … google-hotel-collect-by-url | 14 October 2026 |
| Results come as JSON, NDJSON, JSON lines, CSV or compressed .gz, by API, webhook or cloud storage: Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Google PubSub, Microsoft Azure Storage, Snowflake or SFTP. | brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels | 14 October 2026 |
| Other Google scrapers listed on the page: Hotels reviews, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Images, Play, AI Mode, Business, Finance and Scholar. | brightdata.com/products/serp-api/google-search/hotels | 14 October 2026 |
Bright Data is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with Bright Data. ScraperCompany figures come from the live credit schedule and plans on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Is ScraperCompany a Bright Data alternative for Google Hotels?
For Google Hotels data, yes: both return hotel listings with prices for a destination and dates, and a hotel's details. Bright Data is a general web-data platform, and the Google Hotels Scraper API is one of its pre-built scrapers, priced per record. ScraperCompany is a travel-data API: the Google Hotels routes share one key and one credit meter with OTA rates, official hotel sites, guest reviews and Google Flights.
Which costs less per hotel listed?
For a destination search, ScraperCompany: 1,000 hotels take 50 search pages of about 20 properties at 4 credits each, $0.245 on Starter and $0.160 on Scale, against $1.50 on Bright Data pay as you go. For the details of one hotel, Bright Data's pay-as-you-go record ($0.0015) is cheaper than a ScraperCompany property page on every plan: $0.0061 on Starter, $0.0040 on Scale and $0.0033 on Business. A ScraperCompany page carries every seller's price for the stay.
What is a record?
Bright Data prices per record and the pages we read do not define the word. In the sample responses in its documentation each record is one hotel, so this page counts one hotel as one record. ScraperCompany prices per call: a search page costs the same credits whatever number of properties it holds, and an empty page is free.
How do the free tiers compare?
Bright Data's is 5,000 records a month with no credit card. ScraperCompany has a free trial instead: 50 calls over 14 days with no card, which is 50 search pages of about 20 properties, or 1,000 listings. After it, the $15 credit pack buys 7,500 credits, 1,875 search pages or 37,500 listings, valid 12 months. Units differ, so compare on the data you need rather than on the headline number.
How are failed requests billed?
Neither bills them. Bright Data says it charges only for what is successfully delivered and never for failed deliveries. ScraperCompany charges 0 credits for any 4xx or 5xx response and for empty search pages.
When is Bright Data the better choice?
When you need more than Google Hotels. Bright Data lists scrapers for other Google products and many other sites, delivery straight to cloud storage, and unlimited concurrency, where ScraperCompany limits requests per minute and concurrency by plan (300 a minute on Starter, 3,000 on Scale). ScraperCompany is the better fit for hotel and travel data: a calendar of up to 330 nights per call (90 by default), itemised prices and OTA rates in one API.