SerpApi Google Flights Alternative

SerpApi is a general-purpose SERP scraping platform that includes a Google Flights engine. It's useful when you need raw Google search outputs, but if you're building a flight product — search apps, price trackers, AI travel tools — Ignav is a better fit.

Ignav is a purpose-built flight API with a schema designed for fare search and booking links, not a scraping layer on top of Google.

Why teams choose Ignav instead

• Flight-specific schema — structured itineraries with prices, legs, segments, and booking IDs. Not a parsed version of Google's page layout.
• Direct booking links — get URLs to airline and OTA booking pages in one flow. No separate token resolution step.
• Usage-based pricing with no plan minimum — $2 per 1,000 requests. SerpApi's plans start higher and include monthly minimums.
• Stable API surface — Ignav's schema is designed for flight apps. Scraping-based services can change when Google changes their markup.

What changes in your integration

• Search endpoints change to POST /api/fares/one-way and POST /api/fares/round-trip.
• ignav_id replaces SerpApi's booking token flow.
• Auth moves from query param to X-Api-Key header.

Stay with SerpApi if…

• You need a broader SERP platform — Google Search, Maps, Shopping, etc. — not just flights.
• You specifically need Google Flights page output in its raw format.