SerpApi Google Flights Alternative

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

Ignav is a flight API with a schema designed for fare search and booking links.

Why teams choose Ignav instead

• Flight-specific schema — structured itineraries with prices, legs, segments, and booking IDs in Ignav's own format.
• Direct booking links — get URLs to airline and OTA booking pages by sending an ignav_id to the booking-links endpoint.
• Usage-based pricing with no plan minimum — $2 per 1,000 requests. SerpApi offers a free tier; its paid plans have monthly fees.
• 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, POST /api/fares/round-trip, or POST /api/fares/search for flexible multi-leg trips.
• 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, including its structured flight results and price insights.