advice for building an SEO tool

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 4/9/2026

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A builder describes an SEO tool prototype that combines SERP/competitor page data with Claude-based content gap analysis and on-page recommendations, but says it currently underperforms due to unreliable scraped inputs.
They report that they likely need two separate products—one Search API for structured SERP results and another Web Scraper API for page content—and that combined pricing at scale (keyword lookups and page scrapes per month) strains a startup budget.
They note DIY scraping with Playwright is turning into a high-maintenance burden, especially whenever sites or rendering behaviors break, and they want fewer operational headaches.
The main request is for advice on integrated or “all-in-one” vendor solutions that can reliably provide both SERP data and page scraping without overwhelming costs and maintenance.

Hey everyone, I'm building an SEO tool that scrapes SERPs + competitor pages, the tool then feeds everything into Claude for content gap analysis and on-page recommendations. The problem is I need two separate products: a Search API (SerpAPI, ValueSERP) for structured Google results and a Web Scraper API (ScraperAPI, Zenrows) for actual page content, and together the pricing at 50k keyword lookups + 500k page scrapes/month is quite high. DIY Playwright setups are a maintenance nightmare and to be honest I'm tired of adjusting every single thing every time something breaks. The AI analysis part works beautifully in my prototype, but right now it's kinda useless without clean, reliable scraped data feeding into it. Has anyone found a single product that handles both SERP data and page scraping well without destroying a startup budget? Talking about something like an integrated product that has everything in it, less maintenance, less headaches

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