Comparison · competitor data retrieved 2026-09-01
FlightPowers vs Crawlio Google Flights API
Crawlio google-flights8 API on RapidAPI offers structured flight data with dedicated date-grid and price-graph endpoints. Both APIs live on RapidAPI, both target developers building fare comparison or monitoring tools, and both handle round-trips — but the round-trip flow is structurally different.
The one-paragraph version
Two-stage round-trips vs paired-leg requests
Crawlio round-trip flow mirrors how Google Flights own UI works: search outbound flights, the user picks one, then a second request fetches returns priced against that specific outbound. If you are building an interactive booking interface where users choose leg by leg, that flow fits. FlightPowers round-trip endpoint returns both legs paired in one request with a combined total, which fits the "price this trip" question and costs one call instead of two.
Pricing
Pricing: check the live listing
Crawlio pricing is published on their RapidAPI listing. We could not retrieve the detail on the date stamped here, so we show ours for reference and direct you to their Pricing tab.
Crawlio Google Flights API (google-flights8)
Crawlio pricing is available on their RapidAPI listing at rapidapi.com/Crawlio/api/google-flights8. We attempted to retrieve it on 2026-09-01 but the pricing table was not accessible in our fetch. Visit the Pricing tab on the listing for current plans, included volume, and overage rates before subscribing.
FlightPowers (Google Flights Live API)
| Plan | Price / mo | Requests | $ / 1k req | Overage | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC | Free | 10 / mo | — | hard cap | — |
| PRO | $10 | 2,500 / mo | $4.00 | $0.003 / req | 150 / min |
| ULTRArecommended | $25 | 10,000 / mo | $2.50 | $0.003 / req | 250 / min |
| MEGA | $50 | 50,000 / mo | $1.00 | $0.001 / req | 500 / min |
Swipe the table sideways for overage and rate limits.
Every plan on this API includes all of its endpoints; flights and hotels are separate subscriptions. Read from the live listing on 2026-08-26; the listing is authoritative.
Our unit cost: PRO at $10 for 2,500 requests is $0.0040 per search; ULTRA at $25 for 10,000 is $0.0025. Compare these figures to Crawlio published rates on their listing to determine which fits your volume.
Capabilities
Feature by feature, in prose
No tick marks: each cell says what is actually documented, and by whom.
| Crawlio | FlightPowers | |
|---|---|---|
| Round-trip | Two-stage: GET /roundtrip searches outbound; POST /roundtrip/returning-flights fetches returns for a chosen outbound. Two calls, models Google Flights own leg-by-leg selection UI. | One-stage: POST /v1/flights/roundtrip returns paired legs with a combined total and per-leg filters in one call. Built for "price this trip" queries and date-range scanning. Round-trip API → |
| Date grids and price graphs | First-class endpoints for both one-way and round-trip: /date-grid returns cheapest fare per day; /price-graph returns price trends over a date range. If your UI is a heatmap or chart, these deliver the structure ready-made. | No dedicated calendar or graph endpoints. To scan 30 dates, loop 30 requests in parallel at the published rate limits (150/min on PRO, 250/min on ULTRA, 500/min on MEGA). Parallel scans → |
The decision
Which should you pick
Choose Crawlio when
- You are building a user-facing booking flow where users pick the outbound leg first, then see priced returns: the two-stage round-trip flow models that interaction.
- Your UI renders date-grid heatmaps or price-trend line charts: their dedicated endpoints return those shapes.
Choose FlightPowers when
- Round-trips are a large share of your searches and unit economics matter: one request instead of two.
- You scan date ranges in bursts and want published per-minute rate limits.
- You need Google price verdict (low | typical | high) on every result for fare-alert logic.
Questions, answered plainly
- How does Crawlio handle round-trip searches?
- Crawlio round-trip flow is a two-stage process: GET /api/v1/roundtrip searches outbound flights, you pick one, then POST /api/v1/roundtrip/returning-flights with a token from the chosen outbound to fetch matching returns. Two requests, two billable calls. FlightPowers POST /v1/flights/roundtrip returns both legs in one paired object with a combined total, so a round-trip costs one request instead of two.
- Does Crawlio support date grids and price graphs?
- Yes. They offer dedicated endpoints: /api/v1/flights/date-grid/one-way and /round-trip for cheapest fare per day, and /api/v1/flights/price-graph/one-way and /round-trip for price trends over a date range. If your UI renders a calendar heatmap or a line chart, those endpoints deliver the data structure ready-made. FlightPowers has no dedicated calendar or graph endpoints; you loop dates in parallel.
- Where is Crawlio pricing published?
- Crawlio pricing is on their RapidAPI listing at rapidapi.com/Crawlio/api/google-flights8. We attempted to retrieve it on 2026-09-01 but the pricing detail was not accessible in our fetch. Check the live listing Pricing tab for current plans and rates before subscribing.
One round-trip request, not two
Paired legs with a combined total and per-leg filters in a single call, built for scanning and monitoring.
Free tier: 10 requests/month. No card to try.