🧠 DataForSEO Brain - Home
Your command center for the DataForSEO v3 API - 12 modules, ~200+ endpoints, the task/live queue
model, and the per-call cost model - wired to SEOus, a minimalistic self-hosted dashboard.
Live-verified 2026-06-26; Backlinks and LLM Mentions access re-verified 2026-07-08. Full catalog: index · the eight capability groups below map 1:1 to the SEOus dashboard sidebar (run SEOus locally; the route contract is references/dashboard-map.json).
🔎 Search & SERP - 4 capabilities · 1 playbook
- cap-serp-api - live + queued SERPs across seven engines; the spine of rank tracking
- cap-serp-google-verticals - AI Overview, Maps, News, Images, Jobs, Shopping verticals
- cap-serp-non-google-engines - Bing, YouTube, Baidu, Yahoo, Seznam, Naver
- cap-result-tiers-regular-advanced-html - regular vs advanced vs html result depth
- Surfaces: plat-google-search · plat-bing-search · plat-youtube · plat-other-search-engines
- Playbook: play-rank-tracking-pipeline · Decision: dec-live-vs-standard-vs-priority
🧮 Keywords, Competitors & Research - 5 capabilities · 3 playbooks
- cap-keywords-data-api - search volume, keyword ideas, ad-traffic metrics
- cap-trends-and-clickstream - Google Trends plus clickstream-blended volume
- cap-labs-keyword-research - pre-indexed keyword ideas and difficulty (cheapest tier)
- cap-labs-competitor-research - competitor and ranked-keyword intelligence
- cap-labs-market-analysis - market and category share analysis
- Playbooks: play-keyword-research-workflow · play-competitor-gap-analysis · play-content-strategy-brief
- Decision: dec-labs-vs-live-apis
🔗 Links & Authority - 2 capabilities · 1 playbook
- cap-backlinks-api - link profiles from DataForSEO’s own crawler (pay-as-you-go since 2026-07-01)
- cap-backlinks-bulk-metrics - bulk rank, referring-domain, and spam metrics
- Playbook: play-backlink-audit
🛠️ Technical & On-Page - 3 capabilities · 1 playbook
- cap-onpage-api - crawler, technical audit, and Lighthouse browser simulation
- cap-content-analysis-api - citation search plus sentiment summary
- cap-domain-analytics - technology detection and WHOIS
- Playbook: play-technical-site-audit
📍 Local & Maps - 1 capability · 1 playbook
- cap-business-data-api - Google Business, reviews, listings, and geo-grid tracking
- Surfaces: plat-google-maps-local · plat-review-platforms
- Playbook: play-local-seo-tracking
🤖 AI / GEO visibility - 3 capabilities · 1 playbook
- cap-ai-optimization-api - LLM responses, LLM scraper, and AI keyword data
- cap-llm-mentions-visibility - share-of-voice across AI answers (pay-as-you-go since 2026-07-01)
- cap-geo-ai-search-optimization - the GEO / answer-engine optimization surface
- Surface: plat-ai-assistants · Playbook: play-ai-visibility-tracking
🛒 E-commerce & Apps - 2 capabilities · 1 playbook
- cap-merchant-api - Amazon plus Google Shopping product and seller data
- cap-app-data-api - Google Play and Apple App Store listings and reviews
- Surfaces: plat-amazon-marketplace · plat-google-shopping · plat-app-stores
- Playbook: play-ecommerce-product-research
💵 Cost & Platform mechanics - 13 capabilities · 1 playbook · 5 decisions
- cap-platform-architecture · cap-task-vs-live-execution · cap-queue-priority-cost-model · cap-rate-limits-throughput
- cap-status-error-codes · cap-authentication-security · cap-sandbox-testing · cap-webhooks-pingback-postback
- cap-locations-languages-targeting · cap-account-usage-userdata · cap-data-collection-methodology · cap-databases · cap-mcp-server-integration
- Router: dec-which-api-for-which-job · Cost: dec-cost-control-strategy · Pipeline: play-cost-optimized-pipeline
- More decisions: dec-mcp-vs-raw-rest · dec-when-not-to-use-dataforseo · dec-dataforseo-vs-ahrefs-semrush-moz
The eight groups above map one-to-one onto the SEOus sidebar; the route ↔ capability ↔ playbook
contract lives in references/dashboard-map.json. The same fan-out is drawn as the brain relationship map on the site, and as the DataForSEO Brain Map canvas in the Obsidian vault.
See overview · index · Operator Dashboard · current context