Rank Tracking
Search API workflowTrack organic positions, People Also Ask, ads, and SERP features across supported engines with consistent JSON.
Explore →The Cheapest SERP API in the World
One Deep Search call returns the whole Google page — People Also Ask, local pack, ads and up to 100 organic results, plus AI Overview with one flag — as clean JSON. From $0.03 per 1,000 Web units, with no subscription.
Search Engines
![Google]()
![Bing]()
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![DuckDuckGo]()
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AI Models
![Claude]()
![ChatGPT]()
![Gemini]()
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$0.03/1K
Google SERP API calls
Free to start
No card required
112
Countries
All blocks
AIO + Rich SERP
1 API Call In, Whole SERP Data Out
Hover anything on the left to find the field it lands in on the right. Google, three AI assistants, Google Maps and Instagram — the same JSON shape every time.
AI Overview
For a small team the three CRMs that come up most often are HubSpot, Zoho CRM and Pipedrive.
Sources
hubspot.comzoho.compipedrive.comg2.com
Related searches
free crm for small businesshubspot vs pipedrive pricing
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Google web search with an AI Overview · parsed by /api/search
hover any element to jump to its field · grey bars are text that lives in the JSON · ←→ to change slide
GET/api/search?q=best+crm+software+for+small+business&engine=google&country=us&include_aio=true200 OK
{"success": true,"query": "best crm software for small business","type": "search","engine": "google","country": "us","results": {"aiOverview": {"text": "","sources": [{"url": "https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm","title": "HubSpot CRM"},{"url": "https://www.zoho.com/crm/","title": "Zoho CRM"},{"url": "https://www.pipedrive.com/","title": "Pipedrive"},{"url": "https://www.g2.com/categories/crm","title": "G2 CRM category"}]},"organic": [{"position": 1,"title": "HubSpot CRM: Free CRM Software for Small Businesses","url": "https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm","displayedUrl": "hubspot.com › products › crm","snippet": ""},{"position": 2,"title": "Zoho CRM — Sales CRM Software Built for Small Teams","url": "https://www.zoho.com/crm/","displayedUrl": "zoho.com › crm","snippet": ""}],"relatedSearches": [{"query": "free crm for small business"},{"query": "hubspot vs pipedrive pricing"}],"peopleAlsoAsk": [{"question": "Which CRM is best for a team of five?","answer": ""}],"featuredSnippet": null},"meta": {"pages": 1,"resultsCount": 10,"elapsed": "1240ms"}}
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Asana leads for cross-functional teams that need portfolios and goals in one place.
asana.commonday.comclickup.comlinear.app+5 more
For most teams the shortlist is Asana, Monday.com and ClickUp.
monday.comasana.comatlassian.com+4 more
Pick by how the work is shaped.
asana.comlinear.appclickup.com+3 more
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Three AI assistants answered and cited, side by side · parsed by /api/ai/rank
hover any element to jump to its field · grey bars are text that lives in the JSON · ←→ to change slide
GET/api/ai/rank?keyword=best+project+management+software&domain=asana.com&engines=perplexity,chatgpt,claude200 OK
{"success": true,"run_id": "rnk_8f2c41ba9d7e","keyword": "best project management software","target_domain": "asana.com","results": {"perplexity": {"llm": "perplexity","model": "sonar-pro","response_text": "","citations": [{"position": 1,"url": "https://asana.com/uses/project-management","domain": "asana.com","title": "Project management software"},{"position": 2,"url": "https://monday.com/lang/product","domain": "monday.com","title": "monday work management"},{"position": 3,"url": "https://clickup.com/features","domain": "clickup.com","title": "ClickUp features"},{"position": 4,"url": "https://linear.app/method","domain": "linear.app","title": "The Linear Method"}],"target_found": true,"target_position": 1,"target_match_type": "exact","target_matched_domain": "asana.com","total_citations": 9,"latency_ms": 2910,"error": null},"chatgpt": {"llm": "chatgpt","model": "gpt-5.5","response_text": "","citations": [{"position": 1,"url": "https://monday.com/lang/product","domain": "monday.com","title": "monday work management"},{"position": 2,"url": "https://asana.com/uses/project-management","domain": "asana.com","title": "Project management software"},{"position": 3,"url": "https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira","domain": "atlassian.com","title": "Jira"}],"target_found": true,"target_position": 2,"target_match_type": "exact","target_matched_domain": "asana.com","total_citations": 7,"latency_ms": 4180,"error": null},"claude": {"llm": "claude","model": "claude-sonnet-4-6","response_text": "","citations": [{"position": 1,"url": "https://asana.com/uses/project-management","domain": "asana.com","title": "Project management software"},{"position": 2,"url": "https://linear.app/method","domain": "linear.app","title": "The Linear Method"},{"position": 3,"url": "https://clickup.com/features","domain": "clickup.com","title": "ClickUp features"}],"target_found": true,"target_position": 1,"target_match_type": "exact","target_matched_domain": "asana.com","total_citations": 6,"latency_ms": 3820,"error": null}},"aggregate": {"visibility_score": 82.5,"found_in": ["perplexity","chatgpt","claude"],"best_position": {"engine": "perplexity","position": 1},"all_domains_cited": ["asana.com","monday.com","clickup.com","linear.app","atlassian.com"],"total_latency_ms": 10910},"meta": {"elapsed": "10940ms"}}
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Coava Coffee Roasters
4.6(1,284)·$$·Coffee roasters
+1 503-894-8134coavacoffee.complace_iddetail_status: complete
Heart Coffee Roasters
4.5(942)·$$·Coffee roasters
+1 503-206-6602heartroasters.complace_iddetail_status: complete
Stumptown Coffee Roasters — Downtown
4.4(2,107)·$$·Coffee roasters
+1 503-295-6144stumptowncoffee.complace_iddetail_status: complete
Proud Mary Coffee
4.5(1,863)·$$$·Coffee roasters
+1 503-208-3475proudmarycoffee.complace_iddetail_status: complete
Push x Pull
4.6(512)·$$·Coffee roasters
+1 971-266-8617pushxpull.coffeeplace_iddetail_status: core_only
12345
total 5fully_enriched 4core_only 1
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Google Maps places with full business detail · parsed by /api/maps/search
hover any element to jump to its field · grey bars are text that lives in the JSON · ←→ to change slide
GET/api/maps/search?q=coffee+roasters&location=Portland%2C+OR&country=us&zoom=13200 OK
{"success": true,"query": "coffee roasters in portland","type": "maps","endpoint": "/api/maps/search","places": [{"place_id": "ChIJ2xk4Vw8KlVQR_c7q1PY0mA0","name": "Coava Coffee Roasters","categories": ["Coffee roasters","Coffee shop","Espresso bar"],"address": {"street": "1300 SE Grand Ave","city": "Portland","state": "OR","postal_code": "97214","country": "US","formatted": "1300 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214"},"coordinates": {"latitude": 45.5108,"longitude": -122.6604},"phone": "+1 503-894-8134","website": "https://coavacoffee.com","rating": 4.6,"review_count": 1284,"opening_hours": {"status": "Open","closes_at": "18:00"},"business_status": "Open","price_range": "$$","detail_status": "complete"},{"place_id": "ChIJq7WcC8IKlVQRbi7A2mQ5T8k","name": "Heart Coffee Roasters","categories": ["Coffee roasters","Cafe"],"address": {"street": "2211 E Burnside St","city": "Portland","state": "OR","postal_code": "97214","country": "US","formatted": "2211 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214"},"coordinates": {"latitude": 45.523,"longitude": -122.6432},"phone": "+1 503-206-6602","website": "https://heartroasters.com","rating": 4.5,"review_count": 942,"opening_hours": {"status": "Open","closes_at": "17:00"},"business_status": "Open","price_range": "$$","detail_status": "complete"},{"place_id": "ChIJc1t8Ug4KlVQRZ8H1KpQnr3o","name": "Stumptown Coffee Roasters — Downtown","categories": ["Coffee roasters","Coffee shop"],"address": {"street": "128 SW 3rd Ave","city": "Portland","state": "OR","postal_code": "97204","country": "US","formatted": "128 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97204"},"coordinates": {"latitude": 45.5216,"longitude": -122.6731},"phone": "+1 503-295-6144","website": "https://www.stumptowncoffee.com","rating": 4.4,"review_count": 2107,"opening_hours": {"status": "Open","closes_at": "19:00"},"business_status": "Open","price_range": "$$","detail_status": "complete"},{"place_id": "ChIJd8Bl9k4KlVQRkZ0m3vQ7Xq4","name": "Proud Mary Coffee","categories": ["Coffee roasters","Breakfast restaurant"],"address": {"street": "2012 NE Alberta St","city": "Portland","state": "OR","postal_code": "97211","country": "US","formatted": "2012 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211"},"coordinates": {"latitude": 45.559,"longitude": -122.6437},"phone": "+1 503-208-3475","website": "https://proudmarycoffee.com","rating": 4.5,"review_count": 1863,"opening_hours": {"status": "Open","closes_at": "15:00"},"business_status": "Open","price_range": "$$$","detail_status": "complete"},{"place_id": "ChIJVTPokywQkFQRmtVEaUZlJRA","name": "Push x Pull","categories": ["Coffee roasters","Espresso bar"],"address": {"street": "821 SE Stark St","city": "Portland","state": "OR","postal_code": "97214","country": "US","formatted": "821 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97214"},"coordinates": {"latitude": 45.5195,"longitude": -122.657},"phone": "+1 971-266-8617","website": "https://pushxpull.coffee","rating": 4.6,"review_count": 512,"opening_hours": {"status": "Open","closes_at": "16:00"},"business_status": "Open","price_range": "$$","detail_status": "core_only"}],"counts": {"total": 5,"fully_enriched": 4,"core_only": 1},"meta": {"elapsed": "4820ms","partial": false}}
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natgeo✓FollowMessage
32,014 posts268M followers195 following
National Geographic
business account
natgeo
An elephant crosses a grassy clearing at first light in Gabon.
1,284,900 likes · 5,211 comments
CAROUSEL_ALBUMDbqme5HGFMdpermalink
Derived
avgLikesPerPost1.1MavgCommentsPerPost4.8KengagementRate0.42%daysSinceLastPost1isActivetrue
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Instagram profile, recent posts and post detail · parsed by /api/social/instagram/profile
hover any element to jump to its field · grey bars are text that lives in the JSON · ←→ to change slide
GET/api/social/instagram/profile?username=natgeo&include_post_details=true200 OK
{"success": true,"username": "natgeo","fullName": "National Geographic","biography": "","profilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/natgeo_profile.jpg","followersCount": 268400000,"followingCount": 195,"postsCount": 32014,"isVerified": true,"isPrivate": false,"accountType": "business","engagementRate": 0.42,"avgLikesPerPost": 1128400,"avgCommentsPerPost": 4812,"postsSampled": 3,"followerFollowingRatio": 1376410.26,"lastPostDate": "2026-08-19T09:20:00.000Z","daysSinceLastPost": 1,"isActive": true,"recentPosts": [{"position": 1,"id": "Dbqme5HGFMd","shortcode": "Dbqme5HGFMd","mediaType": "CAROUSEL_ALBUM","caption": "","thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51/elephants.jpg","permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbqme5HGFMd/","timestamp": "2026-08-19T09:20:00.000Z","likeCount": 1284900,"commentCount": 5211},{"position": 2,"id": "DbnQx1LGkPz","shortcode": "DbnQx1LGkPz","mediaType": "VIDEO","caption": "","thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51/glacier.jpg","permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DbnQx1LGkPz/","timestamp": "2026-08-18T15:02:00.000Z","likeCount": 987300,"commentCount": 3140},{"position": 3,"id": "DbkR7pQGa2W","shortcode": "DbkR7pQGa2W","mediaType": "IMAGE","caption": "","thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51/leopard.jpg","permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DbkR7pQGa2W/","timestamp": "2026-08-17T11:44:00.000Z","likeCount": 1113000,"commentCount": 6085}],"accessLevel": "full","meta": {"elapsed": "4200ms","timestamp": "2026-08-20T10:00:00.000Z"}}
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Google, Google Maps and the Google logo are trademarks of Google LLC. Instagram is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. Perplexity, ChatGPT and Claude are trademarks of Perplexity AI, OpenAI and Anthropic respectively. These are illustrations of parsed output, shown for identification only.
Three API Categories, One Platform
SERP data, AI mention tracking, and social media data APIs — all at the lowest price.
20× Off at Scale
Web from $0.03/1K SERP API calls at the Scale tier. 1 search returns up to 10 pages. Growth pricing is locked in with a one-time $100 deposit; Scale with a one-time $500 deposit.
5 Search Engines
Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo & Brave. Choose your engine per request. Web, news, images & videos.
AI Mention Tracking
Track where ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity cite your brand. Visibility scoring across all 4 LLMs.
Social Media APIs
YouTube search and analytics, Instagram profile data, plus LinkedIn company, jobs & profile data. From $0.01/1K calls.
Rich SERP Data
Organic results, AI Overviews, Featured Snippets, PAA, ads, related searches, shopping, videos — full JSON.
Automatic Refunds
Requests we could not complete are refunded automatically; a 404 for a resource that does not exist is an answer and is charged.
NEW · BETA
Pixel Position & Geometry on every SERP element
Add pixel_position=true to any Google, Yahoo, Bing, or DuckDuckGo Deep Search and every item — organic, AI Overview, PAA, ads, featured snippet, knowledge panel — comes back with both an integer pixel_position and a full pixel_box (x, y, width, height). No price increase. The only API that ships full element geometry across all four engines.
{
"organic": [
{
"position": 1,
"pixel_position": 750,
"pixel_box": { "x": 126, "y": 750, "w": 652, "h": 118 }
}
],
"aiOverview": {
"pixel_position": 210,
"pixel_box": { "x": 125, "y": 210, "w": 1100, "h": 428 }
}
}
How It Works
Three simple steps to get started.
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Sign Up
Create your account with Google. Get Free to start on eligible endpoints.
2
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Generate your API key from the dashboard with one click.
3
Make Requests
Start calling the API and get search results in JSON format.
Our API Services
Four categories of data APIs, all under one roof.
SERP APIs
Google, Bing, Yahoo, DDG & Brave search results. Web, news, images, videos. From $0.03/1K SERP API calls at the Scale tier.
Explore SERP APIs →Google Maps Business Data
Ranked place search, one-place details and reviews with normalized partial status. Free to start across every endpoint.
Explore Google Maps API →AI Mentions & Overviews
Track citations across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity. Visibility scoring. From $1.00/1K.
Explore AI APIs →Social Media APIs
YouTube search and analytics, Instagram profiles, plus LinkedIn company, jobs & profile data. From $0.01/1K calls.
Explore Social APIs →
No Credit Card Required
Automatic Refunds
Pay As You Go
833× cheaper than SerpApi's entry plan
SerpApi
$25/1K searches
vs
Serpent API
$0.03/1K calls
Same Google SERP data. AI Overviews included, in one call.
Serpent at the Scale tier ($500 one-time deposit). SerpApi Starter is $25/month for 1,000 searches. Verified 20 Aug 2026.
Built for Developer Workloads
Search, AI visibility, Maps, and social data workflows share one API-key flow and catalog-backed pricing.
Billing Control
Usage workflowAccount-state pricing, credit-balance checks, and documented response fields keep search-data spend predictable.
Pricing →Multi-Engine Search
Data pipeline workflowOne key and a shared parameter model for Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave workloads.
All engines →SERP Features
SEO workflowInspect organic results, PAA, AI Overview fields, featured snippets, related searches, and ads where supported.
API Integration
Backend workflowStart from docs, run a Playground request, then copy the same request shape into your service.
Docs →Volume Planning
Scale workflowPlan higher-volume search workloads from published Default, Growth, and Scale pricing tiers.
Free Evaluation
Activation workflowUse shared free calls on eligible endpoints to validate auth and response shape before topping up.
Try it →AI Visibility
Brand monitoring workflowCheck whether supported AI engine labels cite your brand and compare visibility across competitors.
AI Rank →Media Search
Enrichment workflowFetch image and video result fields through documented endpoints for enrichment and monitoring jobs.
Images →Small Batches
Testing workflowRun narrow keyword sets, inspect JSON, and expand only after the output fits your product requirements.
Cheapest SERP API Pricing — $0.03 per 1,000 Calls
Six named rivals, priced from each provider's published rates. Checked 10 September 2026
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| Provider | Entry price /1K | Cheapest published /1K | Free tier | AI Overviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serpent API web, all engines | $0.60 | $0.03 one-time $500 deposit | Free to start | One flag, same call, no surcharge |
| Scrapingdog | $1.00 LITE, $40/mo | $0.14 $30,000 plan | 200 credits ~40 Google searches | Separate request |
| Serper | $1.00 | $0.30 12.5M credits, expire in 6 months | 2,500 queries | No endpoint published |
| DataForSEO | $0.60 | $0.60 ~5-min queue; $2.00 synchronous | ~$1 trial credit | Doubles the task price |
| Oxylabs | $1.00 | $0.50 quote-only Custom+ tier; Google billed at 2× base | 2,000 results | No published support |
| Bright Data | $1.50 | $1.30 $499/mo Scale plan | 5,000/mo | Not stated |
| SerpApi | $25.00 | $1.96 $106,050 plan | 250/mo | Sometimes a separate request |
Rates read from each provider's published pricing on 10 September 2026:
SerpApi ·
DataForSEO ·
Bright Data ·
Oxylabs ·
Scrapingdog.
Serper is the exception: its /pricing page returns 404 and serper.dev publishes only the free tier, so its pack ladder comes from ColdIQ's July 2026 analysis, as we also report in our Serper pricing breakdown.
Oxylabs prices its plan tiles in a rotating carousel, so a single page view shows only part of the ladder; the $0.50 above is the Google rate on its quote-only Custom+ tier, and the cheapest rate on a tier with a published monthly price is $0.60 on the $999 Business plan.
“Entry” is the lowest paid plan. “Cheapest published” is the best rate a vendor lists, whatever it costs to reach. “No published support” and “not stated” mean we found nothing about AI Overviews on that vendor's public pages on the date above — not that the feature is absent.
Read the unit, not just the number
Two vendors can quote the same price for very different things. DataForSEO states that one SERP contains 10 search results, and their cost formula multiplies the price by depth / 10. So 100 Google results cost $0.006 on their $0.60 queue — and that queue is asynchronous, typically about five minutes. One synchronous Serpent Deep Search call returns up to 100 organic results across 10 pages for $0.0003 at the Scale rate, because Deep Search bills one unit per page. Entry tier against entry tier we are level with them at $0.60; it is the discount ladder that opens the gap.
Serper is the closest published rate above ours. It brands itself the cheapest Google Search API, and its pack ladder runs from $1.00 per 1,000 down to $0.30 per 1,000 once you buy 12.5 million credits — $3,750 up front, expiring after six months. Our Scale rate is $0.03, it never expires, and a one-time $500 deposit reaches it.
Entry price matters more than the floor
Most teams never reach the volume that unlocks a vendor's best rate, which makes the entry price the number you actually pay. Ours is $0.60 per 1,000 calls, and it drops to $0.06 after a one-time $100 deposit. SerpApi's entry plan is $25 per month for 1,000 searches. That is 42× our entry rate comparing like with like, and 833× once our Scale discount is in.
A deposit, not a subscription
You are not buying a seat or a monthly plan. There is no minimum spend, the discount tier is locked by your largest single deposit and never downgrades, and your balance never expires. Requests we could not complete are refunded automatically; a 404 for a resource that does not exist is an answer and is charged. If you stop calling the API for three months, nothing is lost. Promotional credits are the one exception — those lapse 30 days after they are granted.
The Cheapest SERP API That Still Returns the Whole Page
Most cheap APIs return ten blue links. One Deep Search call on engine=google parses every block below, with these field names.
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| SERP block | JSON field | How you get it | Elsewhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Overview | results.aiOverview |
Add include_aio=true to a Deep Search call. No surcharge. |
SerpApi and Scrapingdog sometimes need a second request. DataForSEO doubles the task price when the async overview is fetched. Serper publishes no endpoint. |
| Featured snippet | results.featuredSnippet |
Deep Search, parsed when present | Standard across vendors |
| People Also Ask | results.peopleAlsoAsk |
Deep Search. Question, answer and source. | Standard across vendors |
| Knowledge panel | results.knowledgePanel |
Deep Search. Title, description, facts and links. | Standard across vendors |
| Local pack | results.localPack |
Deep Search. Name, rating, reviews, category, address, hours. | Serper bills a separate /places call |
| Ads | results.ads |
Deep Search. Split into top, bottom and totalCount. |
Standard across vendors |
| Inline videos | results.videos |
Deep Search, parsed when present | Standard across vendors |
| Sitelinks | results.organic[].sitelinks |
Deep Search. Nested under the result that owns them. | Standard across vendors |
| Related searches | results.relatedSearches |
Deep Search, parsed when present | Standard across vendors |
| Pixel position | pixel_position, pixel_box |
Add pixel_position=true. Beta, desktop, paid tiers. No surcharge. |
DataForSEO doubles the task price for calculate_rectangles. Oxylabs publishes ordinal positions, not coordinates. |
Coverage varies by endpoint and engine — the table above describes Deep Search on engine=google. Quick Search on engine=google is organic-only and speed-optimized; Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Brave each return their own subset on Quick and Deep alike. The API reference lists which block each engine supports. Competitor behaviour read from published documentation on 20 August 2026.
Why the blocks are the whole point
Rank one is not the top of the page any more. An AI Overview, a local pack and four ads can push the first organic result below the fold. If your API only returns organic links, your rank report is describing a page your customer never saw.
That is what pixel_position is for. Every item gets a y-coordinate measured from the top of a rendered 1366×768 desktop page, plus a pixel_box with the full bounding rectangle. You can tell a client that they rank third and sit 1,400 pixels down, which is a different conversation from “you rank third.”
Five engines, one response shape
Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Brave all return the same JSON shape. Switch with one engine parameter, and fields a given engine does not carry come back null or empty rather than changing structure. You write the parser once, so adding a second engine costs no extra engineering.
Deposit Once, Pay Less Forever
Three simple tiers. 1 search returns up to 10 pages — $0.03 buys 10K pages at Scale. See full pricing →
Default
$0.60/1K requests
No min deposit · shared free calls on eligible endpoints
- Google SERP $0.60/1K SERP API calls · News $0.20/1K Queries · Images $0.35/1K Queries
- shared free calls on eligible endpoints
- Rate limits scale with your balance
- Community support
Growth · 10× Off
$0.06/1K requests
$100 one-time deposit · most popular
- Google SERP $0.06/1K SERP API calls · News $0.02/1K Queries · Images $0.32/1K Queries
- 10× off with a one-time $100 deposit — forever
- Priority queue access
- Email support
Scale · 20× Off
$0.03/1K requests
$500 one-time deposit · best value
- Google SERP $0.03/1K SERP API calls · News $0.01/1K Queries · Images $0.25/1K Queries
- 20× off with a one-time $500 deposit — forever
- Highest queue priority
- Higher-volume onboarding path
Work out what your volume costs
Move the slider. Rivals are priced on the plan or pack you would actually be on at that volume, not on a floor rate you cannot reach.
Serpent API
$3.00
Serper Standard pack, $0.75/1K
$37.50
SerpApi Searcher plan, 100,000 searches
$725.00
You keep $722.00 a month versus SerpApi.
Serpent web rates: $0.60 per 1,000 units on Default, $0.06 on Growth, $0.03 on Scale. Quick Search is one unit per call however deep the call, up to 100 organic results in a single charge; Deep Search bills one unit per page requested, up to 10 pages, at every tier and every balance. SerpApi is a subscription, so the figure is the price of the smallest plan that covers your volume. Serper sells prepaid credit packs, so the figure is your volume at the rate of the smallest pack that covers six months of it. Rival pricing read 10 September 2026 — SerpApi from their pricing page, Serper from ColdIQ's July 2026 analysis, because Serper does not publish a pack ladder.
SERP API Questions, Answered Straight
Can I use SERP API for free?
Yes, up to a point. Serpent API gives every new account free calls shared across every endpoint, with no credit card. Serper gives 2,500 free queries, Bright Data 5,000 a month, Oxylabs 2,000 results, SerpApi 250 searches a month and Scrapingdog 200 credits, which is about 40 Google searches. No SERP API is free forever at production volume, because every provider pays real infrastructure cost on each request. Free tiers are for evaluation, so the question that matters is what the first paid call costs.
For context on the paid side: at our Scale rate, Bright Data's entire 5,000-search monthly free tier would cost you 15 cents.
Which API is the cheapest?
By published rates read on 10 September 2026, Serpent API is the cheapest SERP API at $0.03 per 1,000 calls on the Scale tier, reached with a one-time $500 deposit. Ranked by the best rate each vendor publishes, the rest run Scrapingdog $0.14, Serper $0.30, Oxylabs $0.50, DataForSEO $0.60, Bright Data $1.30 and SerpApi $1.96. Those floors are not equally reachable, though. Oxylabs' $0.50 sits on a quote-only Custom+ tier, Serper's $0.30 needs a $3,750 credit purchase and SerpApi's $1.96 a $106,050 plan, so compare entry prices too if you are not yet at that volume.
How expensive is SERP API?
It depends on the vendor and the unit. Entry prices across the six providers we track run from $0.60 to $25.00 per 1,000 searches. Serpent API starts at $0.60 per 1,000 Web units with no minimum spend, drops to $0.06 after a one-time $100 deposit and to $0.03 after a one-time $500 deposit. Those discounts are permanent and your balance never expires. Watch the unit as well as the price: on Deep Search a page of 10 results is the unit, so 100 results costs ten times a single-page call.
A worked example at one million single-page searches a month. That is $30 on our Scale tier; at 100 results each it is $300. Serper's largest pack rate puts it at $300. SerpApi's Cloud 1M plan is $3,750.
Is there a free version of Serper?
Serper offers 2,500 free queries with no credit card required, which is one of the larger free tiers in this category. After that it sells prepaid credit packs running from about $1.00 per 1,000 queries down to $0.30 per 1,000 on the 12.5 million credit pack, and credits expire six months after purchase. Serper publishes no AI Overview endpoint. If you need AI Overview data or a rate below $0.30, free tier size is not the number to compare on.
Prices and free tiers on this page were last verified on .
Frequently Asked Questions
Serpent API is the cheapest SERP API in the world, providing search results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Brave, AI mention tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, plus YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn data APIs. All in one platform with simple JSON responses.
Every new account gets shared free calls on eligible endpoints. No credit card required. After that, web is $0.60/1K Web units Default, $0.06/1K units with a one-time $100 deposit (10× off), or $0.03/1K units with a one-time $500 deposit (20× off) — making this the cheapest Google SERP API available.
Pay-as-you-go pricing. Web requests are $0.60/1K Default, $0.06/1K with a one-time $100 deposit (10× off), or $0.03/1K with a one-time $500 deposit (20× off). News is $0.20/$0.02/$0.01 per 1K, Images are $0.35/$0.32/$0.25 per 1K, and Videos are $0.10/$0.09/$0.07 per 1K. New accounts get shared free calls on eligible endpoints.
Serpent API supports five search engines: Google (default), Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave. You can choose which search engine to use for each API request using a simple engine parameter. Access web, news, and image search results from all five search engines through a single unified API.
Getting started is easy: 1) Sign up with your Google account, 2) Get your API key from the dashboard, 3) Start making API requests. You will receive shared free calls on eligible endpoints upon registration -- no credit card required.
Serpent API returns up to 100 organic search results per query, along with related searches, People Also Ask questions, and featured snippets when available.
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