Serper vs SerpApi pricing
For 10,000 searches a month, Serper costs $10 (Starter) and SerpApi $150 (Production). Serper is cheaper at every volume from 1,000 to 1,000,000 searches a month. Free: Serper, 2,500 searches to try, no card needed; SerpApi, 250 searches a month.
Cheapest for 10,000 searches a month: Serper at $10 ($1.00 per 1,000). Most expensive: SerpApi at $150.
Each one's cheapest published way to run that many searches in a month, before VAT and free credits.
Which is cheaper at my volume?
| Searches a month | Serper | SerpApi |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $8.33 $8.33 per 1,000 | $25 $25.00 per 1,000 |
| 5,000 | $8.33 $1.67 per 1,000 | $75 $15.00 per 1,000 |
| 10,000 | $10 $1.00 per 1,000 | $150 $15.00 per 1,000 |
| 50,000 | $50 $1.00 per 1,000 | $725 $14.50 per 1,000 |
| 100,000 | $75 $0.75 per 1,000 | $725 $7.25 per 1,000 |
| 500,000 | $250 $0.50 per 1,000 | $2,750 $5.50 per 1,000 |
| 1,000,000 | $500 $0.50 per 1,000 | $3,750 $3.75 per 1,000 |
Cheapest published option a month; bold marks the cheaper. "Custom" means more than the largest published plan.
How do they compare?
What is one search?
- Serper: One successful query; prepaid credits last six months.
- SerpApi: One successful search; cached, errored and failed searches aren't counted, and a search counts once whatever the number of results.
Search types and prices
- Serper: Starter pack: 50,000 searches for $50, valid 6 months; Standard pack: 500,000 searches for $375, valid 6 months; Scale pack: 2,500,000 searches for $1,250, valid 6 months.
- SerpApi: Starter: 1,000 searches a month for $25; Developer: 5,000 searches a month for $75; Production: 15,000 searches a month for $150.
What does a search return?
- Serper: Google's results page as structured data: titles, links and snippets. No page text; scraping the result pages is a separate request.
- SerpApi: Google's results page as structured data: titles, links and snippets. No page text; scraping the result pages is a separate request.
Free allowance
- Serper: 2,500 searches to try, no card needed.
- SerpApi: 250 searches a month.
Serper or SerpApi: quick answers
Is Serper cheaper than SerpApi?
Serper is cheaper at every volume from 1,000 to 1,000,000 searches a month: 1,000, $8.33 against $25; 5,000, $8.33 against $75; 10,000, $10 against $150; 50,000, $50 against $725; 100,000, $75 against $725; 500,000, $250 against $2,750; 1,000,000, $500 against $3,750.
What do 10,000 searches a month cost on Serper and SerpApi?
Serper: $10, $1.00 per 1,000 (Starter pack: 50,000 searches for $50, valid 6 months). SerpApi: $150, $15.00 per 1,000 (Production: 15,000 searches a month for $150).
Which has the bigger free tier, Serper or SerpApi?
Serper, counted in searches. Serper: 2,500 searches to try, no card needed. SerpApi: 250 searches a month.
Do Serper and SerpApi return page content?
Serper: Google's results page as structured data: titles, links and snippets. No page text; scraping the result pages is a separate request. SerpApi: Google's results page as structured data: titles, links and snippets. No page text; scraping the result pages is a separate request.
One at a time: Serper pricing and SerpApi pricing. Leaving one? See SerpApi alternatives. Every Google API at your volume: SERP API pricing.
Sources: Serper, SerpApi, read on the date below.
Prices checked against each platform's own pricing page on .