SerpApi
SerpApi LLC
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SerpApi is a hosted search-results API that parses public engine results into structured responses with location, language and device controls. No lifecycle review is recorded for this listing. Its inclusion in the directory does not confirm current availability; check the vendor before relying on it.
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Decision notes
Official-document research
Based on the cited documentation. We did not use the product, purchase a plan, or run quality, speed or reliability tests in this review.
Consider it for
- Developers integrating structured public search results
- Teams tracking search volume and lawful data use
Choose another approach if
- Projects assuming unrestricted content redistribution
- Entry-tier workflows requiring default zero retention
Pricing and conditions
Documented terms
Monthly plans, shown with $ but no currency code in the read text: Free 250 searches/50 per hour; Starter $25 for 1,000/200 per hour; Developer $75 for 5,000/1,000; Production $150 for 15,000/3,000; Big Data $275 for 30,000/6,000; Enterprise quote. Only successful searches count, including empty sets; cached, failed and errored searches do not. Exhaustion can trigger optional Automatic Early Renewal, replenishing quota and resetting the billing date; no verified per-search overage quote. Tax, currency code, annual discounts and regional checkout remain unconfirmed. Legal Shield eligibility follows terms, not flattened card labels.
Pricing source read:
Pricing or terms sourceCode, model and service licensing
A paid API plan does not clear copyright, privacy or redistribution rights in search-engine or linked third-party material, nor grant platform source or model weights. Terms limit U.S. Legal Shield to recurring plans other than Free, Starter and Developer, up to $2m for lawful collection, under U.S. law in a U.S. court; downstream use is excluded. Search data normally lasts 31 days. Enterprise ZeroTrace must be enabled per request and has legal-retention exceptions; proxy-provider non-retention signaling does not establish universal zero retention.
Basis and limits of the recorded score
Original 4.5 retained without an available score worksheet. Docs-only review does not re-score extraction quality, latency or uptime.
Overview
SerpApi provides hosted scraping and parsing of public search-engine results. The Google API documents location, country, language, device and pagination controls, with structured JSON, raw HTML or Markdown responses for applications and data workflows. Successful searches consume quota even when the result set is empty; cached and failed responses do not. Monthly volume and hourly throughput are different limits. Search-result availability and downstream rights still depend on the source, jurisdiction and use. This review read documentation only, without sending searches or checking extraction accuracy, latency or reliability.
Sources
The factual claims in this review were read from the pages below. Each date is when an editor last opened the source, not when the product changed.
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor pricing page Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
Pros / Cons
Pros
- Documented controls and structured output
- Successful-search accounting and cache rules are explicit
Cons
- Volume and hourly limits both need budgeting
- Legal Shield excludes entry plans and downstream misuse
- Default search retention is 31 days
Who it's for
Search-result monitoring pipelines
Location-specific search data for applications
Source-linked retrieval workflows
Bottom line
Consider SerpApi when an API-based search-data workflow fits your needs; verify quota, source rights and privacy settings before production use.
Key Features
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Frequently asked questions
Is SerpApi currently available?
No lifecycle review is recorded for this listing. Its inclusion in the directory does not confirm current availability; check the vendor before relying on it.
What is SerpApi?
SerpApi is a AI Platforms tool developed by SerpApi LLC. SerpApi is a hosted search-results API that parses public engine results into structured responses with location, language and device controls.
What costs and terms should I check for SerpApi?
Monthly plans, shown with $ but no currency code in the read text: Free 250 searches/50 per hour; Starter $25 for 1,000/200 per hour; Developer $75 for 5,000/1,000; Production $150 for 15,000/3,000; Big Data $275 for 30,000/6,000; Enterprise quote. Only successful searches count, including empty sets; cached, failed and errored searches do not. Exhaustion can trigger optional Automatic Early Renewal, replenishing quota and resetting the billing date; no verified per-search overage quote. Tax, currency code, annual discounts and regional checkout remain unconfirmed. Legal Shield eligibility follows terms, not flattened card labels.
Is SerpApi open source?
A paid API plan does not clear copyright, privacy or redistribution rights in search-engine or linked third-party material, nor grant platform source or model weights. Terms limit U.S. Legal Shield to recurring plans other than Free, Starter and Developer, up to $2m for lawful collection, under U.S. law in a U.S. court; downstream use is excluded. Search data normally lasts 31 days. Enterprise ZeroTrace must be enabled per request and has legal-retention exceptions; proxy-provider non-retention signaling does not establish universal zero retention.
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Basic Info
- Pricing
- Freemium
Monthly plans, shown with $ but no currency code in the read text: Free 250 searches/50 per hour; Starter $25 for 1,000/200 per hour; Developer $75 for 5,000/1,000; Production $150 for 15,000/3,000; Big Data $275 for 30,000/6,000; Enterprise quote. Only successful searches count, including empty sets; cached, failed and errored searches do not. Exhaustion can trigger optional Automatic Early Renewal, replenishing quota and resetting the billing date; no verified per-search overage quote. Tax, currency code, annual discounts and regional checkout remain unconfirmed. Legal Shield eligibility follows terms, not flattened card labels.
- Editorial score
- ★ 4.5 / 5 How we score
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