Autom vs SerpBase (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Autom if

• Fits if you want Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity at the same price per request
• Works for high-volume rank tracking that needs 50 to 300 requests a second

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need DuckDuckGo, Yandex or another engine, which only sit on its public roadmap
• Tight if you're testing, as the smallest pack is $50 once the 1,000 free requests are gone
• Watch out: credits expire a year after purchase, and queries stop when the balance reaches zero
• Watch out: refunds come only within 7 days of a first purchase, with no more than 20% of the credits used

Pick SerpBase if

• Fits if you want Google, social and shop data on one key for a few dollars
• Works for AI agents that call search through MCP

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: requests that ran but failed may still use credits, and only failures proven never to have run are refunded
• Tight if you need speed, as the rate starts at 2 requests a second and only prepaid packs raise it, not subscriptions
• Watch out: the $3 plan's credits are time-limited, and Maps, Shopping, Jobs, Scholar and Trends cost 2 credits a request
• Watch out: used credits are generally not refundable, and the payment reseller's refund terms apply too
• Tight if you're testing, as new accounts get 100 free credits

Autom

• Credits come in one-time packs, the smallest $50, that expire a year after purchase; queries stop when the balance reaches zero.
• Refunds are given within 7 days of the first purchase, as long as no more than 20% of the credits have been used.
• Only successful requests use credits; failed ones are free.
• Coverage is limited to search engines: Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity; other engines go through its public roadmap.

SerpBase

• Google web, image, news and video searches cost 1 credit; Maps searches, Shopping, Jobs, Scholar and Trends 2; Maps place details 3.
• Requests that ran but failed may still use credits; only failures proven never to have run are refunded automatically.
• The request rate rises with total prepaid top-ups, from 2 a second at $3 to 50 at $1,000; subscriptions do not count toward it.
• Used credits are generally not refundable; payments go through a reseller such as Paddle, whose refund terms also apply.

Autom

Google Search API

Returns web, image, news and local results as JSON, with organic results, the knowledge graph, related searches and pagination.

Bing, Brave and Perplexity

Separate endpoints for Bing, Brave and Perplexity cost the same single credit per request as Google.

Location targeting

Set the country and language, or narrow a search to a city or neighborhood, to see results as local searchers do.

Live results

Every call queries the engine directly with no caching; Autom says most results come back in one to two seconds.

High request rates

Packs allow 50 to 300 requests a second, roughly 15,000 to 18,000 searches a minute at the top rate.

No-code and API clients

Works from Zapier, n8n and Power Automate, or from API clients such as Postman, Bruno and Insomnia, with code samples in nine languages.

SerpBase

Google search endpoints

Web, images, news, videos, shopping, jobs, scholar, books, finance, patents, Play and Trends, plus autocomplete and Google Maps search, places and reviews.

Parsed Google results

Web search JSON includes organic results, the knowledge graph, the AI overview, People also ask and other modules on the page.

Bing and DuckDuckGo

Web search endpoints for Bing and DuckDuckGo, each at 1 credit a request.

Social and shopping data

Reddit, TikTok, X and YouTube (including transcripts), Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Flipkart and Myntra, and Zillow property search.

Web scrape and crawl

Fetch or crawl ordinary web pages through the same key, at 1 credit per request.

MCP server and agent skill

An open-source MCP server and a portable skill let Claude, Codex, Cursor, Cline and other agents call SerpBase with your key.

Autom

• Starter$50

  one-time for 50,000 credits, valid 1 year

  $1.00 per 1,000 requests, 50 requests a second, location targeting and 90 days of logs.

• Standard$375

  one-time for 500,000 credits, valid 1 year

  $0.75 per 1,000 requests and 100 requests a second.

• Premium$1,250

  one-time for 2,500,000 credits, valid 1 year

  $0.50 per 1,000 requests and 200 requests a second.

• Ultimate$3,750

  one-time for 12,500,000 credits, valid 1 year

  $0.30 per 1,000 requests and 300 requests a second, which can be raised on request.

SerpBase

• Starter Boost$3

  per month for 10,000 credits

  A monthly subscription with time-limited credits at $0.30 per 1,000; it does not raise the request rate.

• Starter$10

  one-time for 20,000 credits, no calendar expiry

  Prepaid pack at $0.50 per 1,000 credits, with 2 requests a second.

• Growth$50

  one-time for 125,000 credits, no calendar expiry

  Prepaid pack at $0.40 per 1,000 credits, with 5 requests a second.

• Pro Monthly$100

  per month for 400,000 credits

  A monthly subscription at $0.25 per 1,000 credits, with 10 requests a second.

• Pro$200

  one-time for 570,000 credits, no calendar expiry

  Prepaid pack at $0.35 per 1,000 credits, with 15 requests a second.

• Business$500

  one-time for 1,500,000 credits, no calendar expiry

  Prepaid pack at $0.33 per 1,000 credits and 15 requests a second. An Enterprise pack is $1,000 for 3.3M credits at 50 a second.

Autom

• Startups

  Startup Program discounts for 12 months

  Autom's Startup Program gives early-stage companies under 3 years old discounted rates on paid plans for 12 months, with priority support.

SerpBase

No public discounts listed.