Autom vs Serpshot (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Autom and Serpshot share a 2.4 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which features you need.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Autom
SERP API for Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity, one credit each
Serpshot
Google SERP API sold in one-time credit packs, no subscription
Which one is for you
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 Serpshot if
- Fits if you need Google rankings for many keywords in many countries
- Works for irregular workloads that suit prepaid packs over a subscription
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Google News, Shopping, Maps or another engine, as only web and image search work today
- Watch out: a credit covers 10 results, so a 100-result search is 10 credits, times every keyword in a batch
- Tight if you buy big and use slowly, since credits expire 6 months after purchase and used ones aren't refunded
- Watch out: the pricing page's table lists different packs, Advanced at $175 and Ultimate at $500, from its pack cards
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAutomFair | 2.4GPASerpshotFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$50 buys 50,000 requests, $1 per 1,000 on any engine, one of the lower rates in this category, and bigger packs fall to $0.30. The first spend is at the dear end of the usual $25 to $50, though, and the credits lapse after a year. | B$19 buys 25,000 credits, valid 6 months, inside this category's cheaper quarter, at about $0.76 per 1,000 queries of 10 results; bigger packs fall to $0.20. A 100-result search costs 10 credits, though. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan: 1,000 free requests on sign-up with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance. | CNo free plan: 2,000 credits on sign-up with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance. |
| Features | CGoogle web, image, news and local results, with Bing, Brave and Perplexity, targeted by country, language, city or neighborhood. The listing's own limit: those four engines are all it covers, and it names no Shopping or AI Overview results. | CLive Google web and image results by country and language in 200+ markets, up to 100 results a keyword and 100 keywords a request. The gap is in the listing: news, shopping and maps are only planned, and no other engine is covered. |
| Ease of use | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: code samples in nine languages and support for Postman, Bruno and Insomnia. No rating on record. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: an open-source Python SDK, docs in four languages and a public status page. No rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an API and Zapier, n8n, Power Automate and Postman. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. | BWeb, with an API, a Python SDK, and an MCP server and agent skill for Cursor, Claude Code and OpenClaw. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | Google, Bing, Brave and Perplexity on one price | Google web results in prepaid packs |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Autom and Serpshot. How we grade
Where they differ
At a glance
| Autom | Serpshot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $50 one-time for 50,000 credits, valid 1 year | $19 one-time for 25,000 credits, valid 6 months |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 1,000 free requests on sign-up, no card needed | 2,000 free credits on sign-up, no card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | WebAPI Group SAS | Serpshot |
| Price read from | autom.dev | serpshot.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Serpshot
- A credit covers 10 results, so a 100-result search costs 10 credits; a batch request multiplies that by its number of keywords.
- Only Google web and image search are supported; news, shopping and maps are listed as planned.
- Credits expire 6 months after purchase and are not refunded once used; failed requests are not charged.
- The pricing page's comparison table lists different packs (Advanced at $175 for 350,000 credits, Ultimate at $500) from the pack cards.
Key features
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.
Serpshot
- Google web and image search
- Each request fetches live Google results with no caching, typically in one to two seconds, and returns them as JSON.
- Localized results
- Set country and language for more than 200 countries and regions to see results as searchers there would.
- Batch keywords
- Send up to 100 keywords in one request and run up to 10 requests at once, for up to 1,000 keywords in parallel.
- Results per query
- Ask for up to 100 results per keyword; each 10 results requested, rounded up, uses one credit.
- MCP server and AI skill
- An MCP server and an agent skill let Cursor, Claude Code, OpenClaw and other MCP clients call Google search through Serpshot.
- Python SDK
- An open-source Python SDK on GitHub, plus a REST API documented in four languages and a public status page.
Plans
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.
Serpshot
Starter$19
one-time for 25,000 credits, valid 6 months
About $0.76 per 1,000 queries, 10 concurrent requests, up to 100 keywords per request and auto-refill.
Standard$65
one-time for 100,000 credits, valid 6 months
$0.65 per 1,000 queries, with email technical support.
Premium$199
one-time for 500,000 credits, valid 6 months
$0.40 per 1,000 queries, with priority support.
Ultimate$499
one-time for 2,500,000 credits, valid 6 months
$0.20 per 1,000 queries, with dedicated technical support. Larger volumes are quoted by email.
Ways to pay less
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.
Serpshot
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Autom or Serpshot?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Autom starts at $50 one-time for 50,000 credits, valid 1 year, and Serpshot starts at $19 one-time for 25,000 credits, valid 6 months.
Which has a free plan, Autom or Serpshot?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Autom nor Serpshot has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.