Dumpling AI vs Serper (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Serper grades higher than Dumpling AI: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Serper grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Dumpling AI
One API for web search, scraping, documents and social data
Serper
Google search results API sold in prepaid credit packs
Which one is for you
Pick Dumpling AI if
- Fits if you want search, scraping and extraction from one account
- Works for people wiring up n8n or Make flows
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it free, since there is no free plan or trial
- Tight if your usage is uneven: subscription credits do not roll over
- Watch out: credits per request go from one to several depending on the action
- Watch out: only yearly-billed prices were readable, and the Starter plan is held to 30 requests a minute
Pick Serper if
- Fits if you only need Google and would rather pay per query than per month
- Works for AI agents on LangChain or CrewAI that need current Google results
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Bing, Yahoo or any engine other than Google
- Watch out: credits expire 6 months after purchase, so a big pack you don't use up is money lost
- Tight if you're testing, as the 2,500 free queries come once and there's no monthly free plan
- Watch out: refunds run 7 days from the first payment, and only with under 20% of the credits used
How we grade them
| 1.8GPADumpling AIWeak | 2.4GPASerperFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$40 a month on yearly billing, between this category's cheaper quarter ($19) and dearer quarter ($44.10). | B$50 buys 50,000 Google queries, $1 per 1,000, one of the lowest 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 6 months. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial on the pricing page. | CNo free plan, but 2,500 free queries with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance. |
| Features | CSearch, scraping, document extraction, and social and enrichment data in one place. Each action costs one or more credits, so it is hard to price a job up front. | CTen Google result types, from web and maps to Scholar, patents and autocomplete, fetched live with country and language set. Google only, though: no Bing, Yahoo or other engine, which the listing itself points out. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is an API, so you need a key and some code or an MCP client. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: most results in 1 to 2 seconds and 2,500 free queries to test with. No rating on record, and no client libraries named. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it lists Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, n8n and Make, with HTTP, CLI and MCP access. | BWeb, with an API and listed integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, Haystack and Jan AI. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | search, scraping and extraction through one API | live Google results on prepaid credits |
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: Dumpling AI and Serper. How we grade
Where they differ
- Dumpling AI also covers AI agents and research.
At a glance
| Dumpling AI | Serper | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $40 per month, billed annually | $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 2,500 free queries, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DumplingAI | Serper.dev |
| Price read from | dumplingai.com | serper.dev |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Dumpling AI
- The pricing page opens on yearly billing; the monthly-billed prices were not readable, so only per-month-billed-annually figures are shown.
- Subscription credits do not roll over, while separately bought credit packs never expire.
- Each request costs from one to several credits depending on the action; a separate credit cost list exists.
- The homepage mentions a free tier but gives no allowance, and the pricing page lists no free plan.
Serper
- Its site lists Google endpoints only, with no Bing, Yahoo or other search engines.
- Credits expire 6 months after purchase, so a large pack bought for a lower rate can go unused.
- Refunds are given within 7 days of the first payment only if less than 20% of the credits are used.
- The 2,500 free queries are a one-time allowance, not a monthly free plan.
Key features
Dumpling AI
- Search
- Web, news, maps and autocomplete lookups through one API, auto-routed or pinned to Serper, Perplexity or DataForSEO.
- Scraping
- Fetches static pages, rendered apps and full crawls, with Firecrawl, SpiderCloud and native routes supported.
- Document extraction
- Turns PDFs and other documents into text or structured data through doc-to-text and extract-document endpoints.
- Social and enrichment data
- YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn and Google Reviews data, plus email verification and company enrichment.
- CLI, MCP and HTTP
- The same capabilities are reachable from a command-line tool, an MCP server or plain HTTP calls.
Serper
- Ten Google result types
- Endpoints for Google web search, images, news, maps, places, videos, shopping, Scholar, patents and autocomplete.
- Live results
- Each call queries Google directly and nothing is cached; most results return in 1 to 2 seconds, sometimes 2 to 4 when a request is retried.
- Location and language
- Every pack lets you set the country and language a search is run from.
- Rate limits by pack
- From 50 queries a second on Starter to 300 on Ultimate, which Serper says is roughly 15,000 to 18,000 searches a minute.
- Charged on success
- Credits are deducted only for successful responses, and the API stops taking queries when the balance reaches zero.
- AI framework integrations
- Listed integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, Haystack and Jan AI for feeding search results to AI agents and chatbots.
Plans
Dumpling AI
Starter$40
per month, billed annually
1,200,000 credits per year, 30 requests per minute, basic support.
Pro$124
per month, billed annually
4,200,000 credits per year, 60 requests per minute, standard support.
Business$249
per month, billed annually
9,600,000 credits per year, 120 requests per minute, priority support.
Serper
Starter$50
one-time for 50,000 credits, valid for 6 months
50,000 queries at $1.00 per 1,000, up to 50 queries a second. Prices exclude sales tax or VAT.
Standard$375
one-time for 500,000 credits, valid for 6 months
500,000 queries at $0.75 per 1,000, up to 100 queries a second.
Scale$1,250
one-time for 2.5 million credits, valid for 6 months
2.5 million queries at $0.50 per 1,000, up to 200 queries a second.
Ultimate$3,750
one-time for 12.5 million credits, valid for 6 months
12.5 million queries at $0.30 per 1,000, up to 300 queries a second; a higher limit can be arranged.
Ways to pay less
Dumpling AI
- Annual discount
Yearly billing: 2 months free
The pricing toggle marks yearly billing as 2 months free compared with paying monthly.
Serper
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dumpling AI or Serper?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Dumpling AI starts at $40 per month, billed annually, and Serper starts at $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries).
Which has a free plan, Dumpling AI or Serper?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Dumpling AI nor Serper has a free plan. Serper has 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.