Scavio vs Serply (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Scavio if

• Fits if you're moving code off Google's Custom Search JSON API
• Works for AI agents that need Google results and social data from one API

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you search in volume, at about $3.43 per 1,000 on Project, or $10 per 1,000 paying as you go
• Skip it if you need Bing or another engine, as Google is the only search engine listed
• Tight if your usage swings, since credits refresh monthly and don't roll over, even on yearly billing
• Watch out: yearly plans can only be downgraded or cancelled when the paid year ends
• Tight if you're testing, with 50 free credits that never renew

Pick Serply if

• Fits if you're grounding an AI agent in live Google results through MCP
• Works for low or uneven volumes where a monthly plan would go unused

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need rankings by city, since location is a proxy country and 14 are listed
• Watch out: the 2,500 free sign-up credits lapse after 30 days
• Pricey if you stay on small packs, at $2 per 1,000 on Micro against $0.75 from Pro up

Scavio

• A Google search costs 1 credit; heavier requests, such as a Reddit post with its full comment tree, cost 2.
• The 50 free credits are a one-time allowance and do not renew.
• Plan credits refresh monthly and do not roll over, even on yearly billing.
• Yearly plans can only be downgraded or cancelled at the end of the year paid for.

Serply

• Every endpoint, MCP tool calls included, costs one credit per request; the rate falls from $2.00 per 1,000 on Micro to $0.75 from Pro up.
• Cached responses and failed requests cost nothing, and purchased credits never expire.
• The 2,500 free sign-up credits lapse after 30 days.
• Unused purchased credits are refunded in proportion if asked within 30 days of the charge.

Scavio

Google Search API

Returns organic results, ads, the knowledge graph, AI Overview, related questions and more, by device, country, language and Google domain.

Custom Search compatible endpoint

A drop-in endpoint takes the same parameters and returns the same items list as Google's Custom Search JSON API, for moving existing code.

Other Google surfaces

Separate endpoints for Google Maps, News, Shopping, Flights and Hotels.

Social, shopping and travel sites

YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy, Zillow, Airbnb, Booking.com, Yelp, Indeed and more on the same key.

Agent frameworks and MCP

Integrations for MCP, LangChain, OpenAI Agents, Vercel AI SDK, CrewAI, Google ADK, Pydantic AI, Composio and n8n, plus Python and JavaScript SDKs.

Serply

Google search endpoints

Organic results with the answer box, plus News, Maps, Images, Jobs, Scholar, Video and Product search, under one key and one set of headers.

Bing, Reddit and eBay

Bing results with ads and shopping ads, Reddit subreddits, posts, users and comment trees, and eBay search.

Pages as markdown

A scraping endpoint fetches any public page and returns it as markdown or JSON, with proxies, retries and CAPTCHAs handled by Serply.

Hosted MCP server

Point Claude, Cursor or another MCP client at Serply's server with an API key to get fourteen search and Reddit tools, billed like REST calls.

Location and device headers

Set the proxy country and a desktop or mobile user agent per request; the homepage lists 14 countries.

Scavio

• Project$24

  per month for 7,000 credits, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly)

  5 requests a second and email support, at about $0.0034 a credit. Unused credits do not roll over.

• Pay As You Go$25

  one-time for 2,500 credits, used as you go

  Credits at $0.01 each with a 2,500-credit minimum purchase and no commitment.

• Bootstrap$79

  per month for 28,000 credits, billed yearly ($100 billed monthly)

  10 requests a second and email support, at about $0.0028 a credit.

• Startup$199

  per month for 85,000 credits, billed yearly ($250 billed monthly)

  15 requests a second and priority support, at about $0.0023 a credit.

• Growth$399

  per month for 200,000 credits, billed yearly ($500 billed monthly)

  50 requests a second and priority support, at about $0.0020 a credit.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom credits and rate limits with a dedicated account manager. Through sales.

Serply

• Micro Pack$5

  one-time pack of 2,500 credits, used as you go

  $2.00 per 1,000 requests; the smallest top-up once the free credits run out.

• Starter Pack$15

  one-time pack of 10,000 credits, used as you go

  $1.50 per 1,000 requests.

• Growth Pack$49

  one-time pack of 50,000 credits, used as you go

  $0.98 per 1,000 requests, the pack Serply recommends for production use.

• Pro Pack$375

  one-time pack of 500,000 credits, used as you go

  $0.75 per 1,000 requests, the lowest self-serve rate.

• Scale Pack$1,875

  one-time pack of 2,500,000 credits, used as you go

  Keeps the $0.75 per 1,000 rate in a larger balance.

• Max Pack$7,500

  one-time pack of 10,000,000 credits, used as you go

  $0.75 per 1,000 requests; higher volumes and invoicing through enterprise pricing by email.

Scavio

• Annual discount

  Save about 20% with yearly billing

  Scavio's pricing page lists yearly billing at about 20% less: Project is $24 a month ($288 a year) instead of $30 month to month.

Serply

No public discounts listed.