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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.