SerpBase vs Serpshot (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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.