Serpdog vs Serper (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serper grades higher than Serpdog: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Serper grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Serpdog
Google SERP API with a lighter half-price endpoint and scraping APIs
Free plan
Serper
Google search results API sold in prepaid credit packs
Free trial · from $50 one-time
Which one is for you
Pick Serpdog if
- Fits if you want Google results and Amazon or YouTube data under one key
- Works for bulk rank checks where the half-price Lite endpoint returns enough
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: prices and plan limits couldn't be confirmed, so read its pricing page before paying
- Watch out: the documentation was last updated about two years ago, so endpoints may have changed
- Skip it if you want client libraries or ready-made integrations, as the listing names none
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
| 2.0GPASerpdogFair | 2.4GPASerperFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is on record. Serpdog's website turned our reader away, so neither its prices nor its plan limits could be confirmed; check them yourself before you pay. | 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 | CIts documentation, last updated about two years ago, describes a free plan of 1,000 requests a month. Whether that still stands couldn't be confirmed. | CNo free plan, but 2,500 free queries with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance. |
| Features | CGoogle Search with Lite and Advanced endpoints, Maps, News, Shopping, Scholar and Jobs, plus Bing, YouTube, Amazon, Walmart and a web scraper. The documentation is about two years old, so the listing can't show what's current. | 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 | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: documented endpoints, with requests retried for up to 60 seconds. No rating on record, and the docs haven't been updated in about two years. | 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 | CWeb only, with a REST API and no client libraries or integrations named in the listing. No desktop or phone app. | 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 | Google endpoints with a cheaper Lite search | 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: Serpdog and Serper. How we grade
Where they differ
In commonWebPublic APISERP API
At a glance
| Serpdog | Serper | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries) |
| Free plan | Its documentation, last updated about two years ago, describes a free plan of 1,000 requests a month; current plan terms could not be read. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 2,500 free queries, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Serpdog | Serper.dev |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | serper.dev |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Serpdog
- Serpdog's website blocks automated readers, so prices and plan limits could not be confirmed; check its pricing before buying.
- Requests are retried for up to 60 seconds, and only successful responses are charged.
- The documentation was last updated about two years ago, so some endpoints may have changed since.
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
Serpdog
- Google Search API
- Google results for any country and language, with location encoding, date ranges, result counts, paging, safe search and a choice of Google domain.
- Lite and Advanced search
- A Lite endpoint returns results faster with fewer SERP features at half the cost of the Advanced endpoint, which parses the full set.
- Other Google endpoints
- Maps with reviews, photos and posts, plus News, Shopping, Product, Images, Videos, Scholar, Jobs, Finance and Autocomplete.
- Other sources
- Bing search, YouTube search, Amazon and Walmart product data, Yelp search and LinkedIn job postings through their own endpoints.
- Web scraping API
- Fetch any page's HTML with headless JavaScript rendering, a wait time for heavy pages, and premium residential proxies by country.
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
Serpdog
Pricing could not be confirmed. See serpdog.io.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Serpdog or Serper?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serpdog has no price we could confirm, and Serper starts at $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries).
Which has a free plan, Serpdog or Serper?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Serpdog has a free plan. Serper does not, though it 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.