Serpdog vs Serpshot (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Serpshot grades higher than Serpdog: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Serpshot 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
Serpshot
Google SERP API sold in one-time credit packs, no subscription
Free trial · from $19 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 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
How we grade them
| 2.0GPASerpdogFair | 2.4GPASerpshotFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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$19 buys 25,000 credits, valid 6 months, inside this category's cheaper quarter, at about $0.76 per 1,000 queries of 10 results; bigger packs fall to $0.20. A 100-result search costs 10 credits, though. |
| 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: 2,000 credits on sign-up 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. | CLive Google web and image results by country and language in 200+ markets, up to 100 results a keyword and 100 keywords a request. The gap is in the listing: news, shopping and maps are only planned, and no other engine is covered. |
| 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: an open-source Python SDK, docs in four languages and a public status page. No rating on record. |
| 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, a Python SDK, and an MCP server and agent skill for Cursor, Claude Code and OpenClaw. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | Google endpoints with a cheaper Lite search | Google web results in prepaid packs |
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 Serpshot. How we grade
Where they differ
In commonWebPublic APISERP API
At a glance
| Serpdog | Serpshot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $19 one-time for 25,000 credits, valid 6 months |
| 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 | 2,000 free credits on sign-up, no card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Serpdog | Serpshot |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | serpshot.com |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
Plans
Serpdog
Pricing could not be confirmed. See serpdog.io.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Serpdog or Serpshot?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serpdog has no price we could confirm, and Serpshot starts at $19 one-time for 25,000 credits, valid 6 months.
Which has a free plan, Serpdog or Serpshot?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Serpdog has a free plan. Serpshot 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.