Serper vs SERPHouse (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serper and SERPHouse share a 2.4 GPA, and only SERPHouse has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Serper
Google search results API sold in prepaid credit packs
SERPHouse
SERP API for Google, Bing and Yahoo with a Google Sheets rank tracker
Which one is for you
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
Pick SERPHouse if
- Fits if you track client rankings in Google Sheets and want it done on a schedule
- Works for small monthly volumes across Google, Bing and Yahoo
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Bing or Yahoo ads, since ad results are Google only
- Watch out: the top 100 Google results cost ten times a standard search, $7.50 per 1,000 on Basic
- Not for you if you need No Trace, the mode that deletes responses and logs, which is Enterprise only
- Tight if you sign up with a personal email, as the free credits then last 7 days
- Watch out: there's no yearly price, and anything past Regular is a custom plan by email
How we grade them
| 2.4GPASerperFair | 2.4GPASERPHouseFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | BBasic is $29.99 a month for 400,000 credits, inside this category's usual range, but at 10 credits a search that's about 40,000 searches, $0.75 per 1,000, one of the lowest rates here. Regular is $0.62. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but 2,500 free queries with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance. | C4,000 credits a month with no card, about 400 searches, but only for a work email. Sign up with a personal email and they last 7 days. |
| Features | 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. | CGoogle, Bing and Yahoo with web, news, images, shopping, jobs and videos, city targeting, the top 100 Google results in one call and bulk requests. The listing's own gap: ads come back for Google only, not Bing or Yahoo. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: bulk requests delivered to a postback URL, and a Google Sheets add-on that checks ranks with no code. No rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an API and listed integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, Haystack and Jan AI. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. | BWeb, with an API, postback URLs and its own Google Sheets add-on for scheduled rank checks. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | live Google results on prepaid credits | Google, Bing and Yahoo results on a small budget |
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: Serper and SERPHouse. How we grade
Where they differ
- SERPHouse also covers rank tracking.
At a glance
| Serper | SERPHouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries) | $29.99 per month for 400,000 API credits |
| Free plan | None | 4,000 API credits a month, about 400 standard searches, renewing monthly for a work email; a personal email gets them for 7 days only. No credit card and no rollover. |
| Free trial | 2,500 free queries, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Serper.dev | SERPHouse |
| Price read from | serper.dev | serphouse.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
SERPHouse
- A standard search costs 10 credits, so Basic's 400,000 credits cover about 40,000 searches a month.
- Ad results are returned for Google only, not for Bing or Yahoo.
- Zero-retention No Trace mode is limited to Enterprise subscribers.
- There is no published yearly price; larger volumes go through a custom plan by email.
Key features
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.
SERPHouse
- Google, Bing and Yahoo results
- Organic results, featured snippets, People Also Ask and local results, with web, news, images, shopping, jobs, videos, forums and autocomplete searches.
- Location and device targeting
- Results from 245 countries down to state, city and municipality level, for desktop or mobile, using Google's own geographic targeting.
- Top 100 results in one request
- A single Google request can return the first 100 results, priced separately at ten times a standard search.
- Bulk and scheduled requests
- Send keywords in bulk and have results delivered to a postback or pingback URL instead of waiting on each response.
- Keyword Rank Tracker for Google Sheets
- A free add-on runs rank checks by keyword, location and device on a daily or weekly schedule and appends each result to the sheet.
- No Trace mode
- A request flag that deletes the response and its logs once delivered, offered only to Enterprise subscribers.
Plans
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.
SERPHouse
Free$0
4,000 API credits and 60 concurrent requests, renewing monthly for work emails and lasting 7 days for personal ones.
Basic$29.99
per month for 400,000 API credits
Standard SERP requests at $0.75 per 1,000, autocomplete at $0.37 and top-100 Google results at $7.50, with priority support.
Regular$49.99
per month for 800,000 API credits
Standard SERP requests at $0.62 per 1,000 and top-100 Google results at $6.25, with dedicated support.
CustomCustom
Custom credit volumes and concurrency, with an account manager, onboarding and integration support for enterprise buyers.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Serper or SERPHouse?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serper starts at $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries), and SERPHouse starts at $29.99 per month for 400,000 API credits.
Which has a free plan, Serper or SERPHouse?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only SERPHouse 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.