Serper vs VALUE SERP (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serper and VALUE SERP share a 2.4 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which features you need.
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
VALUE SERP
Low-cost Google results API from Traject Data, now part of ScraperAPI
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 VALUE SERP if
- Fits if you only need Google and want to pay $25 at a time rather than monthly
- Works for scheduled ranking snapshots dropped into S3 or Google Cloud Storage
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Bing or other engines, which Traject Data sells as SerpWow
- Watch out: ScraperAPI bought Traject Data and says it is moving Traject's APIs onto its own infrastructure
- Tight if you go past a monthly plan, as extra requests cost from $1.60 per 1,000
- Not for you if you want a free plan that renews, as the 100 searches come once
How we grade them
| 2.4GPASerperFair | 2.4GPAVALUE SERPFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | B$25 buys 10,000 requests to use as you go, $2.50 per 1,000, inside this category's cheaper quarter. Monthly plans start at $50 for 25,000 searches on yearly billing ($56 monthly). |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but 2,500 free queries with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance. | CNo free plan: 100 free searches on sign-up with no card, and then it's a $25 top-up. |
| 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 Search, Maps places, Shopping, News, product details and place reviews, with location and device targeting and batches of up to 15,000. Google only, though: the listing points to SerpWow for other engines. |
| 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: a Locations API to look up places, and batches that run on a schedule. No rating on record, and no client libraries named. |
| 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 and batch delivery to Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage and Alibaba Cloud OSS. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | live Google results on prepaid credits | Google results paid as you go |
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 VALUE SERP. How we grade
Where they differ
At a glance
| Serper | VALUE SERP | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries) | $25 one-time top-up for 10,000 requests, used as you go |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 2,500 free queries, no credit card required | 100 free searches on sign-up, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Serper.dev | Traject Data (ScraperAPI) |
| Price read from | serper.dev | trajectdata.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.
VALUE SERP
- It covers Google only; Traject Data's SerpWow is the product for other search engines.
- Plans also come at 500,000 searches and from 2 million to 20 million a month, at $575 to $10,000 billed monthly.
- Searches beyond a plan's allowance are billed per 1,000 requests, from $1.60 on the smallest plan.
- Traject Data was acquired by ScraperAPI, which says it is moving Traject's APIs onto its own infrastructure.
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.
VALUE SERP
- Google endpoints
- Search, Google Maps places, Shopping, News, product details by product ID and place reviews.
- Location and device targeting
- A Locations API finds supported Google locations to add to requests, and results can be filtered to a device type.
- Batches
- Schedule up to 15,000 requests at a time to run monthly, weekly, daily, hourly or on demand, with results back in a few minutes.
- Cloud destinations
- Batch results can be sent to Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, Alibaba Cloud OSS or other S3-compatible storage.
- Full-browser rendering
- Pages are rendered in an in-memory browser, images on the page are extracted, and linked pages can be fetched in follow-up requests at no extra cost.
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.
VALUE SERP
Pay As You Go$25
one-time top-up of 10,000 requests, used as you go
$2.50 per 1,000 requests with no commitment, at up to 250 real-time requests a minute.
25,000 Searches$50
per month for 25,000 searches, billed annually ($56 billed monthly)
Extra requests at $1.60 per 1,000, up to 250 a minute and up to 10,000 batches.
50,000 Searches$94
per month for 50,000 searches, billed annually ($105 billed monthly)
Extra requests at $1.50 per 1,000, up to 250 a minute.
100,000 Searches$158
per month for 100,000 searches, billed annually ($175 billed monthly)
Extra requests at $1.35 per 1,000, up to 500 a minute.
200,000 Searches$216
per month for 200,000 searches, billed annually ($240 billed monthly)
Extra requests at $1.20 per 1,000, up to 1,000 a minute.
1,000,000 Searches$900
per month for 1M searches, billed annually ($1,000 billed monthly)
Extra requests at $1.00 per 1,000, up to 1,500 a minute. Larger plans run to 20 million searches.
Ways to pay less
Serper
No public discounts listed.
VALUE SERP
- Annual discount
10% off with annual billing
VALUE SERP's pricing page takes 10% off for annual billing: the 100,000-search plan is $158 a month billed annually against $175 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Serper or VALUE SERP?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serper starts at $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries), and VALUE SERP starts at $25 one-time top-up for 10,000 requests, used as you go.
Which has a free plan, Serper or VALUE SERP?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Serper nor VALUE SERP has a free plan. Both have 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.