SerpBase review (2026): is it worth $3 a month?
Search, social and shopping data API with 47 endpoints on one key
SerpBase report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for Google plus social and shop data on one key
SerpBase has 47 endpoints that return JSON from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, social sites and online stores at a fixed 1 to 3 credits each, from a $3 monthly plan or prepaid packs. Requests that run but fail may still use credits, and the request rate only rises with what you've prepaid, starting at 2 a second.
Who SerpBase is for
- 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
Who SerpBase is not for
- 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
Why SerpBase gets a 2.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for moneyStarter Boost is $3 a month for 10,000 credits, under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter, and a $10 pack of 20,000 credits has no calendar expiry. A Google web search is 1 credit, so that's $0.25 to $0.50 per 1,000.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan: 100 credits for a new account with no card, enough for a quick test and no more.
- BFeaturesGoogle web, images, news, video, shopping, jobs, scholar, Trends and Maps, with the AI overview and People also ask parsed out, plus Bing, DuckDuckGo, social sites, stores and plain page scraping. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: a fixed credit price per endpoint and an MCP server. No rating on record, and the request rate depends on how much you've prepaid in total.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API, an open-source MCP server and an agent skill for Claude, Codex, Cursor, Cline and OpenClaw. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SerpBase's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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SerpBase's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 35 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 35 of 38) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $3 a month, against a middle price of $29.49 for the category: 0 of the 25 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. SerpBase’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 35 of 38, level with 3
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 38, level with 32
- BFeaturesAbove 26 of 38, level with 11
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 38, level with 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 38, level with 29
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 26 SERP and SEO data APIs. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep SerpBase, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace SerpBase you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 35 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade. It costs $36 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, Claude, Codex and Cursor among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. SerpBase’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is SerpBase?
SerpBase is a data API with 47 endpoints that return clean JSON from Google (web, images, news, maps, shopping, jobs, scholar, trends and more), Bing and DuckDuckGo, as well as social sites, online stores and plain web pages. Each endpoint has a fixed price of 1 to 3 credits, and credits come from small monthly subscriptions or prepaid packs that do not expire.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
SerpBase pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, SerpBase is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $3 per month for 10,000 credits.
- Starts at
- $3 per month for 10,000 credits
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 100 free credits for every new account, no card needed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Boost | $3per 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 | $10one-time for 20,000 credits, no calendar expiry | Prepaid pack at $0.50 per 1,000 credits, with 2 requests a second. |
| Growth | $50one-time for 125,000 credits, no calendar expiry | Prepaid pack at $0.40 per 1,000 credits, with 5 requests a second. |
| Pro Monthly | $100per month for 400,000 credits | A monthly subscription at $0.25 per 1,000 credits, with 10 requests a second. |
| Pro | $200one-time for 570,000 credits, no calendar expiry | Prepaid pack at $0.35 per 1,000 credits, with 15 requests a second. |
| Business | $500one-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. |
Read from serpbase.dev on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SerpBase before you buy.
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Common questions
Does SerpBase have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. SerpBase is listed for Web.
Does SerpBase have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. SerpBase is listed for Web.
Is SerpBase open source?
SerpBase is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does SerpBase have an API?
Yes. SerpBase offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.