# SerpBear review (2026): is it any good? > Free open-source Google rank tracker that you host yourself Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. SerpBear is a free, open-source app for tracking where your sites rank on Google for unlimited keywords. You run it yourself with Docker or on a server, and it reads Google results through a scraping service such as ScrapingRobot or SerpApi, or through your own proxies. It adds Search Console data, email alerts and keyword ideas from Google Ads. - **Category:** Rank Trackers - **Made by:** Towfiq I. - **Website:** https://docs.serpbear.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you don't want to run a server, as there's no hosted version from the developer, only paid one-click hosts. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, SerpBear is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The whole app is free under the MIT license with unlimited domains and keywords; you pay only the scraping service you connect, if it charges. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted | $0 | Open-source app you run yourself with Docker or from the GitHub source, with a SQLite database and no paid edition. | Read from https://docs.serpbear.com/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SerpBear before buying. ## Key features - **Unlimited domains and keywords:** Add as many sites and keywords as you like; the only limit is how many searches your scraper or proxies allow. - **Scrape strategies:** Basic, Custom or Smart strategies, set globally or per domain, decide how many Google pages are checked for each keyword. - **Choice of scraper:** Works with ScrapingRobot, SerpApi, SearchApi, Serper, Serply, ValueSerp, ScrapingAnt, CrazySerp or your own proxy IPs. - **Search Console data:** Shows real visits and impressions for each tracked keyword and surfaces new keywords, top countries and top pages. - **Keyword research:** Linking a Google Ads test account adds monthly search volumes and keyword ideas generated from your site's content. - **Alerts, API and CSV:** Daily, weekly or monthly email reports of position changes, CSV export, and a built-in API for reporting tools such as Google Data Studio. ## Good for - Developers comfortable running a Docker app - Tracking many keywords for the price of a scraping API - Small sites that want Google positions next to Search Console data ## Worth knowing - You host and maintain it yourself; there is no hosted service from the developer, only paid one-click hosts such as PikaPods and Elestio. - Positions come from a scraper: ScrapingRobot's free tier covers 5,000 searches a month, then $1.80 per 1,000; other services charge their own rates. - Most scrapers now need several requests per keyword for deeper positions: 20 keywords near position 30, checked daily, take about 1,800 a month. - It tracks Google only. Keyword research needs a Google Ads test account, and email alerts need your own SMTP settings. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. SerpBear is a free, open-source Google rank tracker with unlimited sites and keywords, Search Console data and email alerts, which you run yourself with Docker or on a server. The developer offers no hosted version, positions come from a scraping service you set up and may pay for, and it tracks Google only. - **Value for money: C.** The app is free under the MIT license with no paid edition, but it's only free if you host it, which needs a server or a paid one-click host. Checks run through a scraper: ScrapingRobot's free tier is 5,000 searches a month, then $1.80 per 1,000. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Nothing to pay SerpBear, with unlimited sites and keywords. ScrapingRobot's free tier covers 5,000 searches a month, but deeper positions take several requests each: 20 keywords near position 30, checked daily, use about 1,800. - **Features: C.** Unlimited Google tracking with a choice of how many result pages to check, Search Console visits, keyword ideas and volumes, email reports, CSV export and an API. The gap: it tracks Google only, with no other engine on record. - **Ease of use: D.** No rating on record. You deploy it with Docker or on a server, add scraper keys, and set up your own SMTP for email alerts and a Google Ads test account for keyword research. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, as an app you host yourself. It works with ScrapingRobot, SerpApi and other scrapers or your own proxies, plus Search Console and Google Ads, and has a built-in API for reporting tools. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SerpBear's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among rank trackers - SerpBear's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 9 of the 39 other rank trackers we grade, and level with 13. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 37 of 39) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - SerpBear has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/rank-trackers ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** SerpBear is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 17 of the 39 other rank trackers grade higher. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - You could not: Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results. - You could not: It plugs into other products, ScrapingRobot, SerpApi and SearchApi among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with ScrapingRobot, SerpApi, SearchApi, Serper, ValueSerp, Google Search Console, Google Ads **Tags:** Rank tracking, Open source, Self-hostable, Keyword research, Public API ## Alternatives - [Serposcope](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serposcope): Free self-hosted rank tracker, now marked unsupported by its developer. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/serpbear-vs-wincher) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://docs.serpbear.com/ - https://docs.serpbear.com/integrations - https://docs.serpbear.com/miscellaneous/api-documentation - https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear - https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear/releases Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/serpbear Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).