Serpdog review (2026): is it worth it?
Google SERP API with a lighter half-price endpoint and scraping APIs
Serpdog report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for Google endpoints with a cheaper Lite search
Serpdog has endpoints for Google Search, Maps, News, Shopping and Scholar, plus Bing, YouTube, Amazon and a web scraper. Its website blocks automated readers, so its prices couldn't be checked, and its documentation hasn't been updated in about two years.
Who Serpdog is for
- 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
Who Serpdog is not for
- 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
Why Serpdog gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo 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.
- CFree plan and trialIts 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.
- CFeaturesGoogle 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.
- CEase of useJudged 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.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with a REST API and no client libraries or integrations named in the listing. No desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Serpdog's own documentation on 23 October 2026; its website turned our reader away, so its prices could not be checked. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Serpdog's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 5.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Serpdog’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 38, level with 19
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 38, level with 32
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 38, level with 24
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 38, level with 36
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 38, level with 8
Keep Serpdog, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Serpdog 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 32 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- An API that other software can build on.
What this rests on. Serpdog’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 Serpdog?
Serpdog is a data extraction API with endpoints for Google Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Scholar, Jobs, Finance and Autocomplete, plus Bing, YouTube, Amazon, Walmart, Yelp and LinkedIn Jobs. Results come back as JSON or raw HTML for any country, and a general web scraping API renders JavaScript and can route through premium residential proxies.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Serpdog pricing
We could not confirm Serpdog’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See serpdog.io for current prices.
Serpdog alternatives
- Serpdog vs Scrapingdog
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- Serpdog vs HasData
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- Serpdog vs SearchApi
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Common questions
Does Serpdog have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serpdog is listed for Web.
Does Serpdog have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serpdog is listed for Web.
Is Serpdog open source?
Serpdog is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Serpdog have an API?
Yes. Serpdog 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.