Serply review (2026): is it worth $5?
Prepaid Google search API with a hosted MCP server for AI agents
Serply report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for prepaid Google searches for AI agents
Serply sells prepaid packs of Google, Bing, Reddit and eBay searches that never expire, from $5, with a hosted MCP server for AI agents. Location stops at a proxy country, with 14 listed, so it won't show you rankings for a city, and the free sign-up credits lapse after 30 days.
Who Serply is for
- Fits if you're grounding an AI agent in live Google results through MCP
- Works for low or uneven volumes where a monthly plan would go unused
Who Serply is not for
- Skip it if you need rankings by city, since location is a proxy country and 14 are listed
- Watch out: the 2,500 free sign-up credits lapse after 30 days
- Pricey if you stay on small packs, at $2 per 1,000 on Micro against $0.75 from Pro up
Why Serply gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for money$5 buys 2,500 requests that never expire, a first spend under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter, at $2 per 1,000; the $49 pack is $0.98. Unused credits can be refunded in proportion within 30 days.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan: 2,500 credits for new accounts with no card, and they lapse after 30 days.
- CFeaturesGoogle Search, News, Maps, Images, Jobs, Scholar, Video and Product, plus Bing, Reddit, eBay and pages as markdown. The gap for SEO work: location is a proxy country, and the homepage lists 14 of them.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one key and one set of headers for every endpoint, and a hosted MCP server. No rating on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API and a hosted MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Windsurf. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Serply'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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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/serply#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/serply.svg" alt="Serply: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Serply stands among SERP and SEO data APIs
Serply's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 31 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).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Serply’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 35 of 38, level with 3
- 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
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 38, level with 29
Keep Serply, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Serply 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 2.6 is higher than 31 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade. It costs $5, paid once.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, Claude, Cursor and Windsurf among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Serply’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 Serply?
Serply is a search API aimed at AI applications. Twelve REST endpoints cover Google Search, News, Maps, Images, Jobs, Scholar, Video and Product results, Bing, Reddit and eBay, plus a scraper that returns any page as markdown, and a hosted MCP server gives agents the same data as fourteen tools. It sells prepaid credit packs that never expire, at one credit per successful uncached request.
Worth knowing
- Every endpoint, MCP tool calls included, costs one credit per request; the rate falls from $2.00 per 1,000 on Micro to $0.75 from Pro up.
- Cached responses and failed requests cost nothing, and purchased credits never expire.
- The 2,500 free sign-up credits lapse after 30 days.
- Unused purchased credits are refunded in proportion if asked within 30 days of the charge.
Key features
- Google search endpoints
- Organic results with the answer box, plus News, Maps, Images, Jobs, Scholar, Video and Product search, under one key and one set of headers.
- Bing, Reddit and eBay
- Bing results with ads and shopping ads, Reddit subreddits, posts, users and comment trees, and eBay search.
- Pages as markdown
- A scraping endpoint fetches any public page and returns it as markdown or JSON, with proxies, retries and CAPTCHAs handled by Serply.
- Hosted MCP server
- Point Claude, Cursor or another MCP client at Serply's server with an API key to get fourteen search and Reddit tools, billed like REST calls.
- Location and device headers
- Set the proxy country and a desktop or mobile user agent per request; the homepage lists 14 countries.
Serply pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serply is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5 one-time for 2,500 credits (1 credit = 1 request), used as you go.
- Starts at
- $5 one-time for 2,500 credits (1 credit = 1 request), used as you go
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 2,500 free credits for new accounts, usable for 30 days, no card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Micro Pack | $5one-time pack of 2,500 credits, used as you go | $2.00 per 1,000 requests; the smallest top-up once the free credits run out. |
| Starter Pack | $15one-time pack of 10,000 credits, used as you go | $1.50 per 1,000 requests. |
| Growth Pack | $49one-time pack of 50,000 credits, used as you go | $0.98 per 1,000 requests, the pack Serply recommends for production use. |
| Pro Pack | $375one-time pack of 500,000 credits, used as you go | $0.75 per 1,000 requests, the lowest self-serve rate. |
| Scale Pack | $1,875one-time pack of 2,500,000 credits, used as you go | Keeps the $0.75 per 1,000 rate in a larger balance. |
| Max Pack | $7,500one-time pack of 10,000,000 credits, used as you go | $0.75 per 1,000 requests; higher volumes and invoicing through enterprise pricing by email. |
Read from serply.io on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Serply before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Serply have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serply is listed for Web.
Does Serply have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serply is listed for Web.
Is Serply open source?
Serply is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Serply have an API?
Yes. Serply 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.