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SerpApi API

serpapi.com

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VerifiedResearched, not yet routed
Live search engine results, including Maps and Ads Transparency. Buying direct: Free 250/mo; Starter $25/mo. Listed .
Capabilities
5
From
$0.015 / call
Calls, 30 days
128.5K
Ranked first
0 of 5

Overview

Researched from the vendor's own pages; every fact links to its source and the day we checked it.

Real-time structured results from Google, Bing, Maps, Ads Transparency Center and many more engines, with a Legal Shield.

Company

Legal name
Not confirmed
Headquarters
Not confirmed
Founded
Not confirmed
Employees
Not confirmed
Ownership
Not confirmed
Kind
Data provider
Website
Not confirmed

API

Access
Self-serve API
Style
Not confirmed
Auth
API key (query)
Base URL
https://serpapi.com
Features
Bulk —Async —Webhooks —MCP —Sandbox —
SDKs
PythonJavaScriptRubyGoPHPJava
Rate limit
Not confirmed
Docs
Reference

Pricing

Model
subscription
List prices
  • Starter $25/mo, 1,000 searches
  • Developer $75/mo, 5,000 searches
  • Production $150/mo, 15,000 searches
  • Big Data $275/mo, 30,000 searches
Currency
USD
Free tier
250 searches/month
Checked
Sep 29, 2026

Compliance

SOC 2
SOC 2 Type II
GDPR
Not confirmed
CCPA
Not confirmed
DPA
Not confirmed
Other
ISO 27001
Resale / storage
Unknown until a written agreement says otherwise

Relationships

Integrations
Not confirmed
Alternatives
None named by the vendor
Sources (3)

Placement in the Grid

Where this vendor sits on the GridRouter Grid in each category it serves. No vendor pays for placement.

Placement in the GridRouter Grid by category
CategoryPlacementExecuteCoverageCallsReport
Ads IntelligenceSpecialists73.642.78.2KView Grid
SEO & SERPPerformers80.445.297KView Grid
Web DataSpecialists77.245.212KView Grid
Local & PlacesVisionaries77.365.311.3KView Grid

Endpoints

What SerpApi does through GridRouter, and how each endpoint ranks against the other providers of that capability.

CapabilityRankPriceFill rateAccuracyp50Per verified hitLeader
Google ads transparencyads.google.search · n=8.2K
Verified Benchmarked BYOK
Rank 3of 3$0.015per call84.0%n/a2.6 s$0.018LeadMagic
Google SERPserp.google.search · n=97K
Verified Benchmarked BYOK
Rank 2of 2$0.015per call99.0%n/a1.9 s$0.015DataForSEO
Web searchweb.search · n=12K
Verified Benchmarked BYOK
Rank 2of 2$0.015per call96.0%n/a1.9 s$0.016Exa
Search placesplaces.search · n=7.4K
Verified Benchmarked BYOK
Rank 3of 3$0.015per call95.0%96.0%2.3 s$0.016DataForSEO
Place detailsplaces.details · n=3.9K
Verified Benchmarked BYOK
Rank 2of 2$0.015per call96.0%96.0%2.1 s$0.016Google Places

Pricing

The price per call you pay through GridRouter, and what one verified hit costs once misses are counted. Failed calls are free; calls on your own vendor key are never metered.

CapabilityList priceUnitPer verified hitYour own key
Google ads transparencyads.google.search$0.015per call$0.018Free, not metered
Google SERPserp.google.search$0.015per call$0.015Free, not metered
Web searchweb.search$0.015per call$0.016Free, not metered
Search placesplaces.search$0.015per call$0.016Free, not metered
Place detailsplaces.details$0.015per call$0.016Free, not metered

Performance

Fill rate is the share of calls that found what was asked for; accuracy is the share of hits confirmed correct; latency is measured at the gateway. Trailing 30 days.

CapabilityFill rateAccuracySuccessp50p95Samples
Google ads transparencyads.google.search84.0%n/a99.4%2.6 s7.2 s8.2K
Google SERPserp.google.search99.0%n/a99.7%1.9 s4.8 s97K
Web searchweb.search96.0%n/a99.7%1.9 s4.8 s12K
Search placesplaces.search95.0%96.0%99.5%2.3 s6.1 s7.4K
Place detailsplaces.details96.0%96.0%99.4%2.1 s5.8 s3.9K

Uptime

Share of calls without a vendor-side failure (errors, timeouts, capacity). Caller mistakes and refusals don't count against a vendor. Last 30 days, daily.

Sample dataIllustrative figures from the catalog's quality samples until live traffic is published

  • SerpApiserp.google.search
    Uptime
    99.7%
    p50 / p95
    1.9 s4.8 s
    Calls
    91.8K
  • SerpApiweb.search
    Uptime
    99.1%
    p50 / p95
    1.9 s4.8 s
    Calls
    11.9K
  • SerpApiads.google.search
    Uptime
    99.3%
    p50 / p95
    2.6 s7.2 s
    Calls
    6.7K
  • SerpApiplaces.search
    Uptime
    98.7%
    p50 / p95
    2.3 s6.1 s
    Calls
    5.4K
  • SerpApiplaces.details
    Uptime
    98.4%
    p50 / p95
    2.1 s5.8 s
    Calls
    4K

Apps

Public apps that identify themselves with X-Grid-App or HTTP-Referer and X-Title, over the last 30 days.

All apps

No public app has listed itself here yet. Add two headers to get yours ranked.

Activity

Routed calls per day over the last 30 days.

Calls per day by capability119.7K calls
  • Google SERP
  • Web search
  • Google ads transparency
  • Search places
  • Place details
Calls per day by capability
DayGoogle SERPWeb searchGoogle ads transparencySearch placesPlace details
Aug 28, 20263033499244238161
Aug 29, 2026198423912210985
Aug 30, 2026197619513712983
Aug 31, 20263128383286237164
Sep 1, 20263190419241244180
Sep 2, 20263899402248215160
Sep 3, 20263032491216228179
Sep 4, 20263308419234235147
Sep 5, 202620832631209671
Sep 6, 2026182824115111885
Sep 7, 20263834486281204153
Sep 8, 20263515517272194144
Sep 9, 20263992454229192138
Sep 10, 20263520450296225161
Sep 11, 20264214536267200165
Sep 12, 2026205821014211165
Sep 13, 202619712001209772
Sep 14, 20263826410299180152
Sep 15, 20263586407276228158
Sep 16, 20263780519245215137
Sep 17, 20263898468302181173
Sep 18, 20264017510252192155
Sep 19, 2026170020114211667
Sep 20, 2026162025914711086
Sep 21, 20263526505237226174
Sep 22, 20263099528255224154
Sep 23, 20263344488299203141
Sep 24, 20263765445249198142
Sep 25, 20263191511240206176
Sep 26, 202618361971449373

API

One request shape for every vendor: call ads.google.search and let GridRouter route it, or pin SerpApi with the provider route.

Inputs for ads.google.search
InputDescription
domain*Company domain (required)
Request
curl https://api.gridrouter.io/v1/call/ads.google.search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRID_KEY" \
  -d '{"domain":"northwind.dev","route":"best_value"}'
Reconstructed · low confidenceOpenAPI 3.1.0 · 1 operations · checked Sep 29, 2026 Spec (YAML)

Rebuilt from the vendor's public docs, only what the pages show. Each operation links the page it came from; response shapes the docs don't spell out are left empty rather than guessed.

Operations in the serpapi spec
MethodPathSummaryParamsSource
GET/searchSearch0Docs

Rate limits

No published rate limits found. Without a published limit GridRouter paces conservatively (1 request per second).

SerpApi reviews

  • Rated 5.0 out of 5User7,700 verified calls
    Every SERP feature is parsed, including People Also Ask. Our interactive tool uses it because p50 is under two seconds.
    Dev P., Growth engineer, marketplaceSerpApiserp.google.search

SerpApi questions

How much does the SerpApi API cost through GridRouter?

google ads transparency at $0.015 per call, google serp at $0.015 per call, web search at $0.015 per call, search places at $0.015 per call, and place details at $0.015 per call, charged from prepaid credits at the provider's rate. Buying direct is Free 250/mo; Starter $25/mo.

Where does SerpApi rank?

SerpApi doesn't rank first for any capability this month; see each table below for where it leads on individual metrics.

Can I bring my own SerpApi key?

Yes. Add it once in the vault; calls on your key are never metered and still count toward the quality scores.

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