SerpApi
A fast, easy, and complete API for scraping Google and 30+ other search engines, returning structured JSON results without managing proxies or CAPTCHAs.
At a Glance
About SerpApi
SerpApi is a search engine results page (SERP) scraping API that handles the complexity of extracting structured data from Google, Bing, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Amazon, Walmart, Yelp, YouTube, and dozens of other platforms. Developers send a query to SerpApi and receive clean, parsed JSON — no proxy management, no CAPTCHA solving, and no HTML parsing required. The service is SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, and ISO 27001 certified, and offers a U.S. Legal Shield that covers the lawful collection of public search data.
What It Is
SerpApi sits between a developer's application and a search engine, acting as a managed scraping layer. Instead of building and maintaining scrapers that break whenever a search engine updates its layout, teams call SerpApi's REST endpoints and receive consistently structured JSON. The API covers an unusually wide surface area: Google alone has over 50 distinct endpoints covering web search, images, maps, shopping, flights, hotels, news, patents, Scholar, Trends, Play Store, and more. Beyond Google, the platform supports Amazon, Apple App Store, Bing, Brave, eBay, Facebook, Home Depot, Instagram, Naver, OpenTable, Tripadvisor, Walmart, Yahoo!, Yandex, Yelp, and YouTube.
Breadth of API Coverage
The scope of supported endpoints is a defining characteristic of SerpApi. Key categories include:
- Google ecosystem: Web, AI Mode, AI Overview, Ads, Autocomplete, Events, Finance, Flights, Forums, Hotels, Images, Jobs, Lens, Local, Maps (with directions, photos, reviews, posts), News, Patents, Play Store, Related Questions, Reverse Image, Scholar, Shopping, Short Videos, Trends, and Videos — each available as a dedicated endpoint.
- E-commerce: Amazon Search and Product, eBay Search and Product, Walmart Search/Product/Reviews, Home Depot Search/Product/Reviews.
- Social and review platforms: Facebook Profile, Instagram Profile, OpenTable Reviews, Tripadvisor Search/Place/Reviews, Yelp Search/Place/Reviews, YouTube Search/Video/Transcript.
- Alternative search engines: Baidu, Bing (including Copilot), Brave AI Mode, DuckDuckGo, Naver, Yahoo!, Yandex.
Integration and Developer Experience
SerpApi provides official client libraries for Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Golang, PHP, Java, Rust, .NET, Swift, and C++, plus a CLI and an MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration. Results are returned as structured JSON, and the platform includes a Playground for testing queries interactively. A public roadmap on GitHub allows developers to request new APIs, report bugs, and track priorities using a five-level system (freezer → queued → prioritized → urgent → doom).
Advanced Features
Beyond basic scraping, SerpApi offers several differentiated capabilities:
- ZeroTrace Mode: When enabled, search parameters, files, and data are not stored after a search completes.
- U.S. Legal Shield: Covers the scraping and parsing of search engine data for lawful use, with up to $2 million in coverage on qualifying plans.
- Ludicrous Speed / Ludicrous Speed Max: Higher-throughput speed tiers available as upgrades.
- X-Ray: Provides additional transparency into search result parsing.
- JSON Restrictor: Limits the fields returned in a response to reduce payload size.
- Pixel Position: Returns the on-screen pixel coordinates of result elements.
- Team Management: Supports multi-user account access.
Compliance and Reliability
SerpApi is independently audited and holds SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, and ISO 27001 certifications. The platform provides a 99.95% SLA guarantee on standard plans, with uptime SLAs of up to 99.97% on enterprise plans. The company states it does not sell or share customer data with third parties, with narrow exceptions for search processing and debugging. Searches that are blocked, errored, or receive CAPTCHAs are not counted against a plan's monthly quota — only fully successful searches consume credits.
Use Cases
SerpApi's homepage lists the following primary use cases: SEO and Local SEO monitoring, web search and AI search engine data, AI SEO (Generative Engine Optimization), product research, background check automation, AI model training data, news monitoring, voice assistant data, price monitoring, travel information, copyright checking, and cyber threat intelligence.
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Pricing
Free
Free tier for getting started with SerpApi.
- 250 searches per month
- 50 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Starter
Entry-level paid plan for small projects.
- 1,000 searches per month
- 200 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Developer
For individual developers building applications.
- 5,000 searches per month
- 1,000 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Production
Most popular plan for production applications.
- 15,000 searches per month
- 3,000 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Big Data
For high-volume data collection needs.
- 30,000 searches per month
- 6,000 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Searcher
For large-scale search data operations.
- 100,000 searches per month
- 20,000 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Volume
High-volume plan for data-intensive applications.
- 250,000 searches per month
- 50,000 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Infrastructure
Infrastructure-scale search data access.
- 500,000 searches per month
- 100,000 throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
Enterprise
Custom-tailored enterprise plan with priority support, ZeroTrace Mode, flexible payment, and 99.97% SLA. Includes 100,000 complimentary searches per month; additional searches billed by usage.
- Custom searches per month
- Custom throughput per hour
- U.S. Legal Shield
- ZeroTrace Mode
- Priority support
- 99.97% SLA
- Custom U.S. contract
- Flexible payment options
- On-demand or reserved search pricing
Capabilities
Key Features
- Google Search API with 50+ endpoint variants
- Support for 30+ search engines including Bing, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Amazon, Yelp, YouTube
- Structured JSON output with no HTML parsing required
- ZeroTrace Mode for zero data retention
- U.S. Legal Shield covering lawful scraping
- Ludicrous Speed and Ludicrous Speed Max throughput tiers
- X-Ray result transparency feature
- JSON Restrictor for payload optimization
- Pixel Position for on-screen element coordinates
- Team Management for multi-user accounts
- Official SDKs for Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Go, PHP, Java, Rust, .NET, Swift, C++
- CLI and MCP integration
- Interactive Playground for query testing
- Public GitHub roadmap for feature requests and bug tracking
- SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, and ISO 27001 certified
- 99.95% SLA guarantee on standard plans
- Only successful searches counted against quota