Serper alternative
If all you need is raw Google results as JSON, Serper is cheaper — $1.00 per 1,000 searches against our $10. SerpHubAPI earns its price when one key has to cover more than Google: Bing, Yandex and Baidu, in-app search on Xiaohongshu and Taobao, agent search and AI answers, and page fetch — with cache_first at half price, failed and empty calls free, and credits that never expire.
Price comparison, Google web search
| Provider | Per 1,000 searches | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SerpHubAPI | $10 | Starter rate, live search. cache_first: $5. Down to $5 at the largest tier. |
| Serper | $1.00 | Starter pack, $50 for 50,000 credits, official price, checked 2026-11-13. Down to $0.30 at the largest pack; credits expire 6 months after purchase. |
Example request
curl https://api.serphubapi.com/v1/search \
-H "X-API-Key: shapi_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"engine": "google", "type": "web", "q": "best espresso machine", "num": 10}'Response points: results arrive under results.organic with position, title, link and snippet, and meta.credits_charged is 10 for a live call.
Questions
Starter is $1.00 per 1,000 searches, down to $0.30 at volume (official price, checked 2026-11-13). Ours is $10 per 1,000 at Starter, $5 at the largest tier.
The same key covers Bing and Yandex, Baidu and Doubao, Xiaohongshu and Taobao, agent search APIs and AI answers — plus page fetch. Serper is Google-only JSON.
Serper credits expire 6 months after purchase; SerpHubAPI top-up balance never expires.
You pay nothing: failed calls and empty results are free, as are cache hits. cache_first mode is half price.