SerpApi alternative
If you pay SerpApi for Google search results, you are paying for the results, not for the brand. SerpHubAPI sells the same kind of result — ranked web results with title, link and snippet — for about 60% less, and puts Chinese engines and in-app search on the same key for when you need them.
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. |
| SerpApi | $25 | Entry plan, official price, checked 2026-10-23. |
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
A live Google web search is 10 credits — about $10 per 1,000 searches at the Starter rate, and down to $5 per 1,000 at the largest tier. SerpApi's entry plan is $25 per 1,000 searches (official price, checked 2026-10-23).
The same key covers Bing and Yandex, Baidu and Doubao, Xiaohongshu, WeChat and Taobao, and AI search — one endpoint, one wallet, per-service pricing. Live status for every service is on the catalog page.
Calls are one endpoint, POST /v1/search, with engine and type picking the source. The migration guide walks through the mapping from a SerpApi-style call.
You pay nothing: failed calls and empty results are free, as are cache hits. cache_first mode is half price.