SerpApi pricing: every plan, cost per search and catches

How much does each SerpApi plan cost?

SerpApi sells month-to-month plans with a fixed number of searches and an hourly throughput cap. Prices below come from the SerpApi pricing page. Prices checked November 10, 2026.

Production and larger plans add U.S. Legal Shield, which covers up to $2 million for scraping and parsing search data. Cloud plans add ZeroTrace mode, which stores no queries or results, and priority support. Cloud plans step up by 1 million searches between the two Cloud rows shown.

What counts as a billable SerpApi search?

One successful request is one search, whatever the engine. A response with 100 results and a response with none both count as 1. Errored and failed searches do not count.

Cached searches are free. SerpApi serves a cached copy when the query and every parameter match a search from the last hour. Set no_cache to true to force a fresh, billed search.

Speed modes change the price. They apply to any plan and multiply the base price.

What does SerpApi cost at 1,000 and 100,000 searches a month?

1,000 searches a month fit the Starter plan at $25, or $0.025 a search. 100,000 searches fit Searcher at $725, or $0.00725 a search. With Ludicrous Speed, the Searcher price doubles to $1,450.

What are the catches in SerpApi pricing?

The plans are clear. These rules decide how much of a plan you actually use.

• Searches reset each billing cycle. Leftover searches carry over only when you downgrade, into an Extra Credits balance.
• There is no pay-as-you-go overage. When you run out, you renew early, by hand or with Automatic Early Renewal, which charges a full plan again and moves your renewal date.
• Each plan caps throughput per hour. Starter allows 200 searches an hour, so a burst of 1,000 takes 5 hours.
• Refunds are available within 7 days of subscribing, unless you have used more than 20% of the searches.
• Legal Shield starts at the $150 Production plan.

Can an agent use SerpApi through Locus Pro?

Yes, through a listing published by the seller. Locus has not reviewed it and cannot promise it stays available. It covers SerpApi engines including Google web results and Google Flights, charged per call to one prepaid credit balance with no SerpApi plan. Catalog checked November 10, 2026.

Locus credits you buy do not expire, so a quiet month wastes nothing. Every call shows its price first, and a monthly limit stops new calls when you reach it. At a steady volume, SerpApi can cost less per call with your own SerpApi account and API key.

Two other Google search endpoints sit in the same catalog.

• Cheapest SERP APIs compared
• SerpApi alternatives

Which SerpApi option should you choose?

Start from your average monthly searches, then check your peak hour.

• Up to 250 searches a month: SerpApi Free.
• Steady volume above 250 a month: the SerpApi plan that matches your average, with room for your peak hour.
• Uneven volume, or an agent that calls SerpApi next to other paid tools: Locus Pro, if a seller listing is acceptable for your use.
• Google organic results only, at the lowest price: see Serper and DataForSEO in the SERP API comparison.