# MapleSerp, free: Image search API

> Here is everything you need to start using the Google Images Serp API.

MapleSerp's image search API on its Free test credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 3 of the 5 key fields we check: Image, Page, Site.
We rank 206 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-bing-images/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.15.
[Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-bing-images/llms.txt), [SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpkite/300-pack-pro-post-v1-images-brave-images/llms.txt) and [PrismCrawl](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/500-pack-scale-post-v1-google-images-light/llms.txt) are the best image search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/free
- [Best image search API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-image-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://mapleserp.io
- Request: `GET https://mapleserp.io/api/serp/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://mapleserp.io
- Its API docs: https://mapleserp.io/documentation/google/images
- Sold by: MapleSerp (https://mapleserp.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 60%
- Image: ✓
- Page: ✓
- Site: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Google Search · Google Videos

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Here is everything you need to start using the Google Images Serp API.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Your subscription grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the API for lawful purposes. You must comply with any usage limits, rate limits and fair-use rules we set. You may not use the API for illegal activities, infringe third-party rights, attempt to bypass technical restrictions, or cause harm to the Services." "All content, software, and technology used in or provided through the Services are owned by MapleSerp or our licensors. Using the Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in them."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 4.43 s

## The call

- You send: query, engine "google", search_type "images". Optional: page, images_color, images_size, images_type, images_usage, gl, hl, lr, cr, uule, time_period, time_period_min, time_period_max, safe, tbs
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/serp/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free test credits
- Who can get it: anyone who is at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a binding agreement (no registration and no credit card for the free token)

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

image result position, image result title, image result link, image result original, image result source domain, search URL, original query yields zero results, search parameters, experimental images intitle removal

## MapleSerp's plans (7)

- [MapleSerp, free](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [MapleSerp, $45 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/45-monthly/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [MapleSerp, $340 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/340-monthly/llms.txt): $0.68 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [MapleSerp, $1,725 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/1725-monthly/llms.txt): $0.69 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [MapleSerp, $420 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/420-yearly/llms.txt): $0.70 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [MapleSerp, $3,240 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/3240-yearly/llms.txt): $0.54 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [MapleSerp, $16,560 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/16560-yearly/llms.txt): $0.552 per 1,000, 60% complete, live

## MapleSerp's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/serp/search`: [MapleSerp, free](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/free/llms.txt)

## MapleSerp's APIs (3)

- [MapleSerp: image search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/mapleserp/free/llms.txt)
- [MapleSerp: SERP API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/mapleserp/free-test-credits-get-api-serp-search-google-images/llms.txt)
- [MapleSerp: video search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/mapleserp/free/llms.txt)

## MapleSerp: image search API alternatives

- [Scrapingdog, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/scrapingdog/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.526 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $1,285.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/ujeebu/1285-20-yearly/llms.txt): $0.535 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ValueSERP, $64,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/valueserp/64800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.54 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [SearchCans, $1,680 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searchcans/1680-pack/llms.txt): $0.56 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-28.

- https://mapleserp.io
- https://mapleserp.io/documentation/google/images
- https://mapleserp.io/terms-of-service