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SerpBase pricing and alternatives: image search API

SerpBase's sitellms.txtBest image search API in 2026

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80% complete: 4 of the 5 key fields we checkSee the 5 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesWe rank 206 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.15.Litescrape, SerpKite and PrismCrawl are the best image search API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free credits one of SerpBase's 8 plans
Call: POST /google/image/search SerpBase's only call for this API
API: Image search API one of SerpBase's 5 APIs

About this item

  • Live. SerpBase reads the search engine's image results when you call the API.
  • 4 of the 5 key fields we check. Image, Thumbnail, Page, Site.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 credits, enough for 500 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out.
  • One call. You send q to POST /google/image/search. You can also send hl, gl and page. The call returns the images that match.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SerpBase: image search API alternatives

The table starts with SerpBase's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to SerpBase's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

SerpBase, $100 monthlyScrapingdog, $220,000 yearlyPrismCrawl, $25 pack, Starter, POST /v1/microsoft/images/searchUjeebu, $10,789.20 yearlySerper, $3,750 pack
$ per 1,000 searches$0.25$0.248$0.25$0.30$0.30
Completeness80%100%100%100%100%
Billingmonthlyyearlypay firstyearlypay first
Pay$100$220,000$25$10,789.20$3,750
Enough for400,000 calls a month74,000,000 calls a month100,000 calls3,000,000 calls a month12,500,000 calls
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyone at least 18 and legally able to enter the agreementanyone who is 18 or older, or 13 to 17 with a parent's or guardian's permissionbusinesses: its terms say "Serper is a business-to-business service and does not provide end-user (consumer) services"

Every image search API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. serpbase.dev
  2. serpbase.dev/docs
  3. serpbase.dev/docs/billing-and-credits
  4. serpbase.dev/docs/google_images_search
  5. serpbase.dev/pricing
  6. serpbase.dev/terms

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Image
  • Size, not in the answer
  • Thumbnail
  • Page
  • Site
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 46 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSearch Google Images by query for image results and source links.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataUse SerpBase only in accordance with applicable law, published documentation, and technical limits. Do not bypass authentication, rate limits, credit accounting, or security controls. Do not disrupt the service, probe vulnerabilities without written permission, distribute malware, or interfere with third-party systems. Do not use the service to violate rights or law, or submit data you are not authorized to process. Do not resell, mirror, reverse engineer, or provide shared access beyond your purchased rights without written approval.
Plan
Pay$0
You get500 credits
Enough for500 calls
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median2.25 s
The call
You sendq. Optional: hl, gl, page
MethodPOST
Path/google/image/search
About the plan
PlanFree credits
Who can get itanyone
The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

search status, request ID, time taken, credits used, search type, query, page number, image result position, image result title, image result link, image result Google URL, image result displayed link, image result original, image result thumbnail, image result source, image result source domain

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