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SerpBase pricing and alternatives: SERP API, POST /google/scholar

SerpBase's sitellms.txtBest SERP API in 2026
0% complete: none of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesThe cheapest of the 1,816 plans we rank by price is Crawlora, $499 monthly, Enterprise, GET /bing/suggest, at $0.10 per 1,000 searches.Litescrape, Scrappa and SerpKite are the best SERP API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free credits one of SerpBase's 8 plans
Call: POST /google/scholar one of SerpBase's 9 calls for this API
API: SERP API one of SerpBase's 4 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The call reads the search engine's results when you make it.
  • None of the 11 key fields we check: Organic results, Ads, Featured snippet, AI overview and 7 more.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 credits, enough for 250 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out.
  • One call. You send query to POST /google/scholar. You can also send page. The call returns the search engine's results page.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SerpBase: SERP 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 monthly, Pro Monthly, POST /google/scholarScrappa, $250 pack, Professional, GET /api/search-advanced, Google Search Advanced, fullSerpKite, $10 pack, Starter, POST /v1/batches, Batch requests (Google Search)Decodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, Google AdsReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly, POST /bing/v1/search
$ per 1,000 searches$0.50$0.50$0.50$0.50$0.50
Completeness0%100%73%91%27%
Billingmonthlypay firstpay firstmonthlyquarterly
Pay$100$250$10$1,499$450
Enough for200,000 calls a month500,000 calls20,000 calls2,998,000 calls a month300,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone 18 or overanyone at least 18 and able to form a binding contract, with a verified email address (disposable email addresses are blocked)anyoneanyone

Every SERP 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_scholar_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.

  • Organic results, not in the answer
  • Ads, not in the answer
  • Featured snippet, not in the answer
  • AI overview, not in the answer
  • Knowledge graph, not in the answer
  • People also ask, not in the answer
  • Local pack, not in the answer
  • Related searches, not in the answer
  • News, not in the answer
  • Images and videos, not in the answer
  • Shopping, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
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 Scholar by research topic or keywords.
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 for250 calls
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendquery. Optional: page
MethodPOST
Path/google/scholar
About the plan
PlanFree credits
Who can get itanyone
The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

search status, request ID, time taken, credits used

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