# Serpel, free: SERP API

> Serpel’s REST API returns positions for desktop and mobile as JSON, with history, ranking URL and AI Overview status, and it uses the same projects and credits as the app.

Serpel's Free plan for the SERP API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Serpel's docs list 1 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Organic results.
We haven't run Serpel through [our SERP API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,208 plans for SERP APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.313 per 1,000 searches or less. [See how many SERP API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt)
[Pixel Tools's ₽99 (about $1) pack](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pixel-tools/99-pack-guru-for-99-rubles-get-api-top10-top10-google/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.017.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrappa/25-pack-basic-get-api-search-advanced-google-search-advanced/llms.txt), [SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpkite/300-pack-pro-post-v1-search-google-search/llms.txt) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpscraper-dev/39-monthly/llms.txt) are the best SERP API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/free
- [SERP API: the best of 80+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt)
- Get it: https://serpel.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://serpel.app/api/v1/projects/{id}/rankings/run`
- API key: with the plan, on https://serpel.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://serpel.app/developers/rank-tracking-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- Sold by: Serpel (https://serpel.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 9%
- Organic results: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 100
- Also pays for: from the same budget: ChatGPT answer check · Google AI Overview check · Keyword research for a seed keyword · Keyword research for a domain · List research · Site crawl · Monitoring run

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Serpel’s REST API returns positions for desktop and mobile as JSON, with history, ranking URL and AI Overview status, and it uses the same projects and credits as the app.

## Data

- Freshness: 12 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: § 11 (1) "[...] the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use Serpel within the scope of these terms." (2) "You use Serpel lawfully only. You do not bypass technical limits such as rate limits or plan limits, you do not put excessive load on the systems and you do not pass on your login details. [...]" (3) "You may have only websites checked and crawled that you own or are authorised to check, for example websites of clients that you look after. [...]" (4) "[...] Do not enter data that you are not authorised to use. [...]"

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 20 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: nothing required
- Method: POST
- Path: /projects/{id}/rankings/run

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or older with full legal capacity, as a consumer or a business

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

keyword, language code, location code, device type, organic position, organic URL

## Serpel's plans (7)

- [Serpel, free](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 9% complete, 12 hours
- [Serpel, €5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/5-pack/llms.txt): $56.265 per 1,000, 9% complete, 12 hours
- [Serpel, €10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/10-pack/llms.txt): $56.265 per 1,000, 9% complete, 12 hours
- [Serpel, €25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/25-pack/llms.txt): $56.265 per 1,000, 9% complete, 12 hours
- [Serpel, €50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/50-pack/llms.txt): $56.265 per 1,000, 9% complete, 12 hours
- [Serpel, €19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/19-monthly/llms.txt): $53.452 per 1,000, 9% complete, 12 hours
- [Serpel, €49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/49-monthly/llms.txt): $45.95 per 1,000, 9% complete, 12 hours

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

- `POST /projects/{id}/rankings/run`: [Serpel, free](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/free/llms.txt)

## Serpel's APIs (5)

- [Serpel: ChatGPT scraper API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/serpel/free/llms.txt)
- [Serpel: ranked keywords API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/serpel/free/llms.txt)
- [Serpel: related keywords API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/serpel/free/llms.txt)
- [Serpel: Google AI Overview scraper API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-overview-scraper-apis/serpel/free/llms.txt)
- [Serpel: SERP API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpel/free/llms.txt)

## Serpel: SERP API alternatives

- [Bishopi, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/bishopi/149-monthly/llms.txt): $44.70 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $49 monthly, Builder, GET /google-search/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pullbay/49-monthly-builder-get-google-search-search/llms.txt): $45.00 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [SerpWow, $155 monthly, Starter, GET /search, Google Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpwow/155-monthly-starter-get-search-google-search-full/llms.txt): $46.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SearcherLite, $147 pack](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searcherlite/147-pack/llms.txt): $49.00 per 1,000, 45% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://serpel.app/developers/rank-tracking-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://serpel.app/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://serpel.app/docs/credits-and-billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://serpel.app/docs/rank-tracking?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://serpel.app/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://serpel.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing
- https://serpel.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=serp-api-pricing