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Serper

Serper is the world's fastest and most affordable Google Search API, delivering real-time SERP data in 1-2 seconds via a simple REST interface. It supports web search, images, news, maps, places, videos, shopping, scholar, patents, and autocomplete — all returned as structured JSON. Widely used in AI agents, LLM pipelines, and SEO tooling, Serper uses a credit-based model with 2,500 free queries and volume pricing down to $0.30 per 1,000 requests.

Serper publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Autocomplete API, Images API, Maps API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Search, SERP, Google Search, AI, and LLM.

The Serper catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Serper’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, and 8 more developer resources.

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47.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumOpenFree trial⚡ Free to try
10 APIs
SearchSERPGoogle SearchAILLMSEOImagesNewsMapsShopping

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 47.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Serper Autocomplete API

Search autocomplete suggestions

Serper Images API

Image search results

Serper Maps API

Maps and location search

Serper News API

News search results

Serper Patents API

Patent search results

Serper Places API

Local business and place search

Serper Scholar API

Academic publication search

Serper Search API

Web search results

Serper Shopping API

Product and shopping search results

Serper Videos API

Video search results

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Serper Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Serper Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Serper Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Serper Context

53 classes · 30 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Serper API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Serper Search Request

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Serper Search Response

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Serper Autocomplete Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Serper Image Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Serper News Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Serper Scholar Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Serper Shopping Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Serper Web Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Serper Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Serper Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Serper Agentic Access

10 operations · 10 acting

10 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: serper
name: Serper
description: Serper is the world's fastest and most affordable Google Search API, delivering real-time SERP data in 1-2 seconds
  via a simple REST interface. It supports web search, images, news, maps, places, videos, shopping, scholar, patents, and
  autocomplete — all returned as structured JSON. Widely used in AI agents, LLM pipelines, and SEO tooling, Serper uses a
  credit-based model with 2,500 free queries and volume pricing down to $0.30 per 1,000 requests.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/serper.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/serper/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Search
- SERP
- Google Search
- AI
- LLM
- SEO
- Images
- News
- Maps
- Shopping
apis:
- aid: serper:serper-autocomplete-api
  name: Serper Autocomplete API
  description: Search autocomplete suggestions
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Autocomplete
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-autocomplete-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-images-api
  name: Serper Images API
  description: Image search results
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-maps-api
  name: Serper Maps API
  description: Maps and location search
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Maps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-maps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-news-api
  name: Serper News API
  description: News search results
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - News
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-news-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-patents-api
  name: Serper Patents API
  description: Patent search results
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Patents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-patents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-places-api
  name: Serper Places API
  description: Local business and place search
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Places
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-places-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-scholar-api
  name: Serper Scholar API
  description: Academic publication search
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Scholar
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-scholar-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-search-api
  name: Serper Search API
  description: Web search results
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-shopping-api
  name: Serper Shopping API
  description: Product and shopping search results
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Shopping
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-shopping-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
- aid: serper:serper-videos-api
  name: Serper Videos API
  description: Video search results
  humanURL: https://serper.dev
  baseURL: https://google.serper.dev
  tags:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/serper-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://serper.dev
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/serper-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/serper-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/serper-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://serper.dev
- type: Documentation
  url: https://serper.dev
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/Serper-API
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/serperapi
- type: Pricing
  url: https://serper.dev
- type: Plans
  url: plans/serper-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/serper-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/serper-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com