How much does Serper.dev cost?
Serper.dev charges $1 per 1,000 standard queries on its starter tier (the $50 pack of 50,000 credits), which makes it the cheapest production Google SERP API on the market. Larger prepaid packs drop the per-query price further – $375 buys 500,000 credits at $0.75/1K, scaling down to about $0.30/1K on the largest ($3,750) pack, with higher throughput (up to 300 QPS) at each step. New accounts get a free 2,500-query allowance, and credits are valid for six months.
Is Serper.dev faster than SerpAPI?
In most production setups, yes – Serper.dev consistently returns Google results in 1–2 seconds versus 2–4 seconds typical for SerpAPI. The tradeoff is breadth: SerpAPI handles 80+ search engines (Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, etc.), while Serper is Google-only. Pick Serper for speed and price on Google; pick SerpAPI when you need multi-engine.
Does Serper.dev provide a Python or Node SDK?
Serper.dev exposes a REST API with simple JSON I/O – there's no official SDK, but the API is straightforward enough that the official docs include copy-paste Python `requests`, Node `fetch`, and `curl` examples. LangChain ships a `GoogleSerperAPIWrapper` that handles Serper directly, which is the most common integration path for agent workflows.
What's the legal risk of using Serper.dev?
Serper.dev scrapes Google SERPs and faces the same legal exposure as the broader SERP-scraping category (see the SerpAPI vs Google lawsuit). For low-volume internal use the risk is minimal; for high-volume consumer products consider pairing with an AI-native search API like Tavily or Exa, or fall back to a licensed source for sensitive workloads.
