SERP APIs
Four Search Engines, Five Search Types
Get web, news, image, and video search results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo. Structured JSON with organic results, ads, SERP features, and more.
Full Google SERP data with AI Overviews, Featured Snippets, and People Also Ask. News via ultra-fast RSS feed (100+ articles, ~600ms).
- Up to 100 results per query
- AI Overviews & Featured Snippets
- People Also Ask boxes
- Ads, Related Searches, Shopping
- 112 country targeting
- Web from $0.03/10K pages (Scale)
Bing
Powered by Yahoo backend. Rich SERP features including PAA with answers & sources, inline videos, and shopping results.
- Up to 100 results per query
- PAA with answers & sources
- Inline videos & shopping
- 112 country targeting
- Dedicated video search
- Web from $0.03/10K pages (Scale)
Yahoo
Full Yahoo search via Puppeteer with residential proxy. Rich SERP features, 112 country codes supported.
- Up to 100 results per query
- PAA with answers & sources
- Inline videos & shopping
- 112 country targeting
- Dedicated video search (60 results)
- Web from $0.03/10K pages (Scale)
DuckDuckGo
Lightweight HTML lite + JSON APIs. The cheapest engine option with fast response times and privacy-focused results.
- 10 results per page (web)
- Ads & related searches
- 112 country targeting
- Dedicated video search (v.js)
- Fastest average response time
- Web from $0.03/10K pages (Scale)
SERP Features
What Data You Get
Every engine returns structured JSON. Here is what each engine supports beyond basic organic results.
AI Ranking
Track Your Visibility Across AI Models
Monitor how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity mention and cite your brand. Get citation URLs, visibility scores, and mention positions.
ChatGPT
- Web search citations
- Brand mention tracking
- Visibility scoring
- Citation URL extraction
- Position tracking
Claude
- 10-27 citations per query
- Brand mention tracking
- Visibility scoring
- Citation URL extraction
- Position tracking
Gemini
- Google AI citations
- Brand mention tracking
- Visibility scoring
- Citation URL extraction
- Most affordable AI model
Perplexity
- Search-augmented citations
- Brand mention tracking
- Visibility scoring
- Citation URL extraction
- Source-grounded responses
Query all four AI models in a single API call with the AI All endpoint (from $24.56/1K).
View AI Rank API →Social Media
YouTube & Instagram APIs
Access social media data through the same API platform. YouTube via official API v3, Instagram via smart scraping with proxy fallback.
Technical
Built for Developers
Clean REST API with structured JSON responses, automatic error handling, and flexible configuration options.
Structured JSON API
All endpoints return clean, structured JSON. Consistent response format across all search engines with searchParameters, organic results, and metadata.
Automatic Refunds
Failed searches (server errors) are automatically refunded. All engines use up to 10 retries before returning an error. You only pay for successful results.
Rate Limiting Tiers
Tiered rate limits from 30/min (free) up to 600/min (tier2). Priority queuing ensures higher-tier users get faster processing during high load.
Multi-Page Search
Request up to 100 results per query with the num parameter. Serpent API automatically paginates and combines results from multiple search engine pages.
API Key Authentication
Secure API key auth via the X-API-Key header. Generate and manage keys from your dashboard. New accounts get 10 free web searches to try the API.
Format Options
Choose between full response (all SERP features, metadata, credits info) or simple format for lightweight integrations. Control response verbosity per request.
Pricing
Transparent, Flat-Rate Pricing
Flat per-call pricing across all engines. Three tiers: Default, Growth ($100+ deposit, 10× off), and Scale ($500+ deposit, 20× off). All new accounts get 10 free web searches.
SERP APIs
- Web (any engine, any pages): $0.03/10K pages
- News (any engine): $0.01/1K
- Images (any engine): $0.15/1K
- Videos (any engine): $0.015/1K
- Default tier: $0.60/10K pages · Growth (10× off): $0.06/10K pages
AI Ranking
- Single LLM: $1.00/1K
- All 4 LLMs combined: $2.00/1K
- Default tier: $20.00/1K · Growth: $2.00/1K
Social Media
- YouTube (all endpoints): $0.11/1K
- Instagram: $0.58/1K
- 10 free web searches included
- No credit card to start
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
country parameter. You can choose any engine per request using the engine parameter.
num parameter to request up to 100 results per query. Serpent API automatically handles pagination behind the scenes, fetching multiple pages from the search engine and combining results into a single JSON response. This works across all four search engines for web search. Each page fetch counts as part of the same API call.
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