Product

Serper API

by Serper

Product website
https://serper.dev
Status page
https://serper.betteruptime.com
Categories
Search Search-Grounded LLM API

Description

Google Search API that delivers real-time SERP results in 1-2 seconds across web, images, news, maps, places, videos, shopping, scholar, patents, and autocomplete endpoints.

AI-native score

How ready this product is for agents to use, on a 0–100 scale across four weighted dimensions. Security is one of them, so a high score is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. How is this scored?

Unrated. Only 38% of the scored decision fields are researched, so the grade is held until more are confirmed. The breakdown below shows what's been scored.

Integration1/10Trust2/6Portability2/4Security0/4Tier D24/100
Component Raw Weight Contribution
Integration 1/10 35% 3.5
Trust 2/6 30% 10.0
Portability 2/4 20% 10.0
Security 0/4 15% 0.0
Signals that fired
  • Integration: SDK / developer kit (+1)
  • Trust: Hard budget caps (yes, +2)
  • Portability: Standard protocol access (+1) ; No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1)
Signals not researched

These gaps cover the fields used in the AI-native score.

  • Integration surfaces: WebMCP, Headless signup, MCP servers, Agent2Agent (A2A) servers, Native connectors, API specs, Command-line interfaces, Agent skills
  • Trust & data policy: No generative AI training, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Open standards, Documented provider swap
  • Security & compliance: Compliance certifications, Access controls

Trust & data policy

Multi-factor authentication
Unavailable
Zero data retention
No
Hard budget caps
Yes (on by default)
Standard protocol access
Yes
No proprietary-SDK lock-in
Yes
Self-hostable
No
Open source
No

Not yet researched No generative AI training, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Open standards, Documented provider swap

What it does

Capabilities

  • API request execution

    Sends HTTP requests to an API and renders the response from the command line.

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  • Web Search

    Find web pages relevant to a query and return ranked search results.

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Jobs to be done

From cited vendor documentation, each completion verdict says whether an agent can deliver the job's main outcome by and large through this product and which steps still need a person. Scope may limit cases or prerequisites while preserving that outcome. It's a separate axis from the AI-native score. Expand a job for the human steps, delegation, and scope. An unknown verdict means the answer is not yet established.

  • Search the web Finishes, delegation unknown

    Find web pages relevant to a query.

    Completion detail · via SDK / developer kit
    Setup needs a human
    Unknown
    Per-task human step
    Unknown
    On behalf of a principal
    Unknown

    An authorized software application uses the documented Haystack SerperDevWebSearch integration with a Serper API key to submit a search query and receive relevant web-page URLs and snippets. This can support household research queries within an application. Completion ends at finding relevant web pages.

    Conditions: Requires a Serper account/API key with available credits and the serperdev-haystack package. The service terms define Serper as B2B. Returned snippets are not full page contents; fetching source pages, validating a recommendation and completing transactions require separate work. Human setup, execution and delegated-use policy remain unknown.

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Integration surfaces

How an agent connects to this product and finds its documentation. The largest dimension of the AI-native score (35%).

Developer kits

Confirmed absent llms.txt URL

Not yet researched WebMCP, Headless signup, MCP servers, Agent2Agent (A2A) servers, Native connectors, API specs, Command-line interfaces, Agent skills

Offers

Free

Free

2,500 free queries; no credit card is required.

2,500 free queries. No credit card is required.

Free queries; no credit card required.

Starter

$50one-time

No minimum commitment

One-time credit top-up. Credits are valid for six months.

50,000 search query credits. Includes real-time results, custom query location, and a limit of 50 queries per second. Credits are valid for six months.

One-time top-up with no monthly subscription. Prices exclude sales tax, VAT, and GST. A full refund is available within seven days of the first credit purchase if less than 20% of the credits have been used.

Standard

$375one-time

No minimum commitment

One-time credit top-up. Credits are valid for six months.

500,000 search query credits. Includes real-time results, custom query location, and a limit of 100 queries per second. Credits are valid for six months.

One-time top-up with no monthly subscription. Prices exclude sales tax, VAT, and GST. A full refund is available within seven days of the first credit purchase if less than 20% of the credits have been used.

Scale

$1,250one-time

No minimum commitment

One-time credit top-up. Credits are valid for six months.

2,500,000 search query credits. Includes real-time results, custom query location, and a limit of 200 queries per second. Credits are valid for six months.

One-time top-up with no monthly subscription. Prices exclude sales tax, VAT, and GST. A full refund is available within seven days of the first credit purchase if less than 20% of the credits have been used.

Ultimate

$3,750one-time

No minimum commitment

One-time credit top-up. Credits are valid for six months.

12,500,000 search query credits. Includes real-time results, custom query location, and a limit of 300 queries per second. Credits are valid for six months.

One-time top-up with no monthly subscription. Prices exclude sales tax, VAT, and GST. A full refund is available within seven days of the first credit purchase if less than 20% of the credits have been used.

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Catalog activity

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Unrated · 38% researched. Grade withheld until more fields are verified.

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