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SerpKite vs SearchApi

SearchApi offers a broad SerpApi-style catalogue at a lower price, including AI answer engines. SerpKite is narrower and cheaper for Google.

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This page compares our product with others, so weigh it accordingly. Competitor prices are public list prices verified on vendor pages on 2026-09-28; features come from vendor docs. Where we couldn't verify something, the table shows a dash. Spot an error? Email [email protected] and we'll fix it.

Summary

The short version

SearchApi covers ~60 engines, including ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini answer APIs, from $4.00 to $1.00 per 1k with a $2M legal protection. SerpKite focuses on Google at $1.00 → $0.60 per 1k with no expiry.

Choose SearchApi if…

  • You track brand visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini today.
  • You need many engines under one key.
  • A contractual legal protection is a requirement.

Choose SerpKite if…

  • Google is your main source and you want to pay $0.80 instead of $4.00 per 1k at entry.
  • You want credits that never expire.
  • Your agents want Markdown, compact output and an MCP server.

Differences

What actually differs

Price

$0.80 vs $4.00 at entry, $0.60 vs $2.50 around 100k/month, $0.60 vs $1.50 around 1M, $0.60 vs $1.00 best.

AI answer engines

SearchApi has ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini APIs. SerpKite covers Google search today; other answer engines are planned.

Legal

SearchApi offers $2M legal protection and is being sued by SerpApi. SerpKite offers no shield and publishes its collection policy.

Features

Feature comparison

Feature comparison
SerpKite SearchApi
Real Google results
Google web + core verticals News, Images, Maps, Shopping, Scholar…
ChatGPT / Perplexity / Gemini answers Planned
Bing / DDG / Brave / Yandex Planned (Q1 2027)
Markdown output
Resolved final URLs (post-/goto) Guaranteed
Page content in the same call include_content
Async batch + webhooks 50% off
Official SDKs TypeScript, Python, Go; LangChain and CrewAI tools TS, Python, Go
Official MCP server
Credits never expire
Spend caps and per-key limits
Failed / empty results free Incl. empty-200 detection
Public status with latency p50 / p95
No query logs / DPA SerpKite: No query logs · results cached ≤ 24 h, no identity Default
Legal shield No (honest policy) $2M
SOC 2 Planned

Check = yes, cross = no, dash = not verified. SerpKite rows marked "Planned" are on the roadmap, not live.

Price

Price per 1,000 Google searches

Price per 1,000 searches
SerpKite SearchApi
Free tier 2,500 on signup + 1,000/mo, no card 100 requests
Entry, ~$50 pack $ per 1k searches $0.80 $4.00
~100k searches / month $ per 1k $0.60 $2.50
~1M searches / month $ per 1k $0.60 $1.50
Best public list price $ per 1k $0.60 $1.00
Credit expiry Never Not stated

Public list prices for Google web search, verified on vendor pages on 2026-09-28. "Entry" is the ~$50 pack or plan (SerpKite also has a $10 pack at $1.00 per 1k). SerpKite's self-serve packs stop at 500K credits; larger volumes are quoted on request. Expiring credits raise the effective price if you don't use them in time. See SerpKite pricing.

Verdict

Our take

SearchApi is the better fit for multi-engine GEO tracking today. For Google volume, SerpKite is roughly 1.7–5× cheaper at list price.

Try it

One request to compare for yourself

curl https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"best espresso machine 2026","country":"us","format":"markdown"}'

1 credit per page of 10 results, SERP features included. Run it in the playground without signing up.

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