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SerpKite vs SerpApi

SerpApi is the most complete SERP API on the market and priced like it. SerpKite covers the Google workloads most teams actually run, for a fraction of the list price.

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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

SerpApi sells breadth, support and compliance: 100+ APIs, SOC 2, a $2M legal shield and 11 SDKs. SerpKite focuses on Google (web plus 12 verticals) for AI agents and SEO tools, at $1.00 → $0.60 per 1k with no expiry.

Choose SerpApi if…

  • You need engines beyond Google: Bing, Baidu, Yandex, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, App Stores.
  • Procurement requires SOC 2 or a contractual legal shield today.
  • You parse rare SERP widgets that only SerpApi covers.
  • Support responsiveness matters more to you than price.

Choose SerpKite if…

  • Your workload is Google, and you want to cut the bill by 70–95% at list prices.
  • You want credits that don't reset every month.
  • Your agents want Markdown or compact output in one call.
  • You run bulk jobs: the batch lane is 0.5 credits per query with webhooks, and throughput is per second, not per hour.

Differences

What actually differs

Price

$0.80 vs $15–25 per 1k at entry, $0.60 vs $7.25 around 100k a month, $0.60 vs $3.75 around 1M, $0.60 vs ~$1.96 at the best list price.

Engines

SerpApi has 100+ APIs. SerpKite is Google-only today, with Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave and Yandex planned for Q1 2027.

Compliance

SerpApi has SOC 2 and a $2M legal shield. SerpKite never logs query text, caches results for at most 24 h with no identity attached, and signs a DPA; SOC 2 is planned, and we don't offer a legal shield.

Output

Both offer Markdown (SerpApi since August 2026). SerpKite adds compact, fields= projection, token estimates in a header and include_content.

Litigation exposure

SerpApi is a defendant in Google v. SerpApi and Reddit v. SerpApi. SerpKite collects logged-out public results only; see how we collect data.

Features

Feature comparison

Feature comparison
SerpKite SerpApi
Real Google results
Google web + core verticals News, Images, Maps, Shopping, Scholar…
ChatGPT / Perplexity / Gemini answers Planned Partial
Bing / DDG / Brave / Yandex Planned (Q1 2027)
Markdown output Since Aug 2026
Resolved final URLs (post-/goto) Guaranteed
Page content in the same call include_content
Async batch + webhooks 50% off Partial
Official SDKs TypeScript, Python, Go; LangChain and CrewAI tools TS, Python, Go 11 languages
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 Status page
No query logs / DPA SerpKite: No query logs · results cached ≤ 24 h, no identity Default Enterprise
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 SerpApi
Free tier 2,500 on signup + 1,000/mo, no card 250/mo
Entry, ~$50 pack $ per 1k searches $0.80 $15–25
~100k searches / month $ per 1k $0.60 $7.25
~1M searches / month $ per 1k $0.60 $3.75
Best public list price $ per 1k $0.60 $1.96
Credit expiry Never Monthly reset

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

Pick SerpApi when breadth or compliance paperwork is the requirement. Pick SerpKite when the job is Google results for agents or SEO and cost matters. Many teams split: SerpKite for Google volume, SerpApi for the long tail.

Weighing more than two options? See SerpApi alternatives, each compared with SerpApi.

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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