SerpApi vs OpenSERP

SerpApi9.1Visit OpenSERP8.8Visit

Higher score SerpApi #3 in SERP APIs 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 1 features Visit SerpApi

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OpenSERP #5 in SERP APIs 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 1 features Visit OpenSERP

• SerpApi fits best

  Developers needing mature SDK coverage

• OpenSERP fits best

  Open-source and self-hosted deployments

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Side by side

Feature	SerpApi 9.1/10 Visit ↗	OpenSERP 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.8
Ranking	#3 in SERP APIs	#5 in SERP APIs
Best for	Developers needing mature SDK coverage	Open-source and self-hosted deployments
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$25/mo	$0.009/unit usage-based
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Linux, Windows, macOS
Support	Email, Phone, Docs	Email, Community
Integrations	12 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features SerpApi 1/1 · OpenSERP 1/1
Proxy handling	✓	✓
Specs
Search engine coverage	Multi-engine	Multi-engine
SERP types	Mixed	Organic
Location targeting	Coordinates	City
Output formats	Json	Json
Requests included	1000 requests/mo	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Structured JSON, Markdown, and HTML search-result outputs City, country, and coordinate-based location targeting SDKs and integrations for Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and more	Self-hosted MIT-licensed option with no API key required Six search engines with deduplication and broad SERP filters REST, CLI, SDK, MCP server, and n8n integration options
Cons	Free plan is limited to 250 searches per month Paid plans use fixed monthly search and throughput quotas Enterprise pricing and quotas are custom	Self-hosting requires your own infrastructure Cloud usage is billed per credit rather than by subscription Advanced scheduling and AI reports are available in Cloud
Our verdict	SerpApi is a hosted API for retrieving and parsing live search-engine results into structured data. It is aimed at developers, researchers, SEO teams, AI applications, analytics workflows, and enterprise data products that need… Read the review →	OpenSERP is an open-source SERP API and command-line tool for developers, AI and research pipelines, SEO teams, agencies, and rank-monitoring workflows. It queries Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia, returning structured… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• SerpApi — where it wins

  • Structured JSON, Markdown, and HTML search-result outputs
  • City, country, and coordinate-based location targeting
  • SDKs and integrations for Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and more

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan is limited to 250 searches per month
  • Paid plans use fixed monthly search and throughput quotas
  • Enterprise pricing and quotas are custom

• OpenSERP — where it wins

  • Self-hosted MIT-licensed option with no API key required
  • Six search engines with deduplication and broad SERP filters
  • REST, CLI, SDK, MCP server, and n8n integration options

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosting requires your own infrastructure
  • Cloud usage is billed per credit rather than by subscription
  • Advanced scheduling and AI reports are available in Cloud

• SerpApi9.1/10 · Free plan

  A broad SERP API with multi-engine coverage, location targeting, and SDKs across major languages.

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• OpenSERP8.8/10 · Free plan

  A flexible SERP API for teams that want self-hosting or usage-based cloud access.

  Visit OpenSERPFull verdict →