Eight engines · one bill
Serpent APITowardsReal-time Search API for structured results
Organic search results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Brave, and Naver - one request shape. Paid plans from ~$0.0421 to ~$0.006 per search. The original Serpent API.
- Bing
- Yahoo
- DuckDuckGo
- Yandex
- Baidu
- Brave
- Naver
~$0.0421–$0.006/search · API key in minutes · Cancel anytime
curl -X POST https://api.serpentapi.com/api/search \
-H "x-api-key: sk_your_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"q": "best php frameworks 2026",
"engine": "google",
"num": 10,
"depth": "simple"
}'Engines
Eight-engine SERP API, one response shape
Switch engines with one parameter. Same organic result schema every time — title, URL, snippet, and rank position — so you can fan out queries across Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Brave, and Naver without rewriting parsers when you change markets. Live uptime is on the status page; request shapes are in the docs.
Organic results across 50+ country TLDs
Bing
Microsoft Search with market targeting
Yahoo
Yahoo Search with regional hosts
DuckDuckGo
Privacy-focused results, no browser needed
Yandex
Russian-language SERP with CIS regional targeting
Baidu
China’s primary search index and local result types
Brave
Independent index with privacy-first ranking signals
Naver
Korea’s dominant search verticals and local packs
On the roadmap
General web scraping — coming soon
Arbitrary URL extraction after SERP discovery isn’t live yet. Same key and billing when it ships.
Pricing
Free Beta — apply for a seat
Ten complimentary seats — apply at /beta, then upgrade when you need more volume. Every plan includes all eight engines. See full pricing or the quickstart to go live.
Popular
Professional
15,000 tokens / month
- +Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Brave & Naver
- +30 requests / minute
- +Email support
Business
50,000 tokens / month
- +Everything in Professional
- +60 requests / minute
- +Priority queue for async searches
- +Priority support
- +Webhook notifications
Enterprise
150,000 tokens / month
- +Everything in Business
- +120 requests / minute
- +Highest queue priority · custom throughput on request
- +Dedicated support
- +Custom integrations & SLA
FAQ
Answers before you subscribe
Engines, tokens, rollover, refunds, and how teams go from API key to production.
Product
Serpent API (SerpentAPI) is a real-time SERP API at serpentapi.com. Developers use it to pull structured organic search results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Brave, and Naver through one REST API. General page scraping and MCP for AI agents are on the roadmap. See What is Serpent API? or the docs.
SerpentAPI returns structured organic results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Brave, and Naver through one API. Switch engines with a single parameter — same request shape and result schema.
Not yet. General page scraping (arbitrary URLs after SERP discovery) is on the roadmap— planned as a secondary endpoint on the same API key and bill. Today, SerpentAPI ships real-time SERP search across eight engines.
Maintaining proxies, captchas, layout changes, and eight engine quirks is expensive. SerpentAPI gives you structured JSON, one integration, predictable pricing, and a status page backed by production traffic — so your team ships product instead of fighting HTML.
We publish live uptime on our public status page. Platform target is 99.9%. Engine availability can vary with upstream search sites; the status page breaks this down per engine.
Billing & tokens
Yes — a free Beta plan with 10 seats by application. Beta includes all eight SERP engines, 2,500 tokens/month, and 10 requests/minute. Apply at /beta. Paid plans start at Professional ($79/mo).
Each successful API call consumes tokens based on the request. Plans include a monthly allotment — Beta 2,500, Professional 15,000, Business 50,000, and Enterprise 150,000 tokens. Paid plans are billed monthly. A portion of unused tokens can roll over (see below). You can monitor usage in the dashboard and upgrade anytime if you need more throughput.
Yes. At the end of each billing period, 30% of your unused tokens roll into the next month. Rollover tokens must be used in that following month — they do not roll again. We always consume rollover tokens before your new monthly allotment. Your total available balance is capped at 130% of your plan’s monthly tokens (for example, Professional caps at 19,500). If you barely use a month, that 30% rollover is how you land at the 130% cap — unused rollover simply expires when the next period ends.
- 30% of unused tokens carry into the next billing period
- Rollover must be used that month or it expires
- Rollover is spent before newly purchased tokens
- Balance capped at 130% of your plan allotment
Rate limits match live search capacity: Beta 10 requests/minute, Professional 30/minute, Business 60/minute, and Enterprise 120/minute. Higher plans also get priority async queues. Need more? Contact us for custom throughput.
Yes. If you cancel and request a refund during an active billing period, we calculate usage at your plan’s standard rate (monthly price ÷ monthly token allotment), deduct the value of tokens already used, and refund the remaining unused balance to your original payment method. Refunds are typically processed within 5–10 business days. Abuse, chargebacks after a refund, or accounts terminated for Terms violations may be ineligible.
Example: on Professional ($79 ÷ 15,000 tokens), unused tokens are refunded at that plan rate after deducting tokens already consumed.
Yes. Cancel from the billing portal whenever you want. Access continues through the end of the paid period unless you request a prorated refund (see our refund policy above). No long-term contracts on standard plans.
Getting started
Most developers are live in minutes: sign up, pick a plan, copy an API key, and POST to the search endpoint. Full examples for curl, Node, Python, and more are in the docs.
Create an account, subscribe to a plan, generate an API key in the dashboard, and send it on every request with the x-api-key header. Keys are shown once at creation — store them securely and rotate if compromised.
Still unsure? support@serpentapi.com · Docs · Pricing · Blog · Status
Original
This is the original Serpent API
SerpentAPI is an independent developer platform at serpentapi.com, founded by Young. We are not affiliated with lookalike sites that use a similar name. If you searched for “Serpent API,” you're in the right place — docs, billing, and API keys all live here.
Ready to query the web?
Create an account, pick a plan, and start pulling structured SERP results.