Serper
A fast, low-cost Google Search API that gives AI agents and apps structured SERP data in one to two seconds.
About Serper
Serper is a Google Search API for developers. You send a query and get structured JSON back: organic results, knowledge graph, answer box, related searches and "people also ask" data, plus separate endpoints for images, news, maps, places, videos, shopping, Scholar, patents and autocomplete. Serper says results arrive in one to two seconds, which matters when an AI agent is waiting on a tool call before it can answer.
Unlike agent-first search engines that run their own index, Serper is a thin, cheap layer over Google results. That makes it a good fit when you want the ranking and freshness of Google without scraping it yourself, and it is why LangChain ships a ready-made Google Serper wrapper and tool. You get raw results and snippets, so fetching and cleaning full pages is still your pipeline's job.
Pricing is prepaid and volume-based. New accounts get 2,500 free queries with no credit card, and the pricing page lists Starter ($50), Standard ($375), Scale ($1,250) and Ultimate ($3,750) packs, with the headline rate starting at $0.30 per 1,000 queries. Serper does not publish founding year, headquarters or team size on its homepage, so those fields are left blank here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Serper?
Serper is a Google Search API that returns structured JSON for web, image, news, maps, places, video, shopping, Scholar, patent and autocomplete queries. Developers use it to give AI agents and apps live Google results without scraping.
How much does Serper cost?
New accounts get 2,500 free queries with no credit card. Paid packs listed on the pricing page are Starter $50, Standard $375, Scale $1,250 and Ultimate $3,750, and the site advertises rates starting at $0.30 per 1,000 queries. Third-party comparisons put the entry-level rate near $1 per 1,000.
Is Serper free?
There is a free allowance of 2,500 queries and no credit card is required. After that you buy a prepaid pack.
Can I use Serper with LangChain and AI agents?
Yes. LangChain documents a GoogleSerperAPIWrapper utility and a google-serper tool, both configured by setting a SERPER_API_KEY environment variable.
How is Serper different from Tavily, Exa or Brave Search API?
Serper returns Google results as raw SERP data. Tavily, Exa and Firecrawl add extraction, semantic ranking or crawling aimed at LLMs, and Brave runs its own independent index. Serper is usually the cheaper option when you only need search results.
Does Serper return full page content?
No. It returns titles, links, snippets and other SERP elements. To read full pages you need to fetch them separately or pair Serper with an extraction tool such as Firecrawl.
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