apinoa vs Serper
Both return search-engine results as JSON through one API key. This page puts the public facts side by side (price, billing rules, coverage and tools) and leaves the choice to you.
Serper's figures come from its own public pages, read on November 7, 2026. Prices change, so check them there: serper.dev
Price at the Same Volume
apinoa: $0.0012 a search (one unit is one page of results), with the daily discount applied to each day of an even 30-day month. Serper: the credit pack with that many queries. Its credits stay valid for 6 months, so a pack does not have to be used in one month.
| What is compared | apinoa | Serper |
|---|---|---|
| 50,000 searches in a month | $57.60 | $50 (Starter pack) |
| 500,000 searches in a month | $477.60 | $375 (Standard pack) |
| 2,500,000 searches in a month | $1,737.60 | $1,250 (Scale pack) |
Billing
| What is compared | apinoa | Serper |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Prepaid balance, charged per call. No plans and no monthly fee. | Prepaid credit packs, no monthly subscription. The more you buy, the lower the price per query. Credits are valid for 6 months. |
| Price | $0.0012 a search (one page of results), down to 50% off from 30,000 calls a day. | From $1.00 per 1,000 queries (50,000 for $50) down to $0.30 per 1,000 (12.5 million for $3,750). |
| Free use | Up to $1 of free credit per account, no card needed: $0.10 with the first key you create from the command line or an MCP client, the rest on request. | 2,500 free queries, no credit card needed. |
| Failed searches | Not billed. | Credits are deducted for successful responses. |
Coverage
| What is compared | apinoa | Serper |
|---|---|---|
| Web search engines | Baidu, Bing, Daum, DuckDuckGo, Google, Naver, Seznam, Sogou, Yahoo, Yahoo! JAPAN, and Yandex. | Google. |
| Google beyond web search | Web, news, image, video and reverse-image search, places, suggestions, Shopping, Trends, and Google Play. | Images, News, Maps, Places, Videos, Shopping, Scholar, Patents, and Autocomplete. |
| AI answers | ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Naver AI Briefing, and Naver AI Tab. | None listed on its site. |
| Other sources | App Store and Tripadvisor. The same key also reads products from AliExpress, Amazon, Shopify, TikTok Shop, and Walmart, and profiles, posts and comments from Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, Threads, TikTok, X, and YouTube. | Google only. |
Response and Tools
| What is compared | apinoa | Serper |
|---|---|---|
| Response | One schema for every engine: every block on the page, in page order, each with its type and rank. | JSON that follows Google's page: the knowledge graph, organic results, and the other blocks it shows. |
| SDKs and agent tools | TypeScript and Python SDKs, one MCP server for every API (local or hosted), and an OpenAPI document. | No SDK stated on its site. It lists integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, Haystack, and Jan AI. |
Which One Fits
Serper costs less at every volume on this page, from $1.00 down to $0.30 per 1,000 queries, returns results in 1 to 2 seconds, and starts you with 2,500 free queries. It covers Google's Scholar, Patents and Maps too. If Google is all you need, Serper has it for less.
apinoa covers 16 search sources rather than Google alone, and 7 AI answer engines, ChatGPT among them. It does not bill failed calls, and the same key reads marketplaces and social media.