supermarket

Search the web

SerpApi

Scrapes Google, Bing and other search engines on request and returns the result pages as structured JSON or Markdown.

At a glance

Provider
SerpApi, LLC
Category
Search the web
Type
Hosted API
Pricing model
Monthly subscription by search count; cancel anytime1
Free tier
250 searches per month1
Authentication
API key (api_key parameter; Authorization: Bearer header for the MCP server)3
Connect via
REST API, MCP server, SDKs, CLI5
Read from the provider's pages
2026-11-04
Pricing
  • Pricing model: Monthly subscription with a fixed number of searches; unused plan can be topped up by early renewal
  • Free tier: 250 searches per month, 50 searches per hour guaranteed
  • Card required for free tier: Not published
Pricing in full →Tools
  • Official MCP server: Yes, remote and local
  • Address or package: https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp (remote); https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-mcp (self-host, stdio .mcpb bundle)
Tools in full →Authentication
  • Who creates the account: A person signs up; no agent self-signup stated
  • Where to get a key: Dashboard key page https://serpapi.com/manage-api-key
  • Other requirements: Not published
Authentication in full →Setup
  • REST API: https://serpapi.com/search
  • MCP server: https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp
  • OpenAPI spec: Not published
Setup in full →Limits
  • Monthly quota: Set by plan: 250 to 30,000 searches; custom on Enterprise
  • Crawl size: Default 10 pages, maximum 100 per crawl
  • Cache window: Identical searches served from cache for 1 hour
Limits in full →Privacy
  • Data location: United States
  • Retention: Search data deleted automatically 31 days after the search
  • Used for training: Not published
Privacy in full →

Read from SerpApi, LLC’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/search-the-web/serpapi.md