specificationVersion: "0.1"
id: serper-plans-pricing
name: Serper Plans and Pricing
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://serper.dev (pricing section + FAQ, read 2026-08-13)
description: >-
  Serper sells prepaid credits, not subscriptions. Four top-up packages are published on
  the homepage, plus a 2,500-credit free trial with no credit card. Price per 1,000
  queries falls from $1.00 to $0.30 as package size rises, and the queries-per-second
  concurrency limit is attached to the package you buy. Credits expire 6 months after
  purchase. Prices exclude sales tax/VAT/GST. Paddle is the merchant of record.
url: https://serper.dev
plan_count: 5

correction:
  date: '2026-08-13'
  detail: >-
    The previous version of this file listed QPS limits of 50/100/150/200/300 for
    Free/Starter/Standard/Scale/Ultimate. Serper's published pricing table states
    50/100/200/300 for Starter/Standard/Scale/Ultimate and states no QPS for the free
    trial. The values below are transcribed from Serper's own page.

plans:
  - name: Free Trial
    description: >-
      2,500 free queries to evaluate the API, with no credit card required. Serper
      publishes no concurrency limit for the trial.
    price: 0.00
    currency: USD
    billingPeriod: one-time
    credits: 2500
    costPer1kCredits: 0.00
    creditExpiry: not published
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerSecond: null
      note: Not stated on Serper's pricing page.
    features:
      - Full access to all published search types
      - Real-time results
      - Customize query location
      - Structured JSON responses
      - X-API-KEY authentication

  - name: Starter
    description: Entry-level prepaid credit package.
    price: 50.00
    currency: USD
    billingPeriod: one-time
    credits: 50000
    costPer1kCredits: 1.00
    creditExpiry: 6 months
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerSecond: 50
    features:
      - Submit 50,000 queries
      - 50 queries per second
      - Real-time results
      - Customize query location
      - Credits valid for 6 months

  - name: Standard
    description: Mid-volume prepaid credit package.
    price: 375.00
    currency: USD
    billingPeriod: one-time
    credits: 500000
    costPer1kCredits: 0.75
    creditExpiry: 6 months
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerSecond: 100
    features:
      - Submit 500,000 queries
      - 100 queries per second
      - Real-time results
      - Customize query location
      - Credits valid for 6 months

  - name: Scale
    description: High-volume prepaid credit package.
    price: 1250.00
    currency: USD
    billingPeriod: one-time
    credits: 2500000
    costPer1kCredits: 0.50
    creditExpiry: 6 months
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerSecond: 200
    features:
      - Submit 2,500,000 queries
      - 200 queries per second
      - Real-time results
      - Customize query location
      - Credits valid for 6 months

  - name: Ultimate
    description: >-
      Largest published credit package, at the lowest per-query rate. Serper's FAQ states
      the 300 QPS default allows roughly 15,000-18,000 searches per minute and that the
      limit can be raised for a specific use case on request.
    price: 3750.00
    currency: USD
    billingPeriod: one-time
    credits: 12500000
    costPer1kCredits: 0.30
    creditExpiry: 6 months
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerSecond: 300
      raisableOnRequest: true
    features:
      - Submit 12,500,000 queries
      - 300 queries per second
      - Real-time results
      - Customize query location
      - Credits valid for 6 months

commercial:
  taxNote: Prices exclude sales tax / VAT / GST.
  merchantOfRecord: Paddle
  paymentMethods:
    - Visa
    - Mastercard
    - American Express
    - Discover
    - PayPal
  refundPolicy: >-
    Full refund within 7 days of the initial credit purchase, unless more than 20% of the
    credits have been used.
  enterprise: >-
    No separate enterprise tier is published; the "Contact us" call to action leads to
    the same signup. Higher concurrency is negotiated on the Ultimate package.

creditCosts:
  note: >-
    Not every query costs one credit. Cost varies by search type and by result count —
    see rate-limits/serper-rate-limits.yml for the full multiplier table read from
    Serper's own playground.