- SerpApi covers far more engines and offers legal guarantees and specialized APIs.
- Semscraper focuses on Google Search and Google Maps, with no subscription and a balance that never expires.
- Based on our reading of public prices, 1,000 keywords on page 1 cost €0.30 at Semscraper versus $15 at SerpApi.
In short
- Pick SerpApi if you need many engines (Bing, YouTube, Amazon, Google Scholar…) or specialized APIs such as full-text Google Maps reviews.
- Pick Semscraper if your need is Google Search and Google Maps, at high volume, with real pagination, pixel position and AI Overviews, at the best price and with no subscription.
Price
SerpApi works on a monthly subscription with a number of searches included: a free plan with 250 searches, then plans at $25, $75, $150 and $275 per month, and custom pricing. Semscraper works on credit: you top up the amount of your choice, each SERP is deducted, and your balance never expires.
Since Google stopped showing 100 results per page, each results page counts as one search. Here is the cost per 1,000 keywords by depth, based on our reading of the public price lists:
| Depth | Semscraper | SerpApi |
|---|---|---|
| 1 page (top 10) | €0.30 | $15 |
| 3 pages (top 30) | €0.70 | $45 |
| 5 pages (top 50) | €1.10 | $75 |
| 10 pages (top 100) | €2.10 | $150 |
SerpApi pricing varies with plan and volume: check their price list before deciding. Our full comparison, including DataForSEO, is on the pricing page.
Features
| Criterion | Semscraper | SerpApi |
|---|---|---|
| Engines | Google Search and Google Maps | Over a hundred APIs: Google, Bing, YouTube, Amazon… |
| Model | Credit, no subscription, balance never expires | Monthly subscription with searches included |
| Pixel position | Included on every result | Offered, flagged as beta |
| Pagination | Up to 10 pages per request, real page of each result | One search per page |
| AI Overviews | Synchronous and asynchronous, with cited brands, sources and panel | Offered |
| Google Maps reviews | Rating, review count and displayed snippet | Dedicated full-text reviews API |
| Guarantees | – | “U.S. Legal Shield”, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 |
| Site and support language | French and English | English |
Where SerpApi does better
The catalogue: if your product needs to query several engines, SerpApi covers far more ground. Its documentation is very thorough, with a page per engine and per result type, and a playground to test. Its legal guarantees and certifications reassure large accounts.
Where Semscraper does better
Cost at high volume on Google, first, by a wide margin according to the public price lists. Then position data: every result carries its rank within its block, its rank on the page, its real page and its pixel position, at no extra cost. Finally AI Overviews: every SERP is rendered in a real browser that waits for AI Overviews loading late, nearly one in two according to our study of one million keywords.
Migrating from SerpApi
The concepts map one to one: a keyword, a location, a language, a device, a depth. On the Semscraper side, you send batches via POST, then fetch by ID or receive a callback. The 1,000 free requests let you compare results on your own keywords before switching. The parameter list is on the Google Search API page.
