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A Serper alternative.
Serper advertises $0.30 per 1,000, but you only get that rate by spending $3,750 at once. Its $50 pack works out at $1.00 per 1,000. Plainserp charges $0.30 per 1,000 searches from the first dollar, starting at $6.
Serper prices were read from its own public pages on 7 October 2026 and may have changed since.
What it costs
The same searches, priced both ways.
| Searches a month | Serper | Plainserp |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $1.00At the Starter rate. The smallest pack you can buy is $50 | $0.303 times cheaper |
| 10,000 | $10.00At the Starter rate. The smallest pack you can buy is $50 | $3.003 times cheaper |
| 100,000 | $100.00At the Starter rate, or $75.00 at the Standard rate after a $375 purchase | $30.003 times cheaper |
On top of that, every new Plainserp account starts with 1,000 free searches. Your balance never expires and there is no plan to cancel.
How Serper charges
Prepaid credit packs with no subscription. The rate drops as the pack gets bigger. Credits are valid for 6 months.
- Free
- 2,500 queries, no card needed
- Starter
- $50 for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000)
- Standard
- $375 for 500,000 credits ($0.75 per 1,000)
- Scale
- $1,250 for 2.5M credits ($0.50 per 1,000)
- Ultimate
- $3,750 for 12.5M credits ($0.30 per 1,000)
Side by side
| Topic | Serper | Plainserp |
|---|---|---|
| What you get back | Organic results plus knowledge graph, People also ask and related searches | Organic results only: position, title, link and snippet |
| Billing | Prepaid credit packs, $50 smallest | Pay as you go from a prepaid balance. $0.30 per 1,000 searches, no plan |
| Rate | $1.00 per 1,000 on the $50 pack, down to $0.30 on the $3,750 pack | $0.30 per 1,000 searches at every size |
| Free tier | 2,500 queries | 1,000 searches free on sign-up, once |
| Expiry | Credits are valid for 6 months | Balance does not expire |
| Throughput | 50 queries a second on Starter, up to 300 on Ultimate | 300 requests a minute on every account |
Choose Plainserp when
- You spend less than $3,750 at a time. Below that, Plainserp costs up to 70% less per search.
- You'd rather start with $6 than $50.
- You don't want credits that run out after 6 months.
- You want page text as Markdown from the same API, at $2.50 per 1,000 pages.
Where Serper still fits
- You need the knowledge graph, People also ask or related searches in the response.
- You need hundreds of searches a second.
Sources
Checked on 7 October 2026. Plainserp is not affiliated with Serper, and Serper is a name of its owner. If a figure here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.