Comparison

SerpApi vs PricesAPI

SerpApi is a 100+ engine SERP scraper. PricesAPI is one endpoint, focused entirely on shopping. Cheaper at low volume, with merchant-offers built in.

TL;DR

SerpApi is a swiss-army-knife SERP API: Google, Bing, YouTube, Walmart, Yelp, ~100 engines total. If you need 'whatever search results, structured', it's a strong fit. PricesAPI is the opposite shape: one endpoint, shopping-only, with merchant-by-merchant offer data inline on every product. If shopping is your job, our calls are cheaper and the response is built for the job. If you need general SERP coverage, SerpApi wins on breadth.

Side by side

PricesAPI pricing from /pricing. SerpApi pricing from serpapi.com/pricing. Verified 2026-05-02.

Feature	PricesAPI	SerpApi
Free tier	1,000 calls/mo, no card	250 searches/mo, no card
Cheapest paid plan	$49/mo · 25,000 calls	$25/mo · 1,000 searches
Cost per 1,000 calls (cheapest)	$1.96	$25.00
Rate limit (cheapest paid)	60 req/min	200 throughput/hour (~3.3/min)
Shopping coverage	Yes — primary product	Yes — one of 100+ engines
Merchant offers per product	Yes — every /search candidate carries seller, price, condition, shipping inline	Limited — varies by engine, typically just SERP listings
Endpoints to learn	1	100+ (one per engine)
Authentication	Bearer token in Authorization header	?api_key= in query string
Other engines (Bing, YouTube, Yelp, etc.)	No	Yes — 100+ engines

Choose PricesAPI when

✓Shopping is your primary use case (price monitoring, product catalog, e-commerce competitive intel).
✓You want merchant-by-merchant offer data — not just search listings.
✓You want the cheapest cost per call at small-to-medium volume (1k-100k/mo).
✓You prefer a small, focused API surface: one endpoint, fully documented.

Choose SerpApi when

•You need many search engines, not just shopping (Bing, YouTube, Walmart, Yelp, Maps, etc.).
•You're already integrated with SerpApi for non-shopping data and want to keep the contract.
•You need 'U.S. Legal Shield' positioning that SerpApi markets explicitly.

Response shape

PricesAPI · GET /v1/products/search

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "query": "Sony WH-1000XM5",
    "country": "us",
    "products": [
      {
        "pid": 100569554,
        "title": "Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Headphones",
        "price": 348.00,
        "currency": "USD",
        "image": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic...",
        "source": "Amazon.com",
        "rating": 4.7,
        "reviews": 8523,
        "offerCount": 2,
        "offers": [
          { "seller": "Amazon.com", "price": 348.00,
            "currency": "USD", "url": "https://..." },
          { "seller": "Best Buy", "price": 349.99,
            "currency": "USD", "url": "https://..." }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

SerpApi · ?engine=...&q=...

{
  "search_metadata": { ... },
  "search_parameters": { ... },
  "search_information": { ... },
  "shopping_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Sony WH-1000XM5",
      "link": "https://www.google.com/...",
      "product_link": "https://www.google.com/...",
      "product_id": "12345",
      "price": "$348.00",
      "extracted_price": 348.0,
      "source": "Amazon.com",
      "rating": 4.7,
      "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0..."
    }
  ],
  "filters": [ ... ],
  "pagination": { ... },
  "serpapi_pagination": { ... }
}

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