# SerpWiz

> Real-time search API: Google Search and Google Maps results as JSON. $0.15 per 1,000 queries on every plan ($0.11 with annual prepay). Only successful requests are charged. Rate limits are per account in requests per second: every $10/mo buys 1 RPS. 1,000 free queries/month, no card.

Base URL: https://api.serpwiz.com/v1 — authenticate with the `X-API-Key` header.

## Docs

- [Introduction](https://serpwiz.com/docs/index.md): SerpWiz is a real-time search API: Google Search and Google Maps results as JSON, $0.15 per 1,000 successful queries.
- [Quickstart](https://serpwiz.com/docs/quickstart.md): Make your first SerpWiz API call in under a minute with curl, Python, JavaScript or PHP.
- [Authentication](https://serpwiz.com/docs/authentication.md): Authenticate SerpWiz API requests with an API key in the X-API-Key header.
- [API reference](https://serpwiz.com/docs/api.md): SerpWiz REST API reference: base URL, endpoints, parameters, response headers and errors.
- [Google Search](https://serpwiz.com/docs/google-search.md): GET /v1/google/search — real-time Google results as JSON: organic results, ads, top stories, knowledge panel, People Also Ask and related searches.
- [Google Maps](https://serpwiz.com/docs/google-maps.md): GET /v1/google/maps — Google Maps places as JSON: name, address, rating, reviews, phone, website, coordinates and more.
- [Account](https://serpwiz.com/docs/account.md): GET /v1/account — check your remaining query balance, free allowance, RPS limit and plan. Free to call.
- [Errors](https://serpwiz.com/docs/errors.md): SerpWiz API error format, HTTP status codes and how to handle them. Failed requests are never charged.
- [Rate limits](https://serpwiz.com/docs/rate-limits.md): How SerpWiz rate limits work: requests per second per account, shared across keys, 429 with Retry-After.
- [Credits & billing](https://serpwiz.com/docs/credits.md): How SerpWiz credits work: one balance, valid 12 months from purchase, only successful requests charged.
- [OpenAPI spec](https://serpwiz.com/docs/openapi.md): Download the SerpWiz OpenAPI 3.1 specification to generate clients or give AI agents a machine-readable contract.
- [AI agents & LLMs](https://serpwiz.com/docs/ai-agents.md): Use SerpWiz from AI agents and LLM tools: function-calling schema, llms.txt, Markdown docs and OpenAPI.
- [MCP server](https://serpwiz.com/docs/mcp.md): Connect Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients to live Google Search and Maps results with the hosted SerpWiz MCP server.
- [Migration guides](https://serpwiz.com/docs/migrate.md): Move to SerpWiz from another SERP API: endpoint, parameter and response-field mappings.
- [From SerpApi](https://serpwiz.com/docs/migrate-serpapi.md): Migrate from SerpApi to SerpWiz: map engine=google and google_maps parameters, organic_results and local_results fields, with before/after code.
- [From Serper](https://serpwiz.com/docs/migrate-serper.md): Migrate from Serper to SerpWiz: map google.serper.dev search and places requests, organic and peopleAlsoAsk fields, with before/after code.

## Machine-readable

- [OpenAPI 3.1 spec](https://serpwiz.com/openapi.json): every endpoint, parameter and schema
- [Full docs in one file](https://serpwiz.com/llms-full.txt)
- [API Playground](https://serpwiz.com/playground): build and run requests in the browser (signed-in users)
- [Status (JSON)](https://serpwiz.com/status.json): live component status, 90-day uptime and incidents
- [About SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/about.md): who we are, what SerpWiz does, key facts
- [Affiliate program](https://serpwiz.com/affiliates.md): 10% recurring commission, coupon-code attribution, payouts
- [Changelog](https://serpwiz.com/changelog.md): API changes, newest first (Atom: https://serpwiz.com/changelog.xml)

## Pricing

- [Pricing and plans](https://serpwiz.com/index.md): plan table, free tier, top-ups

## Blog

- [The cheapest Google Search API in 2026: 9 SERP APIs priced at real volumes](https://serpwiz.com/blog/cheapest-google-search-api.md): Entry prices hide credit multipliers, monthly resets and minimum deposits. Here is what 10,000, 100,000 and 1 million Google searches a month actually cost at each major SERP API.
- [How much does it cost to track 1,000 keywords daily?](https://serpwiz.com/blog/rank-tracking-cost.md): A worked cost model for rank tracking with a SERP API: how keywords, depth, frequency, devices and countries multiply into requests, and what that costs per month at each provider.
- [How to scrape Google search results with Python (and what it really costs)](https://serpwiz.com/blog/scrape-google-search-python.md): Why a plain HTTP request no longer works, how to get results with a headless browser, and the costs that appear at scale: proxies, blocks, parsing and servers. Plus the API alternative.

## Optional

- [SerpApi vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/serpapi.md)
- [ScraperAPI vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/scraperapi.md)
- [SearchApi vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/searchapi.md)
- [Zenserp vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/zenserp.md)
- [DataForSEO vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/dataforseo.md)
- [Bright Data vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/bright-data.md)
- [Serper vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/serper.md)
- [Scrapingdog vs SerpWiz](https://serpwiz.com/vs/scrapingdog.md)