# SerpAPI: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/serpapi/
Covers: December 2025 to July 20, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "SerpAPI: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/serpapi/, updated 2026-11-11

> SerpAPI is on the social monitoring map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated July 20, 2026.

Real-time search-engine scraping API returning parsed results from Google and other engines. Queries can use normal search operators such as site scope. Source: [serpapi.com](https://serpapi.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [serpapi.com](https://serpapi.com/)
- Founded: [2017](https://www.webull.com/news/15431976956085248)
- Category: Search APIs
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-serpapi)

Real-time search-engine scraping API returning parsed results from Google and other engines. Queries can use normal search operators such as site scope. Source: [serpapi.com](https://serpapi.com/).

- Category: Search APIs
- Price: Free $0 for 250 searches; Starter $25 for 1,000; Developer $75 for 5,000; Production $150 for 15,000; Big Data $275 for 30,000; Enterprise custom.
- Platforms: LinkedIn
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed user or customer base (Homepage 'They trust us' names Nvidia, Shopify, Perplexity, Adobe as customers; no count.)
- Founded: [2017](https://www.webull.com/news/15431976956085248)

Sources: [serpapi.com](https://serpapi.com/), [serpapi.com](https://serpapi.com/pricing) and [webull.com](https://www.webull.com/news/15431976956085248).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### The court granted our motion to dismiss

Ruling, July 20, 2026. Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismissed both DMCA 1201 claims. No leave to amend for results without copyrighted content; leave to amend on Knowledge Panel claims (21 days).

Source: [PPC Land](https://ppc.land/google-loses-dmca-bid-to-treat-search-scraping-like-dvd-piracy/). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-serpapi).

### Google files DMCA 1201 suit targeting SerpApi's SERP scraping

Lawsuit, December 2025. Google sued SerpApi in N.D. Cal. under DMCA 1201(a)(1) and (a)(2), alleging it bypassed SearchGuard and resold copyrighted content in Search features.

Source: [Search Engine Journal](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-files-dmca-suit-targeting-serpapis-serp-scraping/563847/). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-serpapi).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology