Track 1,000 keywords daily
One rank check per keyword bills 1 credit. A daily sweep across 1,000 terms runs about $234.78/month.
~1,000 credits / day
Pricing
Simple, usage-based pricing
One flat price per credit across every engine. Failed queries and errors cost nothing. No subscription, no minimum.
What you get
- Every engine at one flat rate - Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu, and more
- Only successful results are billed; errors and empty pages are free
- Credits never expire - no subscription, no monthly reset
GoogleBingYandexBaiduDuckDuckGoEcosia
per credit
$0.0078
effective with +15% founder credit bonus$0.0090
1,000 searches for $7.83
Start for free60 starter credits - about 60 first-page searches. No card required.
Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly spend
One flat price per credit. Errors and empty responses are never charged.
Founder credit bonus: +15%% forever
Effective rate
$0.0078per search
You paySave 13%
$225.00$195.65/ mo
25,000 searches. URL extraction bills from 1 credit per page.
Running at scale? Contact us about volume pricing for high-throughput workloads.
What that buys, in practice
The same credits, mapped to work teams actually run.
Ground 10,000 answers
Feed live search results into a model. 10,000 grounding queries cost about $78.26, with no per-token search markup.
~10,000 credits
Monitor 50 clients
Run a weekly multi-engine check for 50 clients across two engines - roughly $3.13/month at this rate.
~5,200 credits / month
Estimates at the current per-credit rate. Move the calculator above to price your own volume.
How OpenSERP compares
The trade-offs that decide a search API, not just the sticker price.
| OpenSERP | Typical SERP API | AI-search API | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subscription for best rate | Never | No | Monthly plan |
| Minimum to start | Free credits, no deposit | ~$50 deposit | Free, then plan |
| Pricing model | One flat rate, every engine | Queue tiers + per-parameter | Basic vs advanced (2× credits) |
| True engine rank + snippet | Exact ranks | Exact ranks | Synthesized / re-ranked |
| Yandex + Baidu | Included | Partial | Not supported |
Generalized across common SERP and AI-search providers. OpenSERP optimizes for flat, predictable pricing and the real, verbatim results page, not the lowest possible per-call rate.
How billing works
Simple, usage-based credits. You only pay for results you actually get back.
1 credit = a search's first page
A single-engine web search bills 1 credit per 10 returned result positions, rounded up. A default search (up to 10 results) is 1 credit; a deep search returning 30 is 3. Dynamic operations show their own estimate.
Errors and empty pages are free
If a request fails or returns nothing, you are not charged. You only spend credits on real, structured results.
60 free credits to start
Every new account gets 60 free credits, about 60 first-page searches. No card required, and nothing to cancel.
Paid credits never expire
Top up once and draw down at your own pace. Purchased credits have no monthly reset, no use-it-or-lose-it, and no surprise renewals.
What a credit buys
| Single-engine web search | 1 credit / 10 returned results |
| Deep web search (limit > 10) | 1 credit / 10 returned results |
| URL extraction | 1-3 credits / page |
| Image search | Scales with images returned |
| Fast & Any search | 1 credit |
| Balanced megasearch | Depends on number of engines used |
Read the live rate and exact per-operation cost from /v1/pricing instead of hardcoding values.
Pricing questions
What is a credit?
A credit is the billing unit across OpenSERP Cloud. For single-engine web search, billing is 1 credit per 10 returned result positions, rounded up - so a default search (up to 10 results) is 1 credit and a deep search returning 53 results is 6. This is result count, not query count. Image search, extraction, and balanced megasearch use dynamic pricing.
Do failed requests cost credits?
No. Errors, timeouts, and empty result pages are never charged. You only spend credits on successful responses with real data.
Is there a subscription or minimum?
Neither. Credits are pay-as-you-go with no recurring fee and no minimum spend. Start with a few dollars and scale when you need to.
Do credits expire?
No. Purchased credits never expire. Top up once and draw down at your own pace with no monthly reset and no surprise renewals.
Are the free credits recurring?
No. The 60 free credits are a one-time grant for new accounts. After they run out you top up and pay per search, with no subscription and no monthly reset.
How do I pay?
Top up your balance from the dashboard. Credits are added the moment your payment confirms and never expire.
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