OpenSERP
The facts below are what the maker publishes about OpenSERP, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From OpenSERP's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSERP OSS | Free | Self-hosted · no API key · no request limits from OpenSERP · Docker or Go binary · Free forever; MIT-licensed |
| OpenSERP Cloud | $0.01, paid once | 1 credit per 10 returned web results, rounded up · failed and empty requests are free · credits never expire · higher-cost operations have dynamic pricing · $0.0090 per credit; 60 starter credits included once; no subscription |
The facts
Each one read from OpenSERP's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Data retention
- The privacy policy says API usage records, including limited request parameters, are retained for up to 12 months.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Cloud page lists SDKs, an MCP server, and an n8n node as integration options.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Search Monitor schedules rank checks across Google, Bing, and Yandex, tracks competitors, and provides AI-generated reports.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The terms state a current limit of 60 requests per minute per API key.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- Cloud grants 60 free credits once per new account; purchased credits do not expire and there is no subscription or minimum spend.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- OpenSERP provides a search results API that returns structured results from six search engines.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Results and extraction
- It returns structured search results and can extract page content as text or Markdown.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Search engines
- The API supports Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The privacy policy says OpenSERP uses HTTPS/TLS, hashed passwords, and secure API key storage, and does not store search-result response bodies in billing and operational records.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The open-source engine is MIT-licensed and can be run with Docker or a Go binary on the user's infrastructure.checked 3 Oct 2026
- SERP features
- Responses can include AI summaries, answer boxes, people-also-ask, and related searches.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site provides Cloud support contact by email and Telegram.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- OpenSERP describes use for AI grounding, RAG, research, SEO rank tracking, competitor monitoring, and product data pipelines.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The About page says OpenSERP started in 2023 as a tool its maker built for personal projects.checked 3 Oct 2026
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