TL;DR
Drop-in upgrade for any Serper integration — same shape, richer output.
Feature comparison
Honest, side-by-side. We update this quarterly.
SSerper | ||
|---|---|---|
| Clean markdown output (no HTML mess) | ||
| Structured deep search & enrichment | ||
| Multi-engine (Google, Bing, Brave, DDG) | ||
| Social-native search (X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, HN, LinkedIn) | ||
| Token-compact responses (~70% smaller) | ||
| Source citations with timestamps | ||
| Drop-in OpenAPI / OpenAI tool schema | ||
| Streaming results | ||
| Per-query budget & token limits | ||
| JS-rendered page support | ||
| Free tier | 1,000 / mo | limited |
| Pay-as-you-go pricing |
Clean markdown output (no HTML mess)
Sailor
Serper
Structured deep search & enrichment
Sailor
Serper
Multi-engine (Google, Bing, Brave, DDG)
Sailor
Serper
Social-native search (X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, HN, LinkedIn)
Sailor
Serper
Token-compact responses (~70% smaller)
Sailor
Serper
Source citations with timestamps
Sailor
Serper
Drop-in OpenAPI / OpenAI tool schema
Sailor
Serper
Streaming results
Sailor
Serper
Per-query budget & token limits
Sailor
Serper
JS-rendered page support
Sailor
Serper
Free tier
Sailor
1,000 / moSerper
limitedPay-as-you-go pricing
Sailor
Serper
When to choose Sailor
- You're shipping an AI product where context quality directly drives output quality.
- You want one API for SERPs, page content, and social platforms.
- You care about token cost as much as recall.
- You'd rather migrate later than hit a ceiling now.
When to choose Serper
- You only need raw Google SERP JSON.
- You're cost-optimizing at extreme scale and don't need page bodies.
- You're happy parsing HTML snippets yourself.
Migrate in under 30 minutes
Same payload shape. Same response keys. Drop in and ship.
curl https://google.serper.dev/search \
-H 'X-API-KEY: $KEY' \
-d '{"q":"langchain agents"}'curl https://api.sailorsearch.dev/v1/search \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer $KEY' \
-d '{"q":"langchain agents","format":"markdown"}'Questions, answered
Still curious? Email us at hello@sailorsearch.dev — we usually reply within hours.
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