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SiftQ vs
Serper.

SiftQ is a different category — neural-ranked retrieval purpose-built for LLM context, not a Google scraper.

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TL;DR

Serper for research and prototypes. SiftQ for production AI products that cannot depend on a Google ToS gray area.

SiftQ

Why pick us

You are a production AI product and cannot ship on a Google scraper. You need contract-grade reliability and agent-shaped data.

  • ✓Independent index, no Google ToS exposure
  • ✓Agent-shaped responses
  • ✓Structured output
  • ✓Multi-modal
Serper

Why pick them

You need Google SERP cheaply for SEO research or competitive analysis — and you accept the ToS risk of scraping Google.

  • •Cheapest by far
  • •Google-quality results
  • •No setup overhead
  • •Great for SEO/SERP analysis
Side by side

At a glance.

Preview · numbers below are illustrative pending audited benchmarks

SiftQSerper
Backed byown indexGoogle SERP
Cost / 1k queries$3$1
Neural rankingyesno
Structured / agent shapeyesno
Multi-modal scopes105
Google ToS exposurenoneyes
Pricing$0.003/query (~$3/1k).$50 / 50k queries (~$1/1k).
Serper's positioning

Serper is the price-leader for getting Google's SERP back as JSON. Excellent for SEO tooling and simple lookups.

SiftQ's positioning

SiftQ is a different category — neural-ranked retrieval purpose-built for LLM context, not a Google scraper.

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Try it on your
actual workload.

The truest benchmark is your own queries. SiftQ's free tier gives you 1,000 / month, no credit card.

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