# Can I replace SerpApi with an AI agent?

An API that returns Google, Bing and other search engine result pages as JSON, sold as monthly search plans. Partly. looot covers some of the jobs and not others.

## What SerpApi does and what looot covers

- Google results as JSON: covered. Providers: serper, searchapi-io, dataforseo, serpapi.
- Google Maps and local results: covered. Providers: serper, searchapi-io, dataforseo, serpapi.
- Google News results: covered. Providers: serpapi, serper, dataforseo.
- Google Images results: covered. Providers: serper, dataforseo, serpapi.
- Bing results: covered. Providers: dataforseo, serpapi.
- Google AI Mode answers: partial. Providers: serpapi, dataforseo, cloro. Fewer providers return AI Mode, and the answer shape differs by provider.
- Legal cover for scraped results: not covered. looot passes on each provider's terms and adds no legal shield of its own.

## Agent prompt to replace SerpApi

Use looot to get the Google results for the keywords I give you, in the country I name, and return the top ten organic results for each as a table with position, title and URL. If you have not yet, set up https://looot.ai/skill.md first. Then search the looot catalog for each step, check the price of each endpoint before you call it, run the cheapest one that fits, and show me the results as a table.

## Can an AI agent replace SerpApi?

Partly. An agent running looot can do some of what SerpApi does through catalog endpoints, and the page marks the jobs it cannot do.

## Is there a free SerpApi alternative?

looot has no monthly seat. You pay per call to the provider you pick, and the catalog shows each endpoint's price before you run it. Whether that comes out cheaper than SerpApi depends on your volume.

## What does SerpApi cost?

List prices change, so check SerpApi's own pricing page. This page does not repeat them. The looot side is read live from the catalog on the web version of this page.

## What is a good SerpApi alternative for an AI agent?

An agent with a looot connection can call the providers behind SerpApi's data jobs directly. The providers used here are serper, searchapi-io, dataforseo, serpapi, cloro.

## Which SerpApi features does looot not cover?

Not covered: legal cover for scraped results. Keep SerpApi for those, or use another tool beside looot.

## How do I replace SerpApi with looot?

Paste the agent prompt on this page into your coding agent. It sets up looot, finds the endpoints for each job and runs them. You can edit the prompt to match your own inputs.

## Do I need a SerpApi account to use looot?

No. looot calls its own providers and does not connect to your SerpApi account. Your existing SerpApi data stays where it is.

## Can I still call SerpApi through looot?

Yes. SerpApi is one of the Google results providers in the looot catalog, next to Serper, SearchAPI.io and DataForSEO. Your agent can call SerpApi per search without a SerpApi plan, or pick another provider for the same job.

## Related apps

- /can-i-replace/scraperapi
- /can-i-replace/scrapingbee
- /can-i-replace/tavily

## Last reviewed

2026-11-03. Live prices are on the web page, read from the catalog.

## Agent skill for this page

https://looot.ai/can-i-replace/serpapi/skill.md sets an agent up for exactly the jobs on this page, with the live price of each, and offers the page's starter task once the user has picked a job and seen the price. The line to give an agent is under "Give this to your agent" below.

## For agents

### Give this to your agent

```text
set up looot for SerpApi jobs - https://looot.ai/can-i-replace/serpapi/skill.md
```