SerpApi vs Valyu

Valyu is great for knowledge work that combines specialist datasets, web search and a firm's knowledge base. DeepResearch turns those inputs into cited reports and structured outputs. SerpApi is best known for retrieving search-engine results, including Google rankings, Maps and Shopping data.

TL;DR

Choose Valyu when an assignment needs specialist data, covered licensed publications, internal knowledge base and a research report. SerpApi focuses on search-engine results. The choice depends on whether your application needs search-result data or a research process built around the evidence.

SerpApi vs Valyu at a glance

Research the evidence behind a company claim

An analyst preparing for an earnings call needs to check management's growth story against reported revenue, operating cash flow and customer concentration. An announcement identifies the claim; the filing and financial figures help determine whether it holds up.

Valyu's source catalogue includes SEC filings, financial statements, earnings data and economic indicators alongside the web. Select the sources the assignment needs, then give DeepResearch the questions to investigate:

Review this company's latest 10-K and 10-Q alongside current investor materials. Compare revenue growth, operating cash flow and disclosed customer concentration. Separate management claims from reported figures, flag conflicting evidence and return a cited pre-earnings memo with five questions for management.

The analyst can inspect the cited disclosures, check the calculations and take the unresolved questions into the earnings call. The memo makes the supported findings and remaining assumptions visible to the team.

For biomedical and scientific research, Valyu brings together sources such as PubMed, arXiv, academic papers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL, Open Targets and NCBI records.

For licensed collections, Wiley Health & Life Sciences adds passages from covered full-text publications, with citations and preserved tables. HLS access is enabled per organisation, and coverage is limited to its included publications.

Make the research brief reusable

Valyu DeepResearch lets teams define the question, select search sources and specify the report structure. It conducts the investigation and returns a cited report or structured data. PDF output is supported; generating Word documents or Excel workbooks requires code execution.

Save a useful brief through the Workflows API and reuse it with new inputs. Workflows is in Beta. A pinned version preserves the instructions, while live sources and findings can still change.

Bring the firm's own knowledge into the research

Attach supported PDFs, Word documents or Excel workbooks to an individual DeepResearch task. Tell the agent which assumptions to check and how the documents relate to the external evidence.

For continuing archives, Valyu offers enterprise private indexes and Forward Deployed Engineers who configure retrieval around the team's work. Past memos, lab reports and portfolio reporting can contribute to the same investigation.

Which should you choose?

SerpApi is a fit when your application needs search-engine results, rankings, Maps or Shopping data. Choose Valyu for AI knowledge work that needs specialist evidence, internal documents and cited research reports or reusable briefs.

Test Valyu on an earnings memo or evidence review your team already needs. Select the sources, supply the relevant documents and inspect the citations before using the findings.

Try Valyu, connect through MCP or talk to the team about specialist sources and an enterprise workflow.