SerpBear Hosting

Sign in with the SerpBear username and password configured for your pod, not your PikaPods account. Upstream names these settings USER_NAME and PASSWORD; do not assume the example values in its Docker instructions are your login.

Add a domain, configure a supported scraper or your own proxies in Settings, and then add the keywords, country and device you want to track. Check the integration guide before choosing a provider: adding keywords does not supply the external search data needed to refresh them.

No. PikaPods sets up and runs SerpBear for you, including OS and app updates and HTTPS. You won't touch Docker or a server. Your files and database stay accessible if you ever want to move them elsewhere.

Yes. Open your pod in a mobile browser, or add its progressive web app to your home screen on a compatible device. This is the web dashboard connected to your server, not a separate native app or an offline rank-tracking engine.

Rank collection needs a supported scraping/SERP API account and key, or proxies you provide. Providers can charge by requests, credits or plan, and deeper checks can consume multiple requests per keyword. Free tiers and Google compatibility change; no unlimited free search-data allowance is included with the pod.

The optional Search Console integration needs a Google Cloud service account with access to your properties. Google Ads keyword research needs Google Cloud OAuth setup, an Ads manager account and developer token with the required access approval. These are not automatic pod features. Email reports also need an SMTP service, which may have its own charges.

Set up incremental backups to S3 in your pod settings for automatic nightly snapshots, or download your files and database yourself. We keep whole-server backups for server failures, but they aren't a per-pod restore service, so your own backup is what protects your data.

You can use SerpBear instead of SERPWatcher and Semrush. PikaPods runs it for you, and you can move your files and database elsewhere.

Both follow your keyword positions over time. SERPWatcher is a hosted tracker with its data included in a Mangools plan. SerpBear runs on your pod, but it gets rankings from a provider or proxies you set up, so you pay for that separately. It focuses on tracking, without the backlink and keyword tools of a full suite.

It focuses on keyword positions, related Google data and keyword research when configured. It is not a backlink database or a full technical site crawler, and a tracked position is not a promise of what every individual Google user will see.

No. You add prepaid credit and your pods are billed by the hour from that balance, rounded up to full hours. There are no contracts or minimum terms: delete a pod anytime and billing stops. Optional automatic top-ups keep your pods running without manual payments.

You do. And you're in full control. If you ever want to download, migrate, edit or delete your data, just enable file and database access for your pod and it will be right there.