# Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Cloudflare Web Search API

> Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) to Cloudflare Web Search's 61.9 (C) for web search. Cloudflare Web Search is cheaper for web search, $0.25 against $7 per 1,000 requests. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 61.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do web search. Cloudflare Web Search API is cheaper for web search, $0.25 against $7 per 1,000 requests.

- Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: grade BB, 74.3/100, rank #76 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-web-search.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentcore-web-search.json
- Cloudflare Web Search API: grade C, 61.9/100, rank #503 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-web-search.json
- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md
- All 163 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (BB)

Good for: A team already on AWS that wants agents to search the web through a governed MCP gateway, with owner-set domain lists, IAM or OAuth control and queries kept inside AWS.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 90 against 55
- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 63
- Security & auth, 85 against 71
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 80 against 71

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: No error responses for the tool are documented. The only response example has `isError` false

### Cloudflare Web Search API (C)

Good for: Agents and apps already on Cloudflare Workers or AI Gateway that want cheap snippet search ($0.25 per 1,000 with Ceramic.ai) on the same bill and logs as their inference.

Also in its favour:
- Cheaper for web search, $0.25 against $7 per 1,000 requests

Watch for: Open beta, with no SLA found for AI Gateway


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Cloudflare Web Search API | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 55 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +35 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 81 | Cloudflare Web Search API +3 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 63 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +6 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 85 | 71 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +14 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 71 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +9 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 73 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +4 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **74.3 · BB** | **61.9 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Cloudflare Web Search API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Cloudflare, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| Price for web search | $7 per 1,000 requests | $0.25 per 1,000 requests |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement and Service Terms, with an acceptable-use section on the tool's documentation page | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page |
| Tools exposed | 1 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-09-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.** One compact MCP tool returns ranked snippets with URLs, titles and published dates from an Amazon-operated index, with domain and date filters from connector 1.2.0, at $7 per 1,000 queries. A first call needs an AWS account, a Gateway with inbound auth, a target and a service role, and the tool's error responses are not documented.

**Cloudflare Web Search API.** One endpoint that sends a search to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup and returns results in one format, logged and billed through AI Gateway. Ceramic.ai costs $0.25 per 1,000 searches. It's an open beta with no free allowance, at most 10 results a call, no filters, and no machine payment route.

## Before you call either

### Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

1. Call `tools/list` on the gateway and take the tool's name from it. AWS's call examples name gateway tools by target and tool
2. Keep `query` to 200 characters and `maxResults` between 1 and 25 (default 10). The published schema states these limits only in descriptions
3. Check the target's connector version before sending `filters`. Version 1.1.0, the default, exposes only `query` and `maxResults`
4. Keep each result's URL and title with any answer built from it. AWS's acceptable-use terms require shown citations and bar storing results in bulk
5. On a throttled request, wait the `retryAfter` seconds in the error body. The default quota is 10 Web Search requests a second, adjustable

### Cloudflare Web Search API

1. Set `options.gateway.id`. Every account has a gateway named `default`
2. Pass `provider` explicitly. It defaults to Ceramic.ai, whose descriptions can run to 8,000 characters a result
3. Set `limit` to the results you'll read, between 1 and 10
4. Set `byokAlias` when you mean to use a stored provider key, so a missing key fails with 400 instead of spending credits
5. Send `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` if queries shouldn't be stored in gateway logs

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore or Cloudflare Web Search API?

Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 61.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

### Which is cheaper for web search, Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore or Cloudflare Web Search API?

Cloudflare Web Search API, at $0.25 per 1,000 requests against $7 per 1,000 requests for Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.

### Do Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Cloudflare Web Search API need an API key?

Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Cloudflare Web Search API needs an API key.

### Can an agent call Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Cloudflare Web Search API without installing anything?

Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore has a hosted endpoint at https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare Web Search API.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-cloudflare-web-search.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-cloudflare-web-search.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "agentcore-web-search", "b": "cloudflare-web-search"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare agentcore-web-search cloudflare-web-search`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentcore-web-search.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-web-search.json

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