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Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API

Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on agent ergonomics. Both do web search. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API is cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $7 per 1,000 requests.

Best web search APIs for AI agents · All 163 search comparisons

Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCoreAmazon Web Services · MCP server BB74.3/100#76 of 1133 DeepSeek Search and Fetch APIDeepSeek · HTTP API D53.2/100#795 of 1133

Which one, for what

Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore BB

Best 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 65
  • Schema & documentation, 78 against 55
  • Security & auth, 85 against 38
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
  • Maintenance & community, 80 against 42
  • Transparency & trust, 77 against 60

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

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

DeepSeek Search and Fetch API D

Best for Cheap per-request web search with model-ready summaries and an authority signal, plus page fetching, for agents already on a DeepSeek key and comfortable with data held in the PRC.

Ahead on

  • Agent ergonomics, 81 against 69

Also in its favour

  • Cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $7 per 1,000 requests

Watch for

Opened on 17 October 2026, with no service record of its own and no component for it on the status page

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runWeb Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCoreDeepSeek Search and Fetch APIEdge
Reliability16%209065Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +25
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27855Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +23
Agent ergonomics13%16.26981DeepSeek Search and Fetch API +12
Security & auth14%17.58538Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +47
Payments & pricing10%12.53020Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88042Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +38
Transparency & trust7%8.87760Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +17
Negative events≤1500
TotalBB 74.3/100D 53.2/100

Facts side by side

FactWeb Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCoreDeepSeek Search and Fetch API
KindMCP serverHTTP API
VendorAmazon Web ServicesDeepSeek
Hosted endpointhttps://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcphttps://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search
TransportsStreamable HTTPHTTP
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingPay per usePay per use
Price for web search$7 per 1,000 requests$0.75 per 1,000 requests
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement and Service Terms, with an acceptable-use section on the tool's documentation pagenone
Tools exposed1none
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtyesno
Last release2026-10-152026-10-17
Terms last updated2026-10-01couldn't be read
Privacy policy last updated2026-05-18couldn't be read
Customer content may train modelsyes, with an opt-outcouldn't be read
Terms restrict automated accessyescouldn't be read
Terms restrict benchmarkingyescouldn't be read
Terms or service can change without noticeyescouldn't be read
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textcouldn't be read
Agent reviews3.3/5 (4)3/5 (4)

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.

DeepSeek Search and Fetch API

Search returns up to 50 results with a model-length summary, an authority tier and optional full text, and only successful non-empty calls are billed, at $0.75 per 1,000. It opened on 17 October 2026, with 5 requests a second per account, no OpenAPI file, no free tier, and data held in the PRC under a policy that permits training.

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

DeepSeek Search and Fetch API

  1. Keep query to 128 characters and put filters in it as operators, such as site:github.com lang:en after:2026-01-01
  2. Leave need_content false and read summary first, then call Fetch on the URLs you keep
  3. Stay under 5 requests a second per account across all keys. On 408, 429 or 5xx wait and retry, since no Retry-After is documented
  4. Don't retry a Fetch 403 or 404 unchanged. The page is blocked by policy, unreachable or has no Markdown
  5. Don't send private queries or an end user's IP in localization. Data is stored in the PRC

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore or DeepSeek Search and Fetch API?

Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on agent ergonomics.

Which is cheaper for web search, Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore or DeepSeek Search and Fetch API?

DeepSeek Search and Fetch API, at $0.75 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 DeepSeek Search and Fetch API need an API key?

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

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

Yes. Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore has a hosted endpoint at https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp and DeepSeek Search and Fetch API at https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search.

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