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

> Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) to DeepSeek Search and Fetch's 53.2 (D) for web search. DeepSeek Search and Fetch is cheaper for web search, $0.75 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 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.

- 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
- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API: grade D, 53.2/100, rank #795 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-search-api.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 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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 65 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +25 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 55 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +23 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 81 | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API +12 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 85 | 38 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +47 |
| 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 | 42 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +38 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 60 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +17 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **74.3 · BB** | **53.2 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | DeepSeek |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp` | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` |
| 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 | $0.75 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 | none |
| Tools exposed | 1 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (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.


## For agents

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

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