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      "slug": "agentcore-web-search",
      "name": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore",
      "vendor": "Amazon Web Services",
      "vendorUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is AWS's managed web search for agents, backed by an Amazon-operated index and knowledge graph. It runs as a connector on an AgentCore Gateway and is called as an MCP tool.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-web-search",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-web-search.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-web-search.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentcore-web-search.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement and Service Terms, with an acceptable-use section on the tool's documentation page",
      "transports": [
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Calls go to the owner's AgentCore Gateway, which takes OAuth JWT bearer tokens from a configured identity provider with allowed scopes, or IAM SigV4 with `bedrock-agentcore:InvokeGateway` on the gateway ARN. A no-authorisation mode exists, which AWS says not to use in production. The gateway's service role needs `bedrock-agentcore:InvokeWebSearch` on `arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:\u003cregion\u003e:aws:tool/web-search.v1`. The agent holds no search credentials. Self-serve once an AWS account exists, with no partner or sales approval.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "$7.00 per 1,000 queries, billed per query with no minimum, plus the Gateway's $0.005 per 1,000 invocations for each `tools/call`. No allowance specific to Web Search. New AWS accounts get up to $200 in Free Tier credits, and the Free Tier FAQ says a payment method isn't required to sign up for most new customers (https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/pricing/, https://aws.amazon.com/free/free-tier-faqs/, checked 2026-10-17).",
      "priceSummary": "$7 / 1k req",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the Gateway or the Web Search Tool, in the docs or on the pricing page. AgentCore payments, a separate component, lets a customer's agents pay third parties over x402 and MPP and is not a way to pay AWS (checked 2026-10-17).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 1,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/gateway-target-connector-web-search-tool.html",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "usage-priced",
        "closed-source",
        "enterprise",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-15",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 74.3,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 76,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1133,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 69,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 90,
          "schema": 78,
          "security": 85,
          "transparency": 77
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "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.",
        "bestFor": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "One tool with three inputs, `query`, `maxResults` and `filters`, of which only `query` is required, returning snippet text, URL, title and published date",
          "Domain include and exclude lists of up to 100 domains, set by the owner on the target, which the agent cannot relax, and per request from connector 1.2.0 with published-date bounds",
          "$7.00 per 1,000 queries is published without a login, plus $0.005 per 1,000 Gateway invocations",
          "Gateway inbound auth is OAuth JWT with allowed scopes or IAM SigV4, and the service role's `InvokeWebSearch` permission names one service-owned ARN",
          "Connector versions follow semver with release dates and a lifecycle from available to retired, and a pinned target keeps its version when the default changes"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No error responses for the tool are documented. The only response example has `isError` false",
          "The default connector version is 1.1.0, so request-level domain and date filters work only on a target pinned to 1.2.0",
          "Available in seven Regions, four of them added on 15 October 2026",
          "Results are third-party page text, and the Web Search pages give no prompt-injection guidance. Gateway guardrail policies are documented separately",
          "No retention period for queries was found. The docs say queries are served inside AWS and not sent to a third-party search engine"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "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",
          "Keep `query` to 200 characters and `maxResults` between 1 and 25 (default 10). The published schema states these limits only in descriptions",
          "Check the target's connector version before sending `filters`. Version 1.1.0, the default, exposes only `query` and `maxResults`",
          "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",
          "On a throttled request, wait the `retryAfter` seconds in the error body. The default quota is 10 Web Search requests a second, adjustable"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3.3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 74.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 69,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 90,
          "schema": 78,
          "security": 85,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "provenanceScore": 93
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "agentcore add gateway-target --name MyWebSearchTarget --type connector --connector web-search --gateway MyGateway \u0026\u0026 agentcore deploy",
        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://$GATEWAY_ID.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/mcp\" \\\n  -H \"Accept: application/json, text/event-stream\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n  -H \"MCP-Protocol-Version: 2025-11-25\" \\\n  -d '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":\"1\",\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{\"name\":\"\u003cWebSearch tool name from tools/list\u003e\",\"arguments\":{\"query\":\"Python 3.13 release date\",\"maxResults\":5}}}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/agentcore-web-search"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "amazon-nova-embeddings",
        "amazon-bedrock-guardrails",
        "amazon-transcribe",
        "amazon-polly",
        "agentcore-memory",
        "agentcore-identity",
        "aws-secrets-manager",
        "aws-mcp-servers",
        "amazon-ses",
        "amazon-location",
        "amazon-translate",
        "amazon-ads-api",
        "amazon-creators-api"
      ],
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search query",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 7,
          "note": "Plus $0.005 per 1,000 Gateway invocations for the `tools/call` itself"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Amazon Web Services, Inc. (regional AWS entities by account location)",
        "domain": "amazon.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1994-11-01",
        "domainNote": "The service pages are under aws.amazon.com and the gateway endpoints on amazonaws.com, an AWS domain. The registration date is the one on our other AWS listings and was not looked up again on 17 October 2026.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/",
        "privacy": "https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status",
        "changelog": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/release-notes.html",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "aws.amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt carries Expires 2027-10-16T16:25:03.000Z, read on 17 October 2026, so it has been renewed since our AgentCore listings of 8 October found it expired. It points to the vulnerability disclosure programme on HackerOne and the policy at vdp.aws.security.",
          "The AWS Service Terms show Last Updated 13 October 2026. No clause names Web Search, and section 50.3, which lets AWS use content from named AI services for improvement, does not list Bedrock or AgentCore.",
          "The Web Search Tool page carries its own acceptable-use section. Users must keep and show the source citations and links with any output that uses a search result, and may not extract, store or reproduce results in bulk or build a competing index.",
          "The AWS Privacy Notice shows Last Updated 18 May 2026 and the sub-processor page 28 July 2026.",
          "The dashboard's history file, read on 17 October 2026, lists one event naming Bedrock AgentCore in the last 90 days, packet loss in one zone of eu-south-2 on 4 October 2026, a Region where Web Search is not sold.",
          "AgentCore release notes carry a month for each entry, not a day. Dated launches are on AWS What's New, and the connector versions page gives a release date for each version."
        ],
        "score": 93
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-web-search.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "agentcore-web-search",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp",
          "method": "mcp-initialize",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:27.322866826Z",
          "lastOk": false,
          "lastStatus": 0,
          "lastMs": 0,
          "lastNote": "invalid character \"{\" in host name",
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 0,
          "uptime30d": 0,
          "p50ms24h": 0,
          "p95ms24h": 0,
          "samples24h": 24,
          "samples30d": 24,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-10-17",
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              "ok": 0
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-18",
              "probes": 3,
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            }
          ],
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            {
              "start": "2026-10-17T22:04:33.041450753Z",
              "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
              "note": "invalid character \"{\" in host name"
            }
          ]
        },
        "mcpTools": {
          "url": "https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:39:39.250816744Z",
          "status": "error",
          "note": "parse \"https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp\": invalid character \"{\" in host name",
          "changedAt": "2026-10-17T22:37:09.365200504Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:27.322866826Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Linkup's 68.9 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Linkup leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "linkup",
      "name": "Linkup",
      "vendor": "Linkup",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.linkup.so",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Web search API for agents with four depths (flash, fast, standard, deep) and three output types (ranked sources, a cited answer, or JSON matching your schema).",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linkup.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/LinkupPlatform/linkup-mcp-server",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "linkup-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "linkup-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "linkup-mcp-server"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Bearer API key. x402 (USDC on Base) works without any key on `/v1/search` and `/v1/fetch`. The hosted MCP takes the key as a Bearer header or, in the documented one-click configs, as `?apiKey=` in the URL.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Accounts opened with a work email get $20 of credit, topped back up to $20 each month (about 4,000 standard searches). Search $0.005 per call for flash, fast or standard with sources, $0.006 with a sourced answer or structured output, deep $0.05 or $0.055. Fetch $0.001 to $0.011 by mode and JavaScript rendering. Research $0.25 (S) to $2.50 (XL). Errors and empty results aren't charged. x402 is a flat $0.01 a request (https://www.linkup.so/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.01 / call",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "Docs list x402 on /v1/search and /v1/fetch at a flat $0.01 a request in USDC on Base with no account. An unauthenticated POST to /v1/search returned 402 with a payment-required header for 10000 base units on eip155:8453 (checked 2026-09-30) (https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/x402).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/fetch",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 4,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 29,
        "npmWeekly": 53872,
        "pypiWeekly": 84459,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.linkup.so",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.linkup.so/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
        "search.answer",
        "search.research",
        "web.extract",
        "search.images"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "async-jobs"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-30",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 68.9,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 219,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1133,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 76,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 88,
          "security": 32,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results. 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that want a cited answer or schema-shaped output from one search call at a fixed price, and for European buyers who want a French vendor with zero retention on request.",
        "strengths": [
          "Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results",
          "x402 on /v1/search and /v1/fetch at $0.01 with no account",
          "Sources, a sourced answer or structured JSON from the same search call",
          "Errors page with a recommended action for every status code",
          "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 claimed, and zero data retention available on request"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`",
          "MCP configs document `?apiKey=` in the URL and an `apiKey=` argument for stdio",
          "10 queries a second per organisation by default",
          "No deprecation policy, and the changelog is dated by month",
          "MCP tools carry no read-only or destructive annotations, and the server has no tests in CI"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "On 429, check the credit balance before backing off. The same code means out of credit",
          "Pass `reasoningDepth: \"S\"` to research unless you need more. The MCP default is L at $1.50",
          "Start with `depth=fast` and `outputType=searchResults`. Deep costs $0.05, ten times as much",
          "Send the key as an `Authorization: Bearer` header, not `?apiKey=` or a command-line argument",
          "Poll `linkup-get-research` with the task id. Research runs take minutes"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 4,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 68.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 76,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 88,
          "security": 32,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 76
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -G https://api.linkup.so/v1/search -H \"Authorization: Bearer $LINKUP_API_KEY\" \\\n  --data-urlencode \"q=What is Microsoft's 2024 revenue?\" -d depth=standard -d outputType=sourcedAnswer",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http linkup https://mcp.linkup.so/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $LINKUP_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "linkup": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "linkup-mcp-server"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "LINKUP_API_KEY": "${LINKUP_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -i -X POST https://api.linkup.so/v1/search -H 'content-type: application/json' \\\n  -d '{\"q\":\"test\",\"depth\":\"standard\",\"outputType\":\"searchResults\"}'\n# 402 -\u003e sign USDC transfer (eip155:8453) -\u003e resend with payment-signature header"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/linkup"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search, standard depth, sources",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "$0.005 a call, $0.006 with sourcedAnswer or structured"
        },
        {
          "item": "Search, deep depth",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
        },
        {
          "item": "Fetch, standard without JS",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Research, reasoning depth S",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.25,
          "note": "M $0.50, L $1.50, XL $2.50"
        },
        {
          "item": "x402 request",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.01,
          "note": "search or fetch, USDC on Base"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Linkup Technologies SAS",
        "domain": "linkup.so",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-04-30",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.linkup.so/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://www.linkup.so/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.linkup.so",
        "changelog": "https://docs.linkup.so/pages/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Registration date from rdap.nic.so. The registry also records a re-registration on 2025-04-01"
        ],
        "score": 76
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "linkup",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:45.55425344Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
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            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
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            {
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 268,
              "ok": 268
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 250,
              "ok": 250
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-11",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-12",
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              "date": "2026-10-13",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-14",
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              "ok": 249
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-15",
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              "ok": 253
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-16",
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            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-17",
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            {
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            }
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        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.linkup.so",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
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  "markdown": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Linkup's 68.9 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Linkup leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do web search. Linkup is cheaper for web search, $5 against $7 per 1,000 requests. Linkup accepts x402. Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore doesn't.\n\n- 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\n- Linkup: grade B, 68.9/100, rank #219 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linkup.json\n- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md\n- All 163 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 70\n- Security \u0026 auth, 85 against 32\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No error responses for the tool are documented. The only response example has `isError` false\n\n### Linkup (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that want a cited answer or schema-shaped output from one search call at a fixed price, and for European buyers who want a French vendor with zero retention on request.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 78\n- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 69\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 80 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Cheaper for web search, $5 against $7 per 1,000 requests\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.3 out of 5\n\nWatch for: 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Linkup | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 70 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 88 | Linkup +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 76 | Linkup +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 85 | 32 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +53 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 80 | Linkup +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 83 | Linkup +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 61 | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **74.3 · BB** | **68.9 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Linkup |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Linkup |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp` | `https://api.linkup.so/v1/search` |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| Price for web search | $7 per 1,000 requests | $5 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | yes, from $0.01/call |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement and Service Terms, with an acceptable-use section on the tool's documentation page | none |\n| Tools exposed | 1 | 4 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-08-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2025-04-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 29 stars, 54k npm/wk, 84k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Linkup.** Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results. 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore\n\n1. 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\n2. Keep `query` to 200 characters and `maxResults` between 1 and 25 (default 10). The published schema states these limits only in descriptions\n3. Check the target's connector version before sending `filters`. Version 1.1.0, the default, exposes only `query` and `maxResults`\n4. 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\n5. On a throttled request, wait the `retryAfter` seconds in the error body. The default quota is 10 Web Search requests a second, adjustable\n\n### Linkup\n\n1. On 429, check the credit balance before backing off. The same code means out of credit\n2. Pass `reasoningDepth: \"S\"` to research unless you need more. The MCP default is L at $1.50\n3. Start with `depth=fast` and `outputType=searchResults`. Deep costs $0.05, ten times as much\n4. Send the key as an `Authorization: Bearer` header, not `?apiKey=` or a command-line argument\n5. Poll `linkup-get-research` with the task id. Research runs take minutes\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore or Linkup?\n\nWeb Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Linkup's 68.9 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Linkup leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Which is cheaper for web search, Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore or Linkup?\n\nLinkup, at $5 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.\n\n### Do Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Linkup need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Linkup per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Linkup without installing anything?\n\nYes. Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore has a hosted endpoint at https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp and Linkup at https://api.linkup.so/v1/search.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-linkup.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-linkup.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"agentcore-web-search\", \"b\": \"linkup\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare agentcore-web-search linkup`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentcore-web-search.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linkup.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore or Linkup\n\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Brave Search API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-brave-search-mcp.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Cloudflare Web Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-cloudflare-web-search.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-deepseek-search-api.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Exa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-exa-mcp.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Firecrawl MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-firecrawl-mcp.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Grep AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-grep-ai.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-serper.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs TinyFish Search](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-tinyfish-search.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-valyu.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-linkup.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Linkup vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Linkup vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [Linkup vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Linkup vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serper.md)\n- [Linkup vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Linkup vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [Linkup vs TinyFish Search](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-tinyfish-search.md)\n- [Linkup vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-valyu.md)\n- [Linkup vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Grep AI vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grep-ai-vs-linkup.md)\n",
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