# Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs SerpKite (slim)

> Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 74.3 (BB) to SerpKite's 64.8 (B) for web search. 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 SerpKite's 64.8 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. SerpKite leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do web search.

- Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: BB 74.3, rank #76 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-web-search.min.md
- SerpKite: B 64.8, rank #375 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.min.md
- Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, 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; Security & auth, 85 against 37. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them.
- SerpKite, good for Agents that want Google results and the top pages as Markdown in one call at a low per-1,000 price, with spend caps per key. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 78; Agent ergonomics, 92 against 69; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30.

| Category | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 92 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 85 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://{gateway-id}.gateway.bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com/mcp` | `https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for web search | $7 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| 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 SerpKite's terms of service. The SDKs (TypeScript, Python, Go, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK) and the MCP connection repository on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 1 | 14 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.SerpKite/serpkite` |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-03 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2026-10-03 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (2) |