# Arcmira vs Cloudflare Web Search API (slim)

> Arcmira scores 64.2 (B) to Cloudflare Web Search's 61.9 (C) for web search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Arcmira scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 61.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Web Search API leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do web search.

- Arcmira: B 64.2, rank #420 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcmira.min.md
- Cloudflare Web Search API: C 61.9, rank #526 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.min.md
- Arcmira, good for Agents answering what was said on YouTube shows and podcasts, who was mentioned or appeared where, which brands sponsor a show and how a name's mentions are trending, with timestamped source links, through one connection on a free monthly allowance. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 81; Agent ergonomics, 91 against 63; Payments & pricing, 55 against 20; Maintenance & community, 84 against 71. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- Cloudflare Web Search API, 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. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 40; Security & auth, 71 against 61; Transparency & trust, 73 against 61. Also No incidents deducted, where Arcmira loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Arcmira | Cloudflare Web Search API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 91 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 71 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arcmira | Cloudflare Web Search API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Arcmira, Inc. | Cloudflare, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.arcmira.com/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for web search | $0.001 per credit | $0.25 per 1,000 requests |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Arcmira's Terms of Service. The MCP server's source is public under an all-rights-reserved notice; the Claude Code plugin, the arcmira TypeScript SDK and CLI and the Python SDK are Apache-2.0, and the Famous rankings are CC BY 4.0 | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page |
| Tools exposed | 4 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.arcmira/arcmira` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-13 | 2025-09-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-02 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 78 stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |