# Arcmira vs Tavily API + MCP (slim)

> Tavily scores 77 (BB) to Arcmira's 64.2 (B) for research search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Tavily API + MCP scores 77 (BB) on agent readiness against Arcmira's 64.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Arcmira leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do research search.

- Arcmira: B 64.2, rank #420 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcmira.min.md
- Tavily API + MCP: BB 77, rank #36 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tavily-mcp.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 Agent ergonomics, 91 against 81; Security & auth, 61 against 52.
- Tavily API + MCP, good for An agent that needs search plus page text in one call and has no account yet. Ahead on Reliability, 90 against 40; Payments & pricing, 75 against 55. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine; Open source; No incidents deducted, where Arcmira loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Arcmira | Tavily API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 90 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 91 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 75 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arcmira | Tavily API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Arcmira, Inc. | Tavily |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.arcmira.com/mcp` | `https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<key>` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | stdio, Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| 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 | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 4 | 5 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.arcmira/arcmira` | `io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-13 | 2026-05-04 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-02 | 2025-11-24 |
| Popularity | 78 stars | 2.4k stars, 452k npm/wk, 1.6M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.6/5 (8) |