# Arcmira vs Valyu (slim)

> Valyu and Arcmira score within a point of each other for research search, 64.6 and 64.2 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Valyu and Arcmira score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 64.6 (B) and 64.2 (B). Arcmira leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do research search.

- Arcmira: B 64.2, rank #420 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcmira.min.md
- Valyu: B 64.6, rank #403 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/valyu.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 78; Security & auth, 61 against 44; Payments & pricing, 55 against 45. Also Free to start without a card.
- Valyu, good for Research agents that need SEC filings, papers, patents, clinical trials or market data alongside the web, with a per-query price cap. Ahead on Reliability, 53 against 40; Transparency & trust, 78 against 61. Also No incidents deducted, where Arcmira loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Arcmira | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 91 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arcmira | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Arcmira, Inc. | Valyu |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.arcmira.com/mcp` | `https://api.valyu.ai/v1/search` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| 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 | none |
| Tools exposed | 4 | 6 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.arcmira/arcmira` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-12 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-13 | 2025-10-20 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-02 | 2025-10-20 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | 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 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 78 stars | 19 stars, 6.7k npm/wk, 7.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |