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The `cloudflare` SDKs are Apache-2.0, `ai-search-provider` is MIT and the OpenAPI repository is BSD-3-Clause", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "cloudflare" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "cloudflare" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "ai-search-provider" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A Cloudflare API token as a Bearer header, created by a person in the dashboard, with the AI Search permission at Read, Run or Edit on an account. The search guide asks for Edit and Run. Tokens take an expiry and an IP address filter, and the OpenAPI also accepts the legacy global API key with an email. Public endpoints (`/search`, `/chat/completions`, `/mcp`) take no authentication unless the owner puts a custom domain behind Cloudflare Access, which then needs a service token in two headers. Inside a Worker the binding needs no token.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Billing starts on 1 November 2026. Each month every account gets 5 million ingestion tokens, 10 GB-month of storage, 1,000 semantic and 1,000 full-text queries. Beyond that, $0.75 per million ingestion tokens (plus $0.50 for images and OCR), $2.00 per GB-month, $0.75 per 1,000 semantic or hybrid queries and $0.10 per 1,000 full-text queries. Generation and query rewriting bill through Workers AI or AI Gateway (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/platform/limits-pricing/, checked 2026-10-17).", "priceSummary": "$0.75 / 1k req", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "The AI Search docs, pricing page and OpenAPI operations mention no x402, MPP or L402. AI Gateway Machine Payments covers only POST /ai/run for four open models (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/platform/limits-pricing/, checked 2026-10-17).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 1, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 86, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudflare/api-schemas/main/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "db.hybrid", "db.vector", "db.fulltext", "db.filters", "db.serverless", "knowledge.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-based", "free-tier", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "openai-compatible", "streaming", "typescript", "python", "cli", "status-page", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 73.5, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 92, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 45, "reliability": 70, "schema": 89, "security": 68, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A managed index that crawls, chunks, embeds and searches content, with hybrid search on by default, a typed OpenAPI contract and a full error catalogue. Generally available since 1 October 2026, with billing from 1 November. Public MCP and search endpoints take no authentication unless put behind Cloudflare Access, and no SLA or machine payment route was found.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Cloudflare that want a managed retrieval index over their own documents or website, with hybrid search and a ready MCP endpoint, without running a vector database.", "strengths": [ "Hybrid vector and BM25 search on by default, with metadata filters applied before retrieval", "Error catalogue with code, HTTP status and recommended action for every documented failure", "Public OpenAPI with enums and bounds on retrieval options, plus llms.txt and Markdown pages", "Every account gets 1,000 semantic and 1,000 full-text queries and 10 GB-month of storage free each month", "Files uploaded to built-in storage are indexed on upload, with no sync job" ], "weaknesses": [ "Public endpoints, including MCP, answer anyone with the URL unless a custom domain sits behind Cloudflare Access", "No SLA for AI Search found", "No x402 or other machine payment route. A person signs up and creates the token", "At most 50 results a query, with no pagination of search results", "The search guide asks for Edit and Run permissions for a read, and the OpenAPI still tags operations beta" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use `/ai-search/namespaces/default/instances/{id}/search`. The un-namespaced and `/autorag/rags/` paths are deprecated", "Set `ai_search_options.retrieval.max_num_results` (1 to 50, default 10) and `match_threshold` (default 0.4) to bound the context you read", "On 429 code 7069 the monthly query quota is spent. Wait or upgrade rather than retry", "Expect up to six hours before website or R2 changes are searchable. Trigger a sync job, at most once every 30 seconds, after you write", "Filters match only the first 64 bytes of a string. 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We didn't re-read them for this listing.", "www.cloudflare.com/.well-known/security.txt, read on 17 October 2026, names HackerOne and a disclosure policy and has no Expires field. It is recorded as valid to match the other Cloudflare listings.", "The service-specific terms of 28 September 2026 have no AI Search section. Vectorize, R2 and Workers fall under the Developer Platform section.", "The REST endpoints are on api.cloudflare.com and public endpoints on search.ai.cloudflare.com.", "The status page lists AI Search as its own component, operational on 17 October 2026." ], "score": 95 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.json", "live": { "slug": "cloudflare-ai-search", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "indicator": "major", "summary": "Partial System Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:18.743113772Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/platform/release-note/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:59:22.507495336Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b6f792cd538f" }, { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/platform/limits-pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:59:20.518509532Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8f0bdb38f9de" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:18.743113772Z" } }, "answer": "Cloudflare AI Search and Qdrant API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 73.5 (BB) and 73.3 (BB). Qdrant API + MCP leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "qdrant", "name": "Qdrant API + MCP", "vendor": "Qdrant", "vendorUrl": "https://qdrant.tech", "kind": "http-api", "category": "vector-search", "summary": "Open-source vector database written in Rust, run yourself or on Qdrant Cloud.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qdrant", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qdrant.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qdrant.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qdrant.json", "repo": "https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "stdio", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.cloud.qdrant.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "qdrant-client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@qdrant/js-client-rest" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mcp-server-qdrant" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Cluster requests take a database API key in the `api-key` header or as a Bearer token. Qdrant Cloud keys can be read-only or read-write, limited to chosen collections, and expire after 90 days by default. The Cloud management API at api.cloud.qdrant.io uses separate management keys. The MCP server reads `QDRANT_URL` and `QDRANT_API_KEY`.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Qdrant Cloud Free is a single-node cluster with 0.5 vCPU, 1 GB RAM and 4 GB disk, no card, suspended after 1 week unused and deleted after 4 weeks. Standard is billed hourly on CPU, memory and disk, with no rate card on the page, only a calculator. Premium has a minimum spend, and Hybrid Cloud and Private Cloud are priced on request. Payment by card or through the AWS, GCP or Azure marketplaces. Self-hosting the Apache-2.0 database is free, you pay for your own servers (https://qdrant.tech/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or per-call payment support in the docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 2, "popularity": { "githubStars": 34889, "npmWeekly": 1138118, "pypiWeekly": 2979954, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/", "llmsTxt": "https://qdrant.tech/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qdrant/qdrant/master/docs/redoc/master/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "db.vector", "db.hybrid", "db.fulltext", "db.filters" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "read-only-mode", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 73.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 95, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 87, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 30, "reliability": 70, "schema": 87, "security": 83, "transparency": 83 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "GHSA-f632-vm87-2m2f, high severity, arbitrary file write through the `/logger` endpoint. The fix (\"Restrict /logger API\", #7527) landed on 13 November 2025 and shipped in v1.16.0, and the advisory was published on 5 February 2026. Fixed and disclosed, so a small deduction (https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/security)." ], "verdict": "Database keys can be read-only, limited to chosen collections and expire after 90 days by default. The MCP server has 2 tools, can't manage collections, exposes filters only through settings its README doesn't document, and last released on 10 December 2025.", "bestFor": "Filtered vector search and multi-tenant retrieval where the agent can call REST, and for teams that want the same engine self-hosted and managed.", "strengths": [ "Database keys can be read-only, limited to chosen collections and expire after 90 days by default", "429 responses carry `Retry-After` in seconds, and `wait=true` makes writes read-your-own-write", "Published SLAs from 99.5% on Standard to 99.95% with multi-AZ", "OpenAPI file in the repo, llms.txt over 684 Markdown pages, clients in six languages", "Three server releases in 90 days, the latest v1.19.2 on 5 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP server has 2 tools, can't manage collections, and last released on 10 December 2025", "Some Azure Germany West Central clusters were unavailable for 1 hour 54 minutes on 8 October 2026", "MCP filtering needs 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Both do db hybrid.\n\n- Cloudflare AI Search: grade BB, 73.5/100, rank #92 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.json\n- Qdrant API + MCP: grade BB, 73.3/100, rank #95 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qdrant.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qdrant.json\n- Best vector search and retrieval databases for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/vector-search/index.md\n- All 98 retrieval comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vector-search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cloudflare AI Search (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Cloudflare that want a managed retrieval index over their own documents or website, with hybrid search and a ready MCP endpoint, without running a vector database.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 30\n\nWatch for: Public endpoints, including MCP, answer anyone with the URL unless a custom domain sits behind Cloudflare Access\n\n### Qdrant API + MCP (BB)\n\nGood for: Filtered vector search and multi-tenant retrieval where the agent can call REST, and for teams that want the same engine self-hosted and managed.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 83 against 68\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 78\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 73\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The MCP server has 2 tools, can't manage collections, and last released on 10 December 2025\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cloudflare AI Search | Qdrant API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 70 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 87 | Cloudflare AI Search +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 87 | Cloudflare AI Search +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 83 | Qdrant API + MCP +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 45 | 30 | Cloudflare AI Search +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 85 | Qdrant API + MCP +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 83 | Qdrant API + MCP +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.5 · BB** | **73.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cloudflare AI Search | Qdrant API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Qdrant |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.cloud.qdrant.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| Price for db hybrid | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement. The `cloudflare` SDKs are Apache-2.0, `ai-search-provider` is MIT and the OpenAPI repository is BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 1 | 2 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | 2021-12-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 86 npm/wk | 35k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 3M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3.6/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cloudflare AI Search.** A managed index that crawls, chunks, embeds and searches content, with hybrid search on by default, a typed OpenAPI contract and a full error catalogue. Generally available since 1 October 2026, with billing from 1 November. Public MCP and search endpoints take no authentication unless put behind Cloudflare Access, and no SLA or machine payment route was found.\n\n**Qdrant API + MCP.** Database keys can be read-only, limited to chosen collections and expire after 90 days by default. The MCP server has 2 tools, can't manage collections, exposes filters only through settings its README doesn't document, and last released on 10 December 2025.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cloudflare AI Search\n\n1. Use `/ai-search/namespaces/default/instances/{id}/search`. The un-namespaced and `/autorag/rags/` paths are deprecated\n2. Set `ai_search_options.retrieval.max_num_results` (1 to 50, default 10) and `match_threshold` (default 0.4) to bound the context you read\n3. On 429 code 7069 the monthly query quota is spent. Wait or upgrade rather than retry\n4. Expect up to six hours before website or R2 changes are searchable. Trigger a sync job, at most once every 30 seconds, after you write\n5. Filters match only the first 64 bytes of a string. Use a `$gte`/`$lt` range on `folder` to match a folder and its subfolders\n\n### Qdrant API + MCP\n\n1. Create payload indexes on the fields you filter on, or filtered search slows on large collections\n2. Use `/points/query` with `prefetch` to fuse dense and BM25 results\n3. Pass `wait=true` on upserts when the next step reads its own writes\n4. On 429, wait for the `Retry-After` seconds before retrying\n5. Set `with_vector=false` unless the task needs vectors, since they dominate response size\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare AI Search or Qdrant API + MCP?\n\nCloudflare AI Search and Qdrant API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 73.5 (BB) and 73.3 (BB). Qdrant API + MCP leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Cloudflare AI Search and Qdrant API + MCP need an API key?\n\nCloudflare AI Search takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Qdrant API + MCP needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Cloudflare AI Search and Qdrant API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. Qdrant API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cloud.qdrant.io.\n\n### Are Cloudflare AI Search and Qdrant API + MCP open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. Qdrant API + MCP is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-search-vs-qdrant.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-search-vs-qdrant.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cloudflare-ai-search\", \"b\": \"qdrant\"}`. 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