{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cloudflare-ai-search", "name": "Cloudflare AI Search", "vendor": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.cloudflare.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "vector-search", "summary": "Cloudflare's managed retrieval service, formerly AutoRAG, indexes websites, R2 buckets and uploaded files and answers natural-language queries with vector, keyword or hybrid search, through a REST API, a Workers binding or a per-instance MCP endpoint.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-search", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.json", "license": "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", "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. Use a `$gte`/`$lt` range on `folder` to match a folder and its subfolders" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 45, "reliability": 70, "schema": 89, "security": 68, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 95 }, "connect": { "install": "npx wrangler ai-search create docs-search --type builtin", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/\u003cACCOUNT_ID\u003e/ai-search/namespaces/default/instances/\u003cINSTANCE_NAME\u003e/search\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_TOKEN\u003e\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"content\": \"What is Cloudflare?\",\n \"role\": \"user\"\n }\n ]\n }'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "ai-search": { "url": "https://\u003cPUBLIC_ENDPOINT_ID\u003e.search.ai.cloudflare.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/db.hybrid", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cloudflare-ai-search" }, "sameCompany": [ "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "cloudflare-workers-ai", "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk", "cloudflare-web-search", "cloudflare-cli", "cloudflare-mcp", "cloudflare-email-service", "cloudflare-r2", "cloudflare-clef" ], "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Semantic, vector or hybrid queries beyond 1,000 a month", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.75 }, { "item": "Full-text queries beyond 1,000 a month", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.1 }, { "item": "Ingestion beyond 5 million tokens a month", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 0.75 }, { "item": "Image processing and OCR, on top of ingestion", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 0.5 }, { "item": "Storage beyond 10 GB-month", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 2 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "domain": "cloudflare.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-02-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/", "statusPage": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "changelog": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/platform/release-note/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "Legal entity, domain date, terms and privacy follow the Workers AI listing's check of 9 October 2026. 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 scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Upstash Vector API + MCP's 62.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Upstash Vector API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "upstash-vector", "name": "Upstash Vector API + MCP", "vendor": "Upstash", "vendorUrl": "https://upstash.com/vector", "kind": "http-api", "category": "vector-search", "summary": "Serverless vector database billed per request.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/upstash-vector", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/upstash-vector.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/upstash-vector.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/upstash-vector.json", "repo": "https://github.com/upstash/vector-js", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.upstash.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@upstash/vector" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "upstash-vector" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@upstash/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Data plane uses a per-index REST token as Bearer (UPSTASH_VECTOR_REST_URL plus UPSTASH_VECTOR_REST_TOKEN), with a separate read-only token per index. The Developer API (api.upstash.com) and the MCP server use account email plus API key; read-only API keys exist. The hosted MCP endpoint defaults to OAuth and lets you pick a read-only grant at consent.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 10,000 queries and updates a day, 1 GB data, 200M vectors times dimensions, up to 1,536 dimensions. Pay as you go $0.40 per 100,000 requests plus $0.25 per GB storage, 200 GB bandwidth a month free then $0.03 per GB, up to 50 GB data and 3,072 dimensions. Fixed plan $60 a month with 1M queries and updates a day. Pro and Enterprise by quote, up to 1 TB and 5,000 dimensions. Self-hosting isn't offered (https://upstash.com/pricing/vector).", "priceSummary": "$0.004 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 55, "popularity": { "githubStars": 70, "npmWeekly": 187120, "pypiWeekly": 33712, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://upstash.com/docs/vector/overall/getstarted", "llmsTxt": "https://upstash.com/docs/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.upstash/mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "db.vector", "db.hybrid", "db.filters", "db.serverless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "mcp", "llms-txt", "closed-source", "typescript", "python" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 480, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 40, "reliability": 75, "schema": 49, "security": 63, "transparency": 82 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "$0.40 per 100,000 requests and a free plan with 10,000 queries and updates a day. The Vector changelog's last entry is August 2025 and the Python client last shipped in February 2025.", "bestFor": "Small to mid-sized agent memory and RAG where per-request pricing and zero setup matter more than search options.", "strengths": [ "$0.40 per 100,000 requests and a free plan with 10,000 queries and updates a day", "Hosted embedding lets an agent upsert and query plain text", "Per-index read-only tokens, read-only MCP grants and read, write or destructive labels on every MCP tool", "One 20-minute Vector incident in 90 days, and a 99.9% SLA on paid plans", "DPA, subprocessor list and valid security.txt" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Vector changelog's last entry is August 2025 and the Python client last shipped in February 2025", "Vector tools exist only on the hosted MCP server, mixed into 55 tools, and not in the open-source stdio package", "No OpenAPI file and no API versioning", "SOC 2 covers Upstash Redis on Pro and Enterprise plans, not Vector", "No full-text search beyond sparse BM25 vectors; no facets, sorting or typo tolerance" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect to mcp.upstash.com/mcp for Vector tools. `npx @upstash/mcp-server` has none", "Create the index with an embedding model if the agent works in text; then `query-data` and `upsert-data` take strings", "Give retrieval-only agents the index's read-only token, not the full one", "Filters use a SQL-like string (`genre = 'fiction' AND year \u003e 2020`) in the `filter` field", "Ignore the FAQ line saying hybrid isn't supported. 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Upstash Vector API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare AI Search or Upstash Vector API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Cloudflare AI Search and Upstash Vector API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. Upstash Vector API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.upstash.com/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Cloudflare AI Search and Upstash Vector API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 49", "Agent ergonomics, 88 against 75", "Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 63", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 40", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 46" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "cloudflare-ai-search", "watchFor": "Public endpoints, including MCP, answer anyone with the URL unless a custom domain sits behind Cloudflare Access" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 70", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 73" ], 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.json\n- Upstash Vector API + MCP: grade B, 62.4/100, rank #480 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/upstash-vector.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/upstash-vector.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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 49\n- Agent ergonomics, 88 against 75\n- Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 63\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 46\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Public endpoints, including MCP, answer anyone with the URL unless a custom domain sits behind Cloudflare Access\n\n### Upstash Vector API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Small to mid-sized agent memory and RAG where per-request pricing and zero setup matter more than search options.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 70\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 73\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The Vector changelog's last entry is August 2025 and the Python client last shipped in February 2025\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cloudflare AI Search | Upstash Vector API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 75 | Upstash Vector API + MCP +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 49 | Cloudflare AI Search +40 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 75 | Cloudflare AI Search +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 63 | Cloudflare AI Search +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 45 | 40 | Cloudflare AI Search +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 46 | Cloudflare AI Search +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 82 | Upstash Vector API + MCP +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.5 · BB** | **62.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cloudflare AI Search | Upstash Vector API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Upstash |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.upstash.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or 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 | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 1 | 55 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.upstash/mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-08-24 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Popularity | 86 npm/wk | 70 stars, 187k npm/wk, 34k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |\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**Upstash Vector API + MCP.** $0.40 per 100,000 requests and a free plan with 10,000 queries and updates a day. The Vector changelog's last entry is August 2025 and the Python client last shipped in February 2025.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cloudflare AI Search\n\n1. Use `/ai-search/namespaces/default/instances/{id}/search`. The un-namespaced and `/autorag/rags/` paths are deprecated\n2. Set `ai_search_options.retrieval.max_num_results` (1 to 50, default 10) and `match_threshold` (default 0.4) to bound the context you read\n3. On 429 code 7069 the monthly query quota is spent. Wait or upgrade rather than retry\n4. Expect up to six hours before website or R2 changes are searchable. Trigger a sync job, at most once every 30 seconds, after you write\n5. Filters match only the first 64 bytes of a string. Use a `$gte`/`$lt` range on `folder` to match a folder and its subfolders\n\n### Upstash Vector API + MCP\n\n1. Connect to mcp.upstash.com/mcp for Vector tools. `npx @upstash/mcp-server` has none\n2. Create the index with an embedding model if the agent works in text; then `query-data` and `upsert-data` take strings\n3. Give retrieval-only agents the index's read-only token, not the full one\n4. Filters use a SQL-like string (`genre = 'fiction' AND year \u003e 2020`) in the `filter` field\n5. Ignore the FAQ line saying hybrid isn't supported. Pass `queryMode` HYBRID, DENSE or SPARSE on hybrid indexes\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare AI Search or Upstash Vector API + MCP?\n\nCloudflare AI Search scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Upstash Vector API + MCP's 62.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Upstash Vector API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Cloudflare AI Search and Upstash Vector API + MCP need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Cloudflare AI Search and Upstash Vector API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. Upstash Vector API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.upstash.com/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-search-vs-upstash-vector.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-search-vs-upstash-vector.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cloudflare-ai-search\", \"b\": \"upstash-vector\"}`. 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