{ "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": "2026-10-18T00:31:02.638471552Z" }, "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": "2026-10-18T00:31:02.638471552Z" } }, "answer": "Cloudflare AI Search scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Vespa's 70 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Vespa leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "vespa", "name": "Vespa", "vendor": "Vespa.ai AS", "vendorUrl": "https://vespa.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "vector-search", "summary": "Vespa is an open-source search engine from Vespa.ai AS for vector, text and hybrid retrieval with ranking, run self-hosted or on Vespa Cloud. Agents reach it through HTTP query and document APIs, the Vespa CLI and a Python client.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vespa", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vespa.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vespa.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vespa.json", "repo": "https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa", "license": "Apache-2.0 for the engine, the Vespa CLI and pyvespa. Vespa Cloud is a paid hosted service", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "pyvespa" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Vespa Cloud data-plane requests use mutual TLS with a client certificate placed in the application package, or a bearer token on a separate token endpoint. Each client is limited to `read`, `write` or both. Tokens are created in the console, have versions for rotation, expire (30 days by default) and can be revoked. The control plane uses a browser login through Auth0 (`vespa auth login`) or an application key pair for CI. Access is self-serve after a browser sign-up. A self-hosted Vespa has no authentication until the operator configures mTLS.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Vespa Cloud charges by the hour for allocated resources. Startup is $0.05 a vCPU-hour, $0.005 a GB-hour of memory and $0.0002 a GB-hour of disk, on dev zones with community support and no SLA. Basic starts at $0.10 a vCPU-hour, Commercial at $0.145 and Enterprise at $0.18 with a $20,000 monthly minimum. Unit prices fall with volume by up to 50 per cent. The trial has $300 of credits, needs no card and stops the application when credits run out. Self-hosting the Apache-2.0 engine is free (https://cloud.vespa.ai/price-calculator-content, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$0.05 / vCPU-hr", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the price calculator (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 7100, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 180440, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.vespa.ai/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.vespa.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "db.vector", "db.hybrid", "db.fulltext", "db.filters" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "hosted", "usage-based", "free-trial", "no-card", "cli", "llms-txt", "python", "java", "status-page", "sla", "soc2", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 176, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 91, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 58, "security": 75, "transparency": 85 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "GHSA-v86h-xr9p-pgm5, moderate severity (CVSS 6.8), published 4 September 2026. Two local file inclusion flaws in the deployment API let an authorised deployer read files readable by the config server process, in versions up to 8.746.22. Patched in 8.748.3 and disclosed in public, so a small deduction (https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/security/advisories/GHSA-v86h-xr9p-pgm5)." ], "verdict": "Vespa Cloud publishes hourly unit prices, a 99.5% uptime agreement for paying customers and a trial with $300 of credits and no card. Every call needs an application package deployed first, no OpenAPI file was found in the reviewed documentation, and Vespa.ai says it has no official public MCP server.", "bestFor": "Teams that need hybrid retrieval with custom ranking at scale and can maintain a schema and application package.", "strengths": [ "Data-plane clients use mTLS certificates or tokens, each limited to `read`, `write` or both, with token versions, expiry and revocation", "Unit prices are public, from $0.05 a vCPU-hour on Startup, and the trial gives $300 of credits with no card", "Every docs page has a Markdown twin, with `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt` on docs.vespa.ai", "16 release tags between 12 July and 29 September 2026, and pyvespa 1.2.8 on 1 October 2026", "Sub-processor list updated 12 August 2026 with locations, and logs are kept for at most 30 days in the application's region" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI file was found in the docs index. The APIs are described in reference pages only", "Vespa.ai states it has no official public MCP server. An MCP endpoint must be added to the user's own application", "No call works until a schema and `services.xml` are deployed as an application package", "The Service Agreement named in the DPA is not on the product terms page, which links only the privacy policy, DPA and SLA", "Advisory GHSA-v86h-xr9p-pgm5 (moderate, 4 September 2026) let authorised deployers read config server files before 8.748.3" ], "agentNotes": [ "Deploy an application package with a schema before feeding or querying. Use `vespa deploy` and wait for the endpoint to report ready", "Send a token as `Authorization: Bearer` only to the endpoint marked Token. The mTLS endpoint needs the client certificate and key", "Set `hits`, `offset` and `presentation.summary` on queries. `hits` is capped at 400 by default and the query timeout defaults to 0.5s", "On 429 from `/document/v1` reduce the feed rate and back off. On 507 stop feeding, because the cluster is out of memory or disk", "Use the `condition` parameter for test-and-set writes and expect 412 when it fails or the document is missing" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 91, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 58, "security": 75, "transparency": 86 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "brew install vespa-cli", "http": "curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" $ENDPOINT" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/db.vector", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vespa" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Startup plan, one vCPU for an hour", "unit": "vcpu-hour", "usd": 0.05, "note": "Memory $0.005 and disk $0.0002 a GB-hour are charged as well" }, { "item": "Commercial plan, one vCPU for an hour (initial price)", "unit": "vcpu-hour", "usd": 0.145, "note": "Memory $0.0145 and disk $0.0005 a GB-hour are charged as well. Prices fall with volume" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Vespa.ai AS", "domain": "vespa.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://vespa.ai/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.vespa.ai", "changelog": "https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/tags", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names Vespa.ai AS, Prinsens gate 49, 7011 Trondheim, Norway, as controller for vespa.ai and console.vespa-cloud.com.", "No terms document is set. The product terms page links only the privacy policy, the DPA and the SLA, and the Service Agreement the DPA refers to was not found on the site.", "The DPA, last updated 18 October 2023, names Vespa.AI Norway AS as processor, a different name from the privacy policy's.", "Application endpoints answer on vespa-app.cloud and the console and control plane on vespa-cloud.com, both second domains of the vendor's.", "security.txt at vespa.ai expires on 31 December 2026 and points to a vulnerability disclosure programme on Intigriti.", "RDAP for vespa.ai gives a registration date of 2017-12-16." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vespa.json", "live": { "slug": "vespa", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.vespa.ai", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:52:02.106883044Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "vespa-engine/vespa", "version": "v8.763.13", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:25:33.83820412Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "pyvespa", "version": "1.2.9", "released": "2026-10-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:25:33.646008682Z" } ], "githubStars": 7129, "pypiWeekly": 122376, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://vespa.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2026-12-31T11:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:52:03.577372967Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.vespa.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:23:28.028873521Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "vespa.ai", "registered": "2017-12-16", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/vespa.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:22:37.65517451Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://cloud.vespa.ai/price-calculator-content", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:57:41.295553797Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ce920cc40204" }, { "url": "https://vespa.ai/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:10.171933706Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "264881430bba" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:10.171933706Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "b": "Vespa.ai AS", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.75 per 1,000 requests", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for db hybrid" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "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", "b": "Apache-2.0 for the engine, the Vespa CLI and pyvespa. Vespa Cloud is a paid hosted service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "1", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-16", "b": "2026-10-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-12", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "86 npm/wk", "b": "7.1k stars, 180k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (4)", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Cloudflare AI Search scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Vespa's 70 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Vespa leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare AI Search or Vespa?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Cloudflare AI Search and Vespa need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. No hosted endpoint is listed for Vespa.", "question": "Can an agent call Cloudflare AI Search and Vespa without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. Vespa is open source (Apache-2.0 for the engine, the Vespa CLI and pyvespa. Vespa Cloud is a paid hosted service).", "question": "Are Cloudflare AI Search and Vespa open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 58", "Agent ergonomics, 88 against 80", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 40" ], "also": [ "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, 80 against 70", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 68", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 91 against 78", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 73" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Teams that need hybrid retrieval with custom ranking at scale and can maintain a schema and application package.", "slug": "vespa", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI file was found in the docs index. 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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- Vespa: grade BB, 70/100, rank #176 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vespa.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vespa.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 58\n- Agent ergonomics, 88 against 80\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\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### Vespa (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams that need hybrid retrieval with custom ranking at scale and can maintain a schema and application package.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 70\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 68\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 91 against 78\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 73\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI file was found in the docs index. The APIs are described in reference pages only\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cloudflare AI Search | Vespa | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 80 | Vespa +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 58 | Cloudflare AI Search +31 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 80 | Cloudflare AI Search +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 75 | Vespa +7 |\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 | 91 | Vespa +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 85 | Vespa +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.5 · BB** | **70 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cloudflare AI Search | Vespa |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Vespa.ai AS |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\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 for the engine, the Vespa CLI and pyvespa. Vespa Cloud is a paid hosted service |\n| Tools exposed | 1 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 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 | 7.1k stars, 180k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |\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**Vespa.** Vespa Cloud publishes hourly unit prices, a 99.5% uptime agreement for paying customers and a trial with $300 of credits and no card. Every call needs an application package deployed first, no OpenAPI file was found in the reviewed documentation, and Vespa.ai says it has no official public MCP server.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cloudflare AI Search\n\n1. Use `/ai-search/namespaces/default/instances/{id}/search`. The un-namespaced and `/autorag/rags/` paths are deprecated\n2. Set `ai_search_options.retrieval.max_num_results` (1 to 50, default 10) and `match_threshold` (default 0.4) to bound the context you read\n3. On 429 code 7069 the monthly query quota is spent. Wait or upgrade rather than retry\n4. Expect up to six hours before website or R2 changes are searchable. Trigger a sync job, at most once every 30 seconds, after you write\n5. Filters match only the first 64 bytes of a string. Use a `$gte`/`$lt` range on `folder` to match a folder and its subfolders\n\n### Vespa\n\n1. Deploy an application package with a schema before feeding or querying. Use `vespa deploy` and wait for the endpoint to report ready\n2. Send a token as `Authorization: Bearer` only to the endpoint marked Token. The mTLS endpoint needs the client certificate and key\n3. Set `hits`, `offset` and `presentation.summary` on queries. `hits` is capped at 400 by default and the query timeout defaults to 0.5s\n4. On 429 from `/document/v1` reduce the feed rate and back off. On 507 stop feeding, because the cluster is out of memory or disk\n5. Use the `condition` parameter for test-and-set writes and expect 412 when it fails or the document is missing\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare AI Search or Vespa?\n\nCloudflare AI Search scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Vespa's 70 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Vespa leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Cloudflare AI Search and Vespa 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 Vespa without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. No hosted endpoint is listed for Vespa.\n\n### Are Cloudflare AI Search and Vespa open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Cloudflare AI Search. Vespa is open source (Apache-2.0 for the engine, the Vespa CLI and pyvespa. Vespa Cloud is a paid hosted service).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-search-vs-vespa.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-search-vs-vespa.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cloudflare-ai-search\", \"b\": \"vespa\"}`. 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