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      "summary": "Cloudflare's web search endpoint, in open beta since 2 October 2026, routes a query through AI Gateway to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup and returns results in one format, by REST or from a Worker's AI binding.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-web-search.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page",
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        "http"
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      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Billed per search from prepaid AI Gateway credits at the provider's list price, Ceramic.ai $0.25, Linkup $5.00 and Exa $7.00 per 1,000 requests. Credits carry a 5 per cent purchase fee and need a payment method on the account. With a stored provider key the provider bills you directly. No free allowance found (https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-search/providers/, checked 2026-10-05).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.25 / 1k req",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "AI Gateway Machine Payments (x402, beta since 30 September 2026) covers only POST /ai/run for four open models, US accounts with a card on file. The Web Search API pages, the providers page and the OpenAPI operation mention no x402, MPP or L402 (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/features/machine-payments/, checked 2026-10-05).",
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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        "hosted",
        "beta",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "typescript",
        "status-page",
        "bug-bounty"
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      "graded": true,
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        "agentReady": false,
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        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 460,
        "categoryRank": 10,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 75
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          "tasks"
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "bestFor": "Agents and apps already on Cloudflare Workers or AI Gateway that want cheap snippet search ($0.25 per 1,000 with Ceramic.ai) on the same bill and logs as their inference.",
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          "Three providers behind one request shape, switched by the `provider` parameter",
          "Ceramic.ai at $0.25 per 1,000 searches, at the provider's list price",
          "Every search lands in AI Gateway logs, with per-request headers to skip storing payloads",
          "Typed error body with category, code and a `retryable` flag",
          "Providers commit to verified-bot crawling and a source link on every result"
        ],
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          "Open beta, with no SLA found for AI Gateway",
          "Credits need a payment method and carry a 5 per cent purchase fee. No free allowance",
          "At most 10 results a call, with no pagination, domain or date filters",
          "No x402. Machine Payments covers only /ai/run",
          "The changelog and the providers page disagree on whether Exa searches have Zero Data Retention"
        ],
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          "Set `options.gateway.id`. Every account has a gateway named `default`",
          "Pass `provider` explicitly. It defaults to Ceramic.ai, whose descriptions can run to 8,000 characters a result",
          "Set `limit` to the results you'll read, between 1 and 10",
          "Set `byokAlias` when you mean to use a stored provider key, so a missing key fails with 400 instead of spending credits",
          "Send `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` if queries shouldn't be stored in gateway logs"
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        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "provenanceScore": 100
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID/ai/websearch/ \\\n  --request POST \\\n  --header \"Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN\" \\\n  --header \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  --data '{\n    \"query\": \"What are some fun things to do in Salt Lake City as fall approaches?\",\n    \"provider\": \"ceramic\",\n    \"limit\": 5,\n    \"options\": {\n      \"gateway\": { \"id\": \"default\" }\n    }\n  }'"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/cloudflare-web-search"
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        "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk",
        "cloudflare-mcp",
        "cloudflare-r2",
        "cloudflare-clef"
      ],
      "area": "web-data",
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        {
          "item": "Search, Ceramic.ai",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.25
        },
        {
          "item": "Search, Linkup",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Search, Exa",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 7
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
        "domain": "cloudflare.com",
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        "terms": "https://cloudflare.com/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/",
        "statusPage": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-05",
        "notes": [
          "Legal entity, domain date, terms and privacy follow the Cloudflare MCP listing's check. We didn't re-read them for this listing.",
          "www.cloudflare.com/.well-known/security.txt, read on 5 October 2026, names HackerOne and a disclosure policy and carries no Expires field.",
          "The endpoint is on api.cloudflare.com. Searches are forwarded to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup."
        ],
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      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "cloudflare-web-search",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com",
          "indicator": "major",
          "summary": "Partial System Outage",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-06T01:47:08.690984366Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-06T01:47:08.690984366Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Parallel Search and Task APIs scores 74.1 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Web Search API leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "parallel-search-api",
      "name": "Parallel Search and Task APIs",
      "vendor": "Parallel Web Systems",
      "vendorUrl": "https://parallel.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Parallel's web APIs for agents.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallel-search-api.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "parallel-web"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "parallel-web"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "API key in the `x-api-key` header. The Search MCP at search.parallel.ai/mcp works anonymously at lower limits, takes a Bearer key, and /mcp-oauth adds OAuth. An OAuth provider can issue keys on behalf of your users.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Up to 5,000 free requests a month, with $5 of free credit monthly and up to $80 at signup. Search $1 per 1,000 requests in turbo or fast, $5 in basic or advanced, 10 results included and $1 per 1,000 extra results. Extract $1 per 1,000 URLs. Task $5 (lite) to $2,400 (ultra8x) per 1,000 successful runs. Responses $10 to $250 per 1,000 by reasoning effort. Failed runs aren't billed (https://parallel.ai/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$1 / 1k req",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Not on api.parallel.ai. A separate gateway at parallelmpp.dev takes x402 (USDC on Base) and MPP (Stripe or Tempo) for search and extract at $0.01 and an ultra task at $0.30. An unauthenticated POST to /api/search returned 402 with an x402 v2 challenge for 10000 base units on eip155:8453 (checked 2026-09-30) (https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/agentic-payments).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
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          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/extract",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/task",
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        "search.research"
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        "verdict": "Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs. Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that mix quick search with long research or enrichment jobs and want one vendor and one bill.",
        "strengths": [
          "Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs",
          "Task runs billed only on success, and documented limits of 600 searches and 2,000 task creations a minute",
          "Keyless hosted Search MCP, with Bearer and OAuth endpoints for higher limits",
          "Public OpenAPI, llms.txt and an errors table that says which codes to retry",
          "Changelog entries most weeks and SDK releases several times a month"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out",
          "SDKs retry Task creation on 429 and 5xx with no idempotency key",
          "x402 and MPP only through parallelmpp.dev at a flat $0.01, not on api.parallel.ai",
          "No prompt-injection guidance, no security.txt and no public subprocessor list",
          "No retention period stated outside the EU endpoint"
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        "agentNotes": [
          "Pass `mode: \"fast\"` on every search. Without it you pay the advanced rate",
          "Create Task runs with `max_retries=0` and check for an existing run before retrying",
          "Give an `objective` plus two or three short `search_queries`. That's what ranks the excerpts",
          "On 402, check available balance rather than total. Running tasks reserve credit",
          "Prefer natural-language source guidance to domain filters. The docs say filters can cut result quality"
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        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "provenanceScore": 86
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search -H \"x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"mode\":\"fast\",\"objective\":\"Latest Parallel Web Systems announcements\",\"search_queries\":[\"Parallel Web Systems news\"]}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http parallel-search https://search.parallel.ai/mcp",
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                "Authorization": "Bearer ${PARALLEL_API_KEY}"
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              "url": "https://search.parallel.ai/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -i -X POST https://parallelmpp.dev/api/search -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{\"query\":\"test\"}'\n# 402 -\u003e pay $0.01 USDC on eip155:8453 (or MPP via Stripe/Tempo) -\u003e resend"
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        {
          "item": "Extract",
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        {
          "item": "Task, lite processor",
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          "item": "Task, pro processor",
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          "item": "Responses, medium effort",
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        "a": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
        "b": "Parallel Web Systems",
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      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "Pay per use",
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        "a": "$0.25 per 1,000 requests",
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      },
      {
        "a": "no",
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      {
        "a": "Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page",
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      {
        "a": "none",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
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        "a": "not listed",
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Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 6 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.parallel/search-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Popularity | none | 28 stars, 250k npm/wk, 994k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.6/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cloudflare Web Search API.** One endpoint that sends a search to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup and returns results in one format, logged and billed through AI Gateway. Ceramic.ai costs $0.25 per 1,000 searches. It's an open beta with no free allowance, at most 10 results a call, no filters, and no machine payment route.\n\n**Parallel Search and Task APIs.** Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs. Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cloudflare Web Search API\n\n1. Set `options.gateway.id`. Every account has a gateway named `default`\n2. Pass `provider` explicitly. It defaults to Ceramic.ai, whose descriptions can run to 8,000 characters a result\n3. Set `limit` to the results you'll read, between 1 and 10\n4. Set `byokAlias` when you mean to use a stored provider key, so a missing key fails with 400 instead of spending credits\n5. Send `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` if queries shouldn't be stored in gateway logs\n\n### Parallel Search and Task APIs\n\n1. Pass `mode: \"fast\"` on every search. Without it you pay the advanced rate\n2. Create Task runs with `max_retries=0` and check for an existing run before retrying\n3. Give an `objective` plus two or three short `search_queries`. That's what ranks the excerpts\n4. On 402, check available balance rather than total. Running tasks reserve credit\n5. Prefer natural-language source guidance to domain filters. 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