# Cloudflare Web Search API vs Serper (slim)

> Cloudflare Web Search API scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Serper's 24.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Serper leads on payments & pricing. Both do web search. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Cloudflare Web Search API scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Serper's 24.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Serper leads on payments & pricing. Both do web search.

- Cloudflare Web Search API: B 62.1, rank #226 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.min.md
- Serper: F 24.3, rank #453 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serper.min.md
- Cloudflare Web Search API, good for 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. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 30; Schema & documentation, 81 against 6; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 35; Security & auth, 71 against 20; Maintenance & community, 71 against 3; Transparency & trust, 75 against 33. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5.
- Serper, good for High-volume Google SERP lookups on a tight budget where the agent already has a fetcher. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Cloudflare Web Search API | Serper |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 6 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 35 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 20 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 3 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 33 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cloudflare Web Search API | Serper |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Serper |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://google.serper.dev/search` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for web search | $0.25 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |