# Cloudflare Web Search API vs SerpKite (slim)

> SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 62.1 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Web Search API leads on security & auth. Both do web search. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 62.1 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Web Search API leads on security & auth. 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
- SerpKite: B 64.8, rank #179 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.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 Security & auth, 71 against 37. Also No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them.
- SerpKite, good for Agents that want Google results and the top pages as Markdown in one call at a low per-1,000 price, with spend caps per key. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 55; Schema & documentation, 90 against 81; Agent ergonomics, 92 against 63; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 80 against 71. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Cloudflare Web Search API | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 92 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cloudflare Web Search API | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| 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 | Proprietary service under SerpKite's terms of service. The SDKs (TypeScript, Python, Go, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK) and the MCP connection repository on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.SerpKite/serpkite` |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-04 |
| Popularity | none | 809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |