# Cloudflare Web Search API vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> TinyFish Search scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 61.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Web Search API leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for…

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TinyFish Search scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 61.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Web Search API leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $0.25 per 1,000 requests.

- Cloudflare Web Search API: C 61.9, rank #408 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #366 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.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 50; Security & auth, 71 against 58; Transparency & trust, 73 against 52.
- TinyFish Search, good for Agents that need ranked snippets and URLs at no cost and modest volume, with news and research-paper modes. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 78 against 63; Payments & pricing, 45 against 20; Maintenance & community, 78 against 71. Also Cheaper for web search, $0 against $0.25 per 1,000 requests; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Cloudflare Web Search API | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cloudflare Web Search API | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for web search | $0.25 per 1,000 requests | free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page | Proprietary service under TinyFish's Terms of Service. The local MCP proxy `@tiny-fish/mcp` is MIT. The SDK packages on npm and PyPI carry no licence metadata |
| Tools exposed | none | 28 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-12-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |