# Cloudflare Web Search API vs Valyu (slim)

> Valyu scores 64.6 (B) 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 & auth. Both do web search. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Valyu scores 64.6 (B) 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 & 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
- Valyu: B 64.6, rank #182 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/valyu.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 44.
- Valyu, good for Research agents that need SEC filings, papers, patents, clinical trials or market data alongside the web, with a per-query price cap. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 81; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 63; Payments & pricing, 45 against 20; Maintenance & community, 80 against 71. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Cloudflare Web Search API | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 79 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cloudflare Web Search API | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Valyu |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.valyu.ai/v1/search` |
| 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 | $1.50 per 1,000 pages |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page | none |
| Tools exposed | none | 6 |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-12 |
| Popularity | none | 19 stars, 6.7k npm/wk, 7.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 4.5/5 (2) |