# DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Grep AI (slim)

> Grep AI scores 64.4 (B) to DeepSeek Search and Fetch's 53.2 (D) for web search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Grep AI scores 64.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do web search.

- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API: D 53.2, rank #795 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.min.md
- Grep AI: B 64.4, rank #388 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grep-ai.min.md
- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API, good for Cheap per-request web search with model-ready summaries and an authority signal, plus page fetching, for agents already on a DeepSeek key and comfortable with data held in the PRC. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 60; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 70.
- Grep AI, good for Agents that hand off a long research or due-diligence job and want a cited report or structured fields back, including business verification and sanctions screening through built-in agents. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 55; Security & auth, 65 against 38; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 74 against 42.

| Category | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | Grep AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 42 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | Grep AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Parcha Labs, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` | `https://api.grep.ai/api/v2/runs` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for web search | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Parcha Labs' terms of service. The grep-research-skills package on npm is MIT. The @parcha/agentrun and parcha-agentrun SDK packages state no licence in their registry metadata |
| Tools exposed | none | 82 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-03-20 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-21 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 334 npm/wk, 52 PyPI/wk |