{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "deepseek-search-api", "name": "DeepSeek Search and Fetch API", "vendor": "DeepSeek", "vendorUrl": "https://www.deepseek.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "DeepSeek's Search and Fetch API gives agents live web results from DeepSeek's in-house search engine and single pages as Markdown, through two REST endpoints on an ordinary DeepSeek API key, billed per successful request.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-search-api.json", "dns": "deepseek-search-api.grade.anchorterminal.com", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The same DeepSeek API key as the model endpoints, sent as a bearer token. Keys carry no scopes, so a search key can also spend the balance on models. Rate limits are per account, whichever key is used.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "$0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for Search and the same for Fetch, from a prepaid balance. Only an HTTP 200 with a result is billed, and `count` doesn't change the price. Server-side search through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex was free until 31 October 2026 at 16:00 UTC (https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search, checked 2026-10-17; DeepSeek's pages weren't re-read on 2026-11-04 because its Terms of Use bar automated copying).", "priceSummary": "$0.75 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Search and Fetch guide, the API reference or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-17).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "web.fetch" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "prepaid", "usage-priced", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 861, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 21, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 20, "reliability": 72, "schema": 55, "security": 43, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-04" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Search returns up to 50 results with a model-length summary, an authority tier and optional full text, and only successful non-empty calls are billed, at $0.75 per 1,000. It opened on 17 October 2026, with 5 requests a second per account, no OpenAPI file, no free tier, and data held in the PRC under a policy that permits training.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "$0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for each endpoint, and failed calls, empty results and timeouts aren't billed", "Each result has a 100 to 200 character snippet, a 600 to 800 character summary for models, and full text on request", "Site, language, date and phrase operators in the query string, and up to 50 results a call", "Error table with ten status codes and when to retry, and both endpoints documented as read-only" ], "weaknesses": [ "Opened on 17 October 2026, with no service record of its own and no component for it on the status page", "5 requests a second per account for each endpoint, plus an unpublished per-domain limit on Fetch", "No OpenAPI file, no llms.txt, no official SDKs and no free tier for direct calls", "One unscoped key for search and models, no security.txt, and no prompt-injection guidance for returned page text", "Data stored in the PRC, used for training unless the customer opts out by email, and no retention period stated" ], "agentNotes": [ "Keep `query` to 128 characters and put filters in it as operators, such as `site:github.com lang:en after:2026-01-01`", "Leave `need_content` false and read `summary` first, then call Fetch on the URLs you keep", "Stay under 5 requests a second per account across all keys. On 408, 429 or 5xx wait and retry, since no Retry-After is documented", "Don't retry a Fetch 403 or 404 unchanged. The page is blocked by policy, unreachable or has no Markdown", "Don't send private queries or an end user's IP in `localization`. Data is stored in the PRC" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 20, "reliability": 72, "schema": 55, "security": 43, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 85, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-04", "maintenance": "2026-11-04", "payments": "2026-11-04", "reliability": "2026-11-04", "schema": "2026-11-04", "security": "2026-11-04", "transparency": "2026-11-04" }, "last": "2026-11-04", "lastMoved": "2026-11-04", "oldest": "2026-11-04", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DEEPSEEK_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"query\":\"DeepSeek V4 release\",\"count\":5,\"need_content\":true}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/deepseek-search-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "deepseek-api", "deepseek-v4-1-flash", "deepseek-v3-2", "deepseek-v4-flash-0731" ], "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Search", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.75, "note": "Successful non-empty results only. 1 to 50 results at the same price" }, { "item": "Fetch", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 0.75, "note": "One URL per request, billed only when page content comes back" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.", "domain": "deepseek.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-08-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-open-platform-terms-of-service.html", "privacy": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.html", "statusPage": "https://status.deepseek.com", "changelog": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-04", "notes": [ "deepseek.com was registered in 2000, long before the company, so domain age flatters it (per the deepseek-api listing).", "The Open Platform terms (released 22 April, effective 29 April 2026) are a Specific Agreement under the DeepSeek Terms of Use (last update 27 March 2026), both re-read on 4 November 2026. They are governed by PRC law and assign Outputs to the customer. The Terms of Use §3.5(3) bar \"capturing, copying any content of the Services, including but not limited to using any robots, spiders, or other automatic setups, setting mirrors\". The privacy policy (10 February 2026) names Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.", "www.deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt and deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 17 October 2026 (not re-read).", "cdn.deepseek.com answers robots.txt with a plain 404 (4 November 2026). Because of the Terms of Use clause, nothing else on DeepSeek's hosts (api-docs, status, www, platform) was requested on 4 November.", "The status page has a Search Service component, grouped under Chat Service, and no component named for the Search or Fetch API (17 October 2026)." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.json", "live": { "slug": "deepseek-search-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:20.726689445Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 333, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 288, "p95ms24h": 372, "samples24h": 239, "samples30d": 5145, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-11-03", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 }, { "date": "2026-11-05", "probes": 185, "ok": 185 }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 241, "ok": 241 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.deepseek.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:47:37.96985213Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:54.973930725Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "deepseek.com", "registered": "2000-08-13", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/deepseek.com", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:07:48.239871757Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:20.726689445Z" } }, "answer": "NewsCatcher scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 55.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "newscatcher", "name": "NewsCatcher", "vendor": "NewsCatcher, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "NewsCatcher's API searches the last 30 days of news in every language, grouped into stories, and runs a background agent that builds tables of events or company news, through REST and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/newscatcher", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/newscatcher.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/newscatcher.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/newscatcher.json", "dns": "newscatcher.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/Newscatcher/newscatcher-mcp", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key from the NewsCatcher platform after a browser signup, sent in the `x-api-key` header. One key works for the News API and the agent; several keys can be made and revoked in the platform. The MCP server also accepts `Authorization: Bearer` or `?apiKey=` in the URL; OAuth is announced as coming soon. No scopes found.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credits at $1 per 1,000 (top-ups from $25, valid 12 months). Search costs 1, 5 or 10 credits by effort, a story 1, `/articles` 5 per call. Agent runs 1,000 to 6,000 credits. 10,000 free credits every 30 days. Failed and refused requests aren't charged.", "priceSummary": "$1 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the docs, the pricing page or the OpenAPI specs (checked 2026-11-06). An empty balance returns 402 with no payment requirements; top-ups go through the platform.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 15, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/docs/get-started/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/NewscatcherAPI/docs/blob/main/api-reference/news-api/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "search.news", "search.research", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage", "prepaid", "free-tier", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "status-page", "yc" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 321, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 76, "payments": 30, "reliability": 67, "schema": 94, "security": 45, "transparency": 79 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One key and one credit balance cover a ranked news search, a background research agent and a hosted MCP server with toolsets and annotated tools, under OpenAPI 3.1 specs and a dated changelog. The current API launched on 30 October 2026, the MCP server accepts the key in its URL, and no SLA is published below Enterprise.", "bestFor": "Agents that need current news across languages, grouped into stories, or tables of events and company news on a schedule.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 specs for the News API and the agent, llms.txt, Markdown pages and a docs MCP server", "Hosted MCP server with 15 tools in four toolsets, selectable with `?tools=`, and read-only, destructive and idempotent hints on every tool", "Documented errors with retry advice per status, 429 with Retry-After, and refused or failed requests never charged", "Published credit prices, $1 per 1,000 credits, and 10,000 free credits every 30 days", "Terms say inputs and generated data are never used to train models, with a dated sub-processor list" ], "weaknesses": [ "The current News API and agent launched on 30 October 2026 and the MCP repository went public on 6 November 2026", "The MCP server documents `?apiKey=` in the URL for clients without headers, and keys have no scopes found", "No SLA below a signed Enterprise agreement; the status page monitors one News API component", "API logs, which can include query text, are archived indefinitely after 90 days", "The pricing page and the docs disagree on whether empty agent runs are charged and on the price of `/articles`" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `x-api-key` header, and use a separate key for the MCP server so it can be revoked alone", "Call `start_research` with `dry_run` first, since agent runs cost 1,000 to 6,000 credits", "Use `effort=low` for quick lookups; the default `medium` costs five times as much", "Use `/articles` or `list_articles` for news older than 30 days or exact counts; `/search` covers 30 days only", "On 429 or 503 wait for Retry-After, and quote the Correlation-ID header to support" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 76, "payments": 30, "reliability": 67, "schema": 94, "security": 45, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 85, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.newscatcherapi.com/news-api/search\" \\\n -H \"x-api-key: $NEWSCATCHER_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"q\": \"hurricane recovery florida\", \"limit\": 5}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http newscatcher https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp --header \"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "newscatcher": { "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }, "url": "https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/search.news", "tool": "https://letme.dev/newscatcher" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "News search, low effort", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "1 credit a search at $1 per 1,000 credits" }, { "item": "News search, medium effort (default)", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "5 credits" }, { "item": "News search, high effort", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 10, "note": "10 credits" }, { "item": "Articles listing", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "5 credits a call per the docs; the pricing page says 15 a page" }, { "item": "Agent event research, fast run", "unit": "tx", "usd": 1, "note": "1,000 credits, 50 rows included; standard $3, max $6" }, { "item": "Credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.001, "note": "Top-ups from $25 for 25,000 credits, valid 12 months" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "NewsCatcher, Inc.", "domain": "newscatcherapi.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-02-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/company/legal/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/company/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.newscatcherapi.com/", "changelog": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The service terms (Terms and Conditions) and the website Terms of Service are both dated 2 November 2026 and name NewsCatcher, Inc. under Delaware law.", "The website Terms of Service forbid using the site or its content 'to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape'. Recorded as a fact; only public pages were read, within robots.txt.", "www.newscatcherapi.com/robots.txt disallows /~gitbook, /*?ref= and /api/ for all agents; none of the pages read is under those paths. status.newscatcherapi.com allows all.", "/.well-known/security.txt answers 404. The MCP repository's SECURITY.md takes private reports through GitHub with a 3-business-day acknowledgement target.", "Status page on Hyperping with one News API component, 99.820% uptime for August to November 2026 and one incident in the 90 days, on 1 September 2026.", "RDAP gives newscatcherapi.com a registration date of 16 February 2020." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/newscatcher.json", "live": { "slug": "newscatcher", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:41.854849144Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 305, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 167, "p95ms24h": 346, "samples24h": 200, "samples30d": 200, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.newscatcherapi.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:48:15.638845153Z" }, "githubStars": 0, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://newscatcherapi.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:58.85886795Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:19.853404264Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/docs/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:32:00.60078463Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "849b66383503" }, { "url": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/company/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:31:56.385466242Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "818e0cf9f82d" }, { "url": "https://www.newscatcherapi.com/company/legal/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:31:58.548719689Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "79f84eff4353" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:25.078047109Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:25.078047109Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:41.854849144Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 39, "category": "schema", "leads": "newscatcher", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). No OpenAPI file found. The API reference is rendered from a schema, but no spec is linked, and /openapi.json and /openapi.yaml on the docs host serve the docs page (0). No llms.txt, since api-docs.deepseek.com answered /llms.txt with HTML (0). The guide says what each endpoint is for and which result field suits a UI or a model, and gives the score thresholds for quality and authority, but not when to use Search content against a Fetch (14 of 20). Types, required fields, defaults and limits on every field, such as `query` 1 to 128 characters and `count` 1 to 50. Filters live inside the free-text query (13 of 15). curl and Python examples, an error body and a table of ten status codes with retry guidance. The reference shows only the 200 response (13 of 15). Dated change log and a /v1 path (15). 0 + 0 + 14 + 13 + 13 + 15 = 55.", "b": "OpenAPI 3.1 for the News API (version 1.3.9, 4 paths) and the agent (version 1.5.1, 33 paths), linked from llms.txt, and typed JSON Schema on every MCP tool through Pydantic (25). llms.txt, a Markdown copy of every page and a docs MCP server (10). MCP tool descriptions say when to use each and which tool to use instead, such as `list_articles` for older news; the REST reference explains each endpoint and the 'Choose an API' page compares them (17 of 20). Inputs are typed with enums for effort, mode and dimensions, length and range limits such as a 500-character query and limit 1 to 100, and required fields marked (13 of 15). Runnable examples in curl, Python and JavaScript, and an error table with retry advice for every status. The agent spec carries no response examples (14 of 15). Versioned APIs with a dated changelog, the latest entries on 4 November 2026, and separate changelogs for the v3 News API and CatchAll (15). 25 + 10 + 17 + 13 + 14 + 15 = 94." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 94 } }, { "by": 34, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "newscatcher", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). Opened on 17 October 2026, 18 days before this check (30). The change log's 17 October entry is the only dated one about Search or Fetch in the 90 days from 6 August (0 of 20). Dated change log, api-service@deepseek.com and a Discord server, not tested for replies (12 of 15). No official SDK (0 of 15). No SDK or package to assess (0 of 10). 30 + 0 + 12 + 0 + 0 = 42.", "b": "Read for a closed service, with the MCP repository read as code. News API 1.1.0 and Agent 1.5.0 on 4 November 2026, MCP server 0.1.0 on 6 November and v3 News API 3.25.0 on 6 November (30). In the 90 days from 8 August, the 30 October launch, News API 1.1.0, Agent 1.5.0, MCP 0.1.0 and v3 releases 3.19.0 to 3.25.0 (20). Public dated changelogs, support by email and Pylon, and a security policy with a 3-business-day target. The MCP repository is a day old, so there are no issues to judge (10 of 15). The CatchAll MCP server is in the official registry under the verified namespace com.newscatcherapi, but the new server isn't, and no official SDK for the current API was found; the Enterprise APIs list libraries (8 of 15). The MCP repository runs its test suite in CI with a read-only token; pass state not read (8 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 8 + 8 = 76." }, "scores": { "a": 42, "b": 76 } }, { "by": 19, "category": "transparency", "leads": "newscatcher", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Per the 17 October check for the privacy policy, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). Closed service with published terms under PRC law, which assign Outputs to the customer; the Open Platform terms (released 22 April, effective 29 April 2026) and the Terms of Use (last update 27 March 2026) were re-read on 4 November (15). The privacy policy of 10 February 2026 says personal data trains models unless you opt out by email and gives no retention period. It also says search runs on 'third-party APIs' that receive input keywords, which disagrees with the in-house engine described on 17 October, and nothing covers fetched URLs (5 of 30). No deprecation policy, and the only dated notice is the end of free server-side calls on 31 October (5 of 20). Data location disclosed as the PRC, third parties named only by category (10 of 20). 15 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 35.", "b": "The API is closed under terms of 2 November 2026 naming NewsCatcher, Inc., and the MCP server is MIT, so between the two bands (20 of 30). The terms say inputs and generated data are not used to train models, a DPA applies automatically, and the privacy policy gives retention periods (server logs 7 days, API logs with query text 90 days, then archived indefinitely, billing records about seven years). They agree with each other, but indefinite archives of query logs hold it back (22 of 30). The terms promise 30 days' email notice before a paid product or API version is discontinued, with refunds of unused credits, and the v3 News API has a migration guide (15 of 20). A sub-processor list dated 2 November 2026 with each provider's location and the data it handles. The MCP repository deploys to Vercel and can send pseudonymised analytics to PostHog, and neither appears on the list (16 of 20). 20 + 22 + 15 + 16 = 73." }, "scores": { "a": 60, "b": 79 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "payments", "leads": "newscatcher", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "Per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). No machine payment protocol in the guide, the API reference or the pricing page (0). $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for each endpoint, published without a login on the guide and the pricing page (20). No free tier for direct calls. The stated free period for server-side calls made through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex ended at 16:00 UTC on 31 October 2026, and it never covered direct calls (0). Browser sign-up and a prepaid top-up (0). 0 + 20 + 0 + 0 = 20.", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Credit prices per call published without login, and credits cost $1 per 1,000 through top-ups from $25 (20). 10,000 free credits every 30 days on a $0 plan, and the first top-up moves an account to pay as you go. No page says whether a card is needed to open the free plan, so half (10). A person signs up in the platform in a browser to get a key (0). NewsMCP's keyless tier belongs to a separate product and isn't counted. 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30." }, "scores": { "a": 20, "b": 30 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "reliability", "leads": "deepseek-search-api", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Hosted reading. DeepSeek's Terms of Use bar capturing or copying content of the Services with robots, spiders or other automatic setups, so no DeepSeek page beyond the terms was requested on 4 November and every line is per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November. status.deepseek.com, run on Flashduty, has component history, but the endpoints have no component of their own; the nearest is Search Service, grouped under Chat Service. This run gives 15 for a vendor status page with no component for the product (was 10). The recorded history holds Search service errors of 6 minutes on 14 August and 39 on 18 August inside the 90 days from 6 August (the 29 July one has left the window), minor only; the window after 17 October is unread, so the line keeps its recorded 20. Per-account limits of 5 requests a second for each endpoint (15). The guide says to wait and retry on 408, 429 and 5xx, with no Retry-After or backoff schedule, and documents both endpoints as read-only and safe to retry, which this run reads as safe-retry guidance without idempotency keys, 12 (was 10). No SLA found (0). Opened to everyone with no beta label (10). 15 + 20 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 72.", "b": "Read with the hosted lines, for the News API, the agent and the hosted MCP server. status.newscatcherapi.com (Hyperping) shows one News API component with 99.820% uptime from August to November 2026 and an incident history. The agent and the MCP server have no component of their own (20). In the 90 days from 8 August, one incident, on 1 September 2026, when the vendor wrote that for about four hours a higher-than-usual number of requests to the production News API timed out because of one client's queries. Read as one major (10). Rate limits published per plan, 1 request a second free and up to 10 on pay as you go, with exact limits from the free `GET /subscription` (15). 429 carries Retry-After with instructions to retry the same request, 503 carries Retry-After, and failed or refused requests are not charged. Agent runs and monitor creation have no idempotency keys (12 of 15). An uptime SLA exists only in signed Enterprise agreements; none is published (0). Generally available since 30 October 2026, with OAuth for the MCP server announced as coming soon (10). 20 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 67." }, "scores": { "a": 72, "b": 67 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DeepSeek", "b": "NewsCatcher, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search", "b": "https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.75 per 1,000 requests", "b": "$1 per 1,000 requests", "name": "Price for web search" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "15", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-17", "b": "2026-11-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-11-02", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-11-02", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "3/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "NewsCatcher scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 55.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or NewsCatcher?" }, { "answer": "DeepSeek Search and Fetch API, at $0.75 per 1,000 requests against $1 per 1,000 requests for NewsCatcher. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.", "question": "Which is cheaper for web search, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or NewsCatcher?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and NewsCatcher need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search and NewsCatcher at https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and NewsCatcher without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 72 against 67" ], "also": [ "Cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $1 per 1,000 requests" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "deepseek-search-api", "watchFor": "Opened on 17 October 2026, with no service record of its own and no component for it on the status page" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 94 against 55", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 76 against 42", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 60" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that need current news 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"deepseek-search-api": 20, "edge": "newscatcher", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "newscatcher": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 34, "deepseek-search-api": 42, "edge": "newscatcher", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "newscatcher": 76, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 19, "deepseek-search-api": 60, "edge": "newscatcher", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "newscatcher": 79, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "NewsCatcher scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 55.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on reliability. Both do web search. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API is cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $1 per 1,000 requests.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "deepseek-search-api": "Search returns up to 50 results with a model-length summary, an authority tier and optional full text, and only successful non-empty calls are billed, at $0.75 per 1,000. It opened on 17 October 2026, with 5 requests a second per account, no OpenAPI file, no free tier, and data held in the PRC under a policy that permits training.", "newscatcher": "One key and one credit balance cover a ranked news search, a background research agent and a hosted MCP server with toolsets and annotated tools, under OpenAPI 3.1 specs and a dated changelog. The current API launched on 30 October 2026, the MCP server accepts the key in its URL, and no SLA is published below Enterprise." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-newscatcher", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-newscatcher.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-newscatcher.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-newscatcher.min.md" }, "markdown": "NewsCatcher scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 55.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on reliability. Both do web search. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API is cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $1 per 1,000 requests.\n\n- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API: grade C, 55.5/100, rank #861 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-search-api.json\n- NewsCatcher: grade B, 67.5/100, rank #321 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/newscatcher.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/newscatcher.json\n- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md\n- All 308 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 72 against 67\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $1 per 1,000 requests\n\nWatch for: Opened on 17 October 2026, with no service record of its own and no component for it on the status page\n\n### NewsCatcher (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that need current news across languages, grouped into stories, or tables of events and company news on a schedule.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 94 against 55\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 76 against 42\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 60\n\nWatch for: The current News API and agent launched on 30 October 2026 and the MCP repository went public on 6 November 2026\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: NewsCatcher +39\n\n- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (55): Per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). No OpenAPI file found. The API reference is rendered from a schema, but no spec is linked, and /openapi.json and /openapi.yaml on the docs host serve the docs page (0). No llms.txt, since api-docs.deepseek.com answered /llms.txt with HTML (0). The guide says what each endpoint is for and which result field suits a UI or a model, and gives the score thresholds for quality and authority, but not when to use Search content against a Fetch (14 of 20). Types, required fields, defaults and limits on every field, such as `query` 1 to 128 characters and `count` 1 to 50. Filters live inside the free-text query (13 of 15). curl and Python examples, an error body and a table of ten status codes with retry guidance. The reference shows only the 200 response (13 of 15). Dated change log and a /v1 path (15). 0 + 0 + 14 + 13 + 13 + 15 = 55.\n- NewsCatcher (94): OpenAPI 3.1 for the News API (version 1.3.9, 4 paths) and the agent (version 1.5.1, 33 paths), linked from llms.txt, and typed JSON Schema on every MCP tool through Pydantic (25). llms.txt, a Markdown copy of every page and a docs MCP server (10). MCP tool descriptions say when to use each and which tool to use instead, such as `list_articles` for older news; the REST reference explains each endpoint and the 'Choose an API' page compares them (17 of 20). Inputs are typed with enums for effort, mode and dimensions, length and range limits such as a 500-character query and limit 1 to 100, and required fields marked (13 of 15). Runnable examples in curl, Python and JavaScript, and an error table with retry advice for every status. The agent spec carries no response examples (14 of 15). Versioned APIs with a dated changelog, the latest entries on 4 November 2026, and separate changelogs for the v3 News API and CatchAll (15). 25 + 10 + 17 + 13 + 14 + 15 = 94.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: NewsCatcher +34\n\n- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (42): Closed service, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). Opened on 17 October 2026, 18 days before this check (30). The change log's 17 October entry is the only dated one about Search or Fetch in the 90 days from 6 August (0 of 20). Dated change log, api-service@deepseek.com and a Discord server, not tested for replies (12 of 15). No official SDK (0 of 15). No SDK or package to assess (0 of 10). 30 + 0 + 12 + 0 + 0 = 42.\n- NewsCatcher (76): Read for a closed service, with the MCP repository read as code. News API 1.1.0 and Agent 1.5.0 on 4 November 2026, MCP server 0.1.0 on 6 November and v3 News API 3.25.0 on 6 November (30). In the 90 days from 8 August, the 30 October launch, News API 1.1.0, Agent 1.5.0, MCP 0.1.0 and v3 releases 3.19.0 to 3.25.0 (20). Public dated changelogs, support by email and Pylon, and a security policy with a 3-business-day target. The MCP repository is a day old, so there are no issues to judge (10 of 15). The CatchAll MCP server is in the official registry under the verified namespace com.newscatcherapi, but the new server isn't, and no official SDK for the current API was found; the Enterprise APIs list libraries (8 of 15). The MCP repository runs its test suite in CI with a read-only token; pass state not read (8 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 8 + 8 = 76.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: NewsCatcher +19\n\n- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (60): Per the 17 October check for the privacy policy, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). Closed service with published terms under PRC law, which assign Outputs to the customer; the Open Platform terms (released 22 April, effective 29 April 2026) and the Terms of Use (last update 27 March 2026) were re-read on 4 November (15). The privacy policy of 10 February 2026 says personal data trains models unless you opt out by email and gives no retention period. It also says search runs on 'third-party APIs' that receive input keywords, which disagrees with the in-house engine described on 17 October, and nothing covers fetched URLs (5 of 30). No deprecation policy, and the only dated notice is the end of free server-side calls on 31 October (5 of 20). Data location disclosed as the PRC, third parties named only by category (10 of 20). 15 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 35.\n- NewsCatcher (79): The API is closed under terms of 2 November 2026 naming NewsCatcher, Inc., and the MCP server is MIT, so between the two bands (20 of 30). The terms say inputs and generated data are not used to train models, a DPA applies automatically, and the privacy policy gives retention periods (server logs 7 days, API logs with query text 90 days, then archived indefinitely, billing records about seven years). They agree with each other, but indefinite archives of query logs hold it back (22 of 30). The terms promise 30 days' email notice before a paid product or API version is discontinued, with refunds of unused credits, and the v3 News API has a migration guide (15 of 20). A sub-processor list dated 2 November 2026 with each provider's location and the data it handles. The MCP repository deploys to Vercel and can send pseudonymised analytics to PostHog, and neither appears on the list (16 of 20). 20 + 22 + 15 + 16 = 73.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: NewsCatcher +10\n\n- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (20): Per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause). No machine payment protocol in the guide, the API reference or the pricing page (0). $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for each endpoint, published without a login on the guide and the pricing page (20). No free tier for direct calls. The stated free period for server-side calls made through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex ended at 16:00 UTC on 31 October 2026, and it never covered direct calls (0). Browser sign-up and a prepaid top-up (0). 0 + 20 + 0 + 0 = 20.\n- NewsCatcher (30): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Credit prices per call published without login, and credits cost $1 per 1,000 through top-ups from $25 (20). 10,000 free credits every 30 days on a $0 plan, and the first top-up moves an account to pay as you go. No page says whether a card is needed to open the free plan, so half (10). A person signs up in the platform in a browser to get a key (0). NewsMCP's keyless tier belongs to a separate product and isn't counted. 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30.\n\n### Reliability: DeepSeek Search and Fetch API +5\n\n- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (72): Hosted reading. DeepSeek's Terms of Use bar capturing or copying content of the Services with robots, spiders or other automatic setups, so no DeepSeek page beyond the terms was requested on 4 November and every line is per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November. status.deepseek.com, run on Flashduty, has component history, but the endpoints have no component of their own; the nearest is Search Service, grouped under Chat Service. This run gives 15 for a vendor status page with no component for the product (was 10). The recorded history holds Search service errors of 6 minutes on 14 August and 39 on 18 August inside the 90 days from 6 August (the 29 July one has left the window), minor only; the window after 17 October is unread, so the line keeps its recorded 20. Per-account limits of 5 requests a second for each endpoint (15). The guide says to wait and retry on 408, 429 and 5xx, with no Retry-After or backoff schedule, and documents both endpoints as read-only and safe to retry, which this run reads as safe-retry guidance without idempotency keys, 12 (was 10). No SLA found (0). Opened to everyone with no beta label (10). 15 + 20 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 72.\n- NewsCatcher (67): Read with the hosted lines, for the News API, the agent and the hosted MCP server. status.newscatcherapi.com (Hyperping) shows one News API component with 99.820% uptime from August to November 2026 and an incident history. The agent and the MCP server have no component of their own (20). In the 90 days from 8 August, one incident, on 1 September 2026, when the vendor wrote that for about four hours a higher-than-usual number of requests to the production News API timed out because of one client's queries. Read as one major (10). Rate limits published per plan, 1 request a second free and up to 10 on pay as you go, with exact limits from the free `GET /subscription` (15). 429 carries Retry-After with instructions to retry the same request, 503 carries Retry-After, and failed or refused requests are not charged. Agent runs and monitor creation have no idempotency keys (12 of 15). An uptime SLA exists only in signed Enterprise agreements; none is published (0). Generally available since 30 October 2026, with OAuth for the MCP server announced as coming soon (10). 20 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 67.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | NewsCatcher | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 72 | 67 | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 94 | NewsCatcher +39 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 84 | NewsCatcher +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 45 | NewsCatcher +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | NewsCatcher +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 76 | NewsCatcher +34 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 79 | NewsCatcher +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.5 · C** | **67.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | NewsCatcher |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | NewsCatcher, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` | `https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| Price for web search | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | $1 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Tools exposed | none | 15 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-11-06 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-11-02 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-11-02 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### DeepSeek Search and Fetch API\n\n- +2.3 on 4 November 2026 (D to C): correction\n\n### NewsCatcher\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DeepSeek Search and Fetch API.** Search returns up to 50 results with a model-length summary, an authority tier and optional full text, and only successful non-empty calls are billed, at $0.75 per 1,000. It opened on 17 October 2026, with 5 requests a second per account, no OpenAPI file, no free tier, and data held in the PRC under a policy that permits training.\n\n**NewsCatcher.** One key and one credit balance cover a ranked news search, a background research agent and a hosted MCP server with toolsets and annotated tools, under OpenAPI 3.1 specs and a dated changelog. The current API launched on 30 October 2026, the MCP server accepts the key in its URL, and no SLA is published below Enterprise.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DeepSeek Search and Fetch API\n\n1. Keep `query` to 128 characters and put filters in it as operators, such as `site:github.com lang:en after:2026-01-01`\n2. Leave `need_content` false and read `summary` first, then call Fetch on the URLs you keep\n3. Stay under 5 requests a second per account across all keys. On 408, 429 or 5xx wait and retry, since no Retry-After is documented\n4. Don't retry a Fetch 403 or 404 unchanged. The page is blocked by policy, unreachable or has no Markdown\n5. Don't send private queries or an end user's IP in `localization`. Data is stored in the PRC\n\n### NewsCatcher\n\n1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header, and use a separate key for the MCP server so it can be revoked alone\n2. Call `start_research` with `dry_run` first, since agent runs cost 1,000 to 6,000 credits\n3. Use `effort=low` for quick lookups; the default `medium` costs five times as much\n4. Use `/articles` or `list_articles` for news older than 30 days or exact counts; `/search` covers 30 days only\n5. On 429 or 503 wait for Retry-After, and quote the Correlation-ID header to support\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or NewsCatcher?\n\nNewsCatcher scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 55.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on reliability.\n\n### Which is cheaper for web search, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or NewsCatcher?\n\nDeepSeek Search and Fetch API, at $0.75 per 1,000 requests against $1 per 1,000 requests for NewsCatcher. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.\n\n### Do DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and NewsCatcher need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and NewsCatcher without installing anything?\n\nYes. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search and NewsCatcher at https://mcp.newscatcherapi.com/mcp.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-newscatcher.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-newscatcher.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-search-api\", \"b\": \"newscatcher\"}`. 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