{ "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", "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 is free until 31 October 2026 at 16:00 UTC (https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search).", "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, and an unauthenticated POST to both endpoints returned 401 `authentication_error` with no payment challenge (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": 53.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 795, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 55, "security": 38, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "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": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 55, "security": 38, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "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" ], "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": "2026-10-17", "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 (effective 29 April 2026) are governed by PRC law and assign Outputs to the customer. 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, and api-docs.deepseek.com answers every path with the docs page.", "www.deepseek.com/robots.txt allows all user agents. api-docs.deepseek.com has no robots.txt. platform.deepseek.com answered with a 202 holding page and wasn't read.", "The status page has a Search Service component, grouped under Chat Service, and no component named for the Search or Fetch API." ], "score": 84 }, "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": "2026-10-18T00:14:36.047087455Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 319, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 271, "p95ms24h": 319, "samples24h": 24, "samples30d": 24, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.deepseek.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:50:57.753702183Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:36.047087455Z" } }, "answer": "SerpApi scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "serpapi", "name": "SerpApi", "vendor": "SerpApi", "vendorUrl": "https://serpapi.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "Scrapes live results pages from Google, Bing, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Amazon, YouTube and about 20 other engines and returns them as parsed JSON or markdown.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpapi", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpapi.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpapi.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpapi.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://serpapi.com/search", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "serpapi" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "serpapi" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key as the `api_key` query parameter on every request. The hosted MCP takes `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` or the key in the URL path (`/\u003ckey\u003e/mcp`) for clients that can't set headers.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan 250 searches a month (50 an hour). Starter $25 a month for 1,000 searches, Developer $75 for 5,000, Production $150 for 15,000, Big Data $275 for 30,000, Searcher $725 for 100,000, then Cloud tiers from $3,750 for 1M. Only successful searches count, cached and failed ones are free, and a response with 100 results is still one search. Ludicrous Speed doubles the price, Ludicrous Speed Max quadruples it (https://serpapi.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$25 / 1k req", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in llms.txt, pricing or integrations pages (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 3, "popularity": { "githubStars": 175, "npmWeekly": 168618, "pypiWeekly": 104227, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://serpapi.com/search-api", "llmsTxt": "https://serpapi.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "search.serp", "search.news", "search.images" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 476, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 67, "security": 40, "transparency": 84 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Over 100 engines behind one GET URL, with `json_restrictor` field selection and `output=md`. 25 incidents on the status feed from July to 1 October 2026, including an outage across all APIs on 10 September.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs what a specific engine shows (Google verticals, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Scholar, YouTube, Amazon) parsed to JSON.", "strengths": [ "Over 100 engines behind one GET URL, with `json_restrictor` field selection and `output=md`", "Failed, errored and cached searches aren't billed, and the cache lasts 1 hour", "Terms promise a 99.95% SLA on all plans", "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 listed on the security page, 31-day data retention stated twice", "Hosted MCP server in the official registry, with read-only tool annotations" ], "weaknesses": [ "25 incidents on the status feed from July to 1 October 2026, including an outage across all APIs on 10 September", "REST auth is the `api_key` query parameter, with no header option documented", "No OpenAPI spec, and the MCP `search` tool takes a free-form `params` object", "Monthly plans only, from $25 for 1,000 searches, with no pay-per-call or machine payment", "No prompt-injection guidance for the snippets it returns" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the MCP with `Authorization: Bearer`, not the key-in-path URL the README leads with", "Read `serpapi://engines/\u003cengine\u003e` before calling a new engine, since `params` isn't typed", "Add `json_restrictor` or `output=md` to cut tokens, and `mode: compact` on the MCP", "A 429 means either the hourly limit or an empty balance. Check the account before retrying", "Repeat a search within the hour and the cached copy is free. Set `no_cache=true` only when freshness matters" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 67, "security": 40, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 98 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -G https://serpapi.com/search --data-urlencode \"q=coffee\" -d engine=google -d api_key=$SERPAPI_API_KEY", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http serpapi https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $SERPAPI_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "serpapi": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${SERPAPI_API_KEY}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/serpapi" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan, per 1,000 searches", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 25, "note": "1,000 searches for $25 a month" }, { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "1,000 searches" }, { "item": "Developer plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "5,000 searches" }, { "item": "Production plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 150, "note": "15,000 searches, includes Legal Shield" }, { "item": "Big Data plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 275, "note": "30,000 searches" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SerpApi, LLC", "domain": "serpapi.com", "domainRegistered": "2016-07-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://serpapi.com/legal", "privacy": "https://serpapi.com/legal", "statusPage": "https://status.serpapi.com", "changelog": "https://serpapi.com/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Terms and privacy policy share one page. The entity is a Texas LLC at 1632 S 1st St, Austin" ], "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpapi.json", "live": { "slug": "serpapi", "probe": { "target": "https://serpapi.com/search", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:55.6727308Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 118, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 125, "p95ms24h": 173, "samples24h": 253, "samples30d": 4435, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.serpapi.com", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Minor Service Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:09:06.898110448Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T05:11:56.292414565Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "serpapi", "version": "2.2.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:17:14.714979555Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "serpapi", "version": "1.1.2", "released": "2026-09-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:17:15.084604533Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 157974, "pypiWeekly": 122886, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://serpapi.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:52:50.154651658Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://serpapi.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:23:12.72284436Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "serpapi.com", "registered": "2016-07-27", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/serpapi.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:25:45.271735592Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://serpapi.com/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:53.119812446Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:53.119812446Z", "fingerprint": "ffdefd271384" }, { "url": "https://serpapi.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:51.22800288Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "30dfa765089d" }, { "url": "https://serpapi.com/legal", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:49.101955467Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:30:48.565676371Z", "fingerprint": "c07e1e50c1ea" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:55.6727308Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DeepSeek", "b": "SerpApi", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search", "b": "https://serpapi.com/search", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.75 per 1,000 requests", "b": "$25 per 1,000 requests", "name": "Price for web search" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-17", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-08-27", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-08-27", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "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": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "175 stars, 169k npm/wk, 104k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (4)", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "SerpApi scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), 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 SerpApi?" }, { "answer": "DeepSeek Search and Fetch API, at $0.75 per 1,000 requests against $25 per 1,000 requests for SerpApi. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.", "question": "Which is cheaper for web search, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or SerpApi?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and SerpApi need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search and SerpApi at https://serpapi.com/search.", "question": "Can an agent call DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and SerpApi without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 60" ], "also": [ "Cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $25 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, 67 against 55", "Agent ergonomics, 88 against 81", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 42", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 60" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "An agent that needs what a specific engine shows (Google verticals, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Scholar, YouTube, Amazon) parsed to JSON.", "slug": "serpapi", "watchFor": "25 incidents on the status feed from July to 1 October 2026, including an outage across all APIs on 10 September" } ], "job": { "capability": "web.search", "name": "Web search" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-deepseek-search-api.json", "title": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-deepseek-search-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-serpapi.json", "title": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs SerpApi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-serpapi" }, { "json": 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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 $25 per 1,000 requests.\n\n- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API: grade D, 53.2/100, rank #795 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-search-api.json\n- SerpApi: grade B, 62.5/100, rank #476 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpapi.json\n- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md\n- All 163 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (D)\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, 65 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $25 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### SerpApi (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs what a specific engine shows (Google verticals, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Scholar, YouTube, Amazon) parsed to JSON.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 88 against 81\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 42\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: 25 incidents on the status feed from July to 1 October 2026, including an outage across all APIs on 10 September\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | SerpApi | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 60 | 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 | 67 | SerpApi +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 88 | SerpApi +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 40 | SerpApi +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | SerpApi +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 82 | SerpApi +40 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 84 | SerpApi +24 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.2 · D** | **62.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | SerpApi |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | SerpApi |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` | `https://serpapi.com/search` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| Price for web search | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | $25 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Tools exposed | none | 3 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-27 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-27 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\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 | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 175 stars, 169k npm/wk, 104k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (2) |\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**SerpApi.** Over 100 engines behind one GET URL, with `json_restrictor` field selection and `output=md`. 25 incidents on the status feed from July to 1 October 2026, including an outage across all APIs on 10 September.\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### SerpApi\n\n1. Use the MCP with `Authorization: Bearer`, not the key-in-path URL the README leads with\n2. Read `serpapi://engines/\u003cengine\u003e` before calling a new engine, since `params` isn't typed\n3. Add `json_restrictor` or `output=md` to cut tokens, and `mode: compact` on the MCP\n4. A 429 means either the hourly limit or an empty balance. Check the account before retrying\n5. Repeat a search within the hour and the cached copy is free. Set `no_cache=true` only when freshness matters\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or SerpApi?\n\nSerpApi scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), 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 SerpApi?\n\nDeepSeek Search and Fetch API, at $0.75 per 1,000 requests against $25 per 1,000 requests for SerpApi. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.\n\n### Do DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and SerpApi need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and SerpApi without installing anything?\n\nYes. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search and SerpApi at https://serpapi.com/search.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-serpapi.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-serpapi.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-search-api\", \"b\": \"serpapi\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare deepseek-search-api serpapi`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-search-api.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpapi.json\n\n## Other comparisons with DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or SerpApi\n\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-deepseek-search-api.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-deepseek-search-api.md)\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-deepseek-search-api.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Exa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-exa-mcp.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Firecrawl MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-firecrawl-mcp.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Grep AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-grep-ai.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-linkup.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-serper.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs TinyFish Search](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-tinyfish-search.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-valyu.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Grep AI vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grep-ai-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Linkup vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [SearchAPI.io vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [SerpApi vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-serper.md)\n- [SerpApi vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [SerpApi vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [SerpApi vs TinyFish Search](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-tinyfish-search.md)\n- [SerpApi vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-valyu.md)\n- [SerpApi vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Fetch (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-fetch-reference-server.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "attributionRequired": true, "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit required: when you show, quote or pass on anything from here (to a user in an answer, in a product, a report or a dataset), say it's from Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link the page or API address you took it from. 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