# DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs SerpKite (slim)

> SerpKite scores 64.8 (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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SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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
- SerpKite: B 64.8, rank #375 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.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. Also No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them.
- SerpKite, good for Agents that want Google results and the top pages as Markdown in one call at a low per-1,000 price, with spend caps per key. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 92 against 81; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 80 against 42; Transparency & trust, 77 against 60. Also Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 92 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 42 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` | `https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for web search | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under SerpKite's terms of service. The SDKs (TypeScript, Python, Go, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK) and the MCP connection repository on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.SerpKite/serpkite` |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-04 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-03 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-03 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| 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 | 809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (2) |