# DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> TinyFish Search scores 63.2 (B) to DeepSeek Search and Fetch's 53.2 (D) for web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $0.75 per 1,000 requests. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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TinyFish Search scores 63.2 (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 transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $0.75 per 1,000 requests.

- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API: D 53.2, rank #795 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #445 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.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 50; Transparency & trust, 60 against 52.
- TinyFish Search, good for Agents that need ranked snippets and URLs at no cost and modest volume, with news and research-paper modes. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 82 against 55; Security & auth, 58 against 38; Payments & pricing, 45 against 20; Maintenance & community, 78 against 42. Also Cheaper for web search, $0 against $0.75 per 1,000 requests; Free to start without a card.

| Category | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 42 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| 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 | free |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under TinyFish's Terms of Service. The local MCP proxy `@tiny-fish/mcp` is MIT. The SDK packages on npm and PyPI carry no licence metadata |
| Tools exposed | none | 28 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-12-14 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| 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 | yes |
| Popularity | none | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |