{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "fetch-reference-server", "name": "Fetch (MCP reference server)", "vendor": "MCP project (reference servers)", "vendorUrl": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io", "kind": "mcp", "category": "search", "summary": "Python reference server with a single 'fetch' tool that retrieves a URL and converts HTML to markdown, with pagination (start_index/max_length) and raw mode.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fetch-reference-server.json", "repo": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers", "license": "MIT and Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mcp-server-fetch" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "mcp/fetch" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "Local process; optional --proxy-url.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Open source.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Local reference server, no payments.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 1, "popularity": { "githubStars": 90000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 118227, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/main/src/fetch/README.md", "capabilities": [ "web.fetch" ], "tags": [ "reference", "local", "open-source", "python" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-18", "graded": true, "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 295, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 460, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 60, "reliability": 53, "schema": 70, "security": 30, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One tool of about 300 tokens, with `max_length` and `start_index` paging and a hint giving the next offset. Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list.", "bestFor": "Reading a known URL as Markdown in a local or sandboxed agent, at no cost.", "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.", "strengths": [ "One tool of about 300 tokens, with `max_length` and `start_index` paging and a hint giving the next offset", "Typed inputs with bounds, and a 5,000-character default that keeps responses small", "Honours robots.txt for model-initiated requests by default", "No telemetry and no credentials, MIT licence" ], "weaknesses": [ "Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list", "SECURITY.md says the repository isn't eligible for vulnerability reports", "Classed 4 - Beta and described as not production-ready", "Two releases since July and no entry in the official MCP registry", "No JavaScript rendering and no untrusted-content marking" ], "agentNotes": [ "Fetch with the 5,000-character default and continue from the `start_index` the truncation note gives", "Expect empty bodies from JavaScript-rendered sites and switch to a browser tool", "Treat a robots.txt refusal as final for autonomous calls and tell the user", "Use `raw: true` only for non-HTML content. It skips the Markdown conversion and returns the page as served" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 60, "reliability": 53, "schema": 70, "security": 30, "transparency": 76 }, "provenanceScore": 74 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add fetch -- uvx mcp-server-fetch", "config": { "mcpServers": { "fetch": { "args": [ "mcp-server-fetch" ], "command": "uvx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.fetch", "tool": "https://letme.dev/fetch-reference-server" }, "sameCompany": [ "git-reference-server", "puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "filesystem-reference-server", "memory-reference-server", "postgres-reference-server-archived", "sequential-thinking-reference-server" ], "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Model Context Protocol, a Series of LF Projects, LLC", "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io", "domainRegistered": "2024-11-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 74 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server.json", "live": { "slug": "fetch-reference-server", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "modelcontextprotocol/servers", "version": "2026.8.31", "released": "2026-08-31", "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:52:24.552834037Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mcp-server-fetch", "version": "2026.8.18", "released": "2026-08-18", "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:52:22.469896782Z" } ], "githubStars": 91015, "pypiWeekly": 146986, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T15:16:09.194554059Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:56.741922917Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T16:03:18.525823905Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "38cea2fa08bd" }, { "url": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T16:03:21.433479957Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6b8804f51317" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T16:52:24.552834037Z" } }, "answer": "SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Fetch (MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "serpkite", "name": "SerpKite", "vendor": "SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite)", "vendorUrl": "https://serpkite.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "Google SERP API for AI agents from SerpKite, a sole trader in Ontario. It returns live Google results and 10 other Google verticals as JSON or Markdown, fetches pages as Markdown, and runs a remote MCP server with 14 tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpkite.json", "repo": "https://github.com/SerpKite/serpkite-mcp", "license": "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", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "serpkite" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "serpkite" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/serpkite/serpkite-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key (`skt_live_…`) as `Authorization: Bearer` on every REST call and on the remote MCP server. GET requests may also send it as the `?api_key=` query parameter. An account can hold many keys, each revocable and rotatable with an optional monthly credit limit, and keys are stored as SHA-256 hashes. No scopes. OAuth for the MCP server is listed as planned (https://serpkite.com/docs/api-keys, https://serpkite.com/docs/mcp).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit packs that never expire. Starter $10 for 10,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000), Growth $50 for 62,500 ($0.80), Pro $300 for 500,000 ($0.60), volume quotes from $0.18 per 1,000 at 25 million a month. One credit is one page of 10 results; `num=100` is 7 credits, autocomplete 0.5, batch and cache hits half price, `include_content` 1 per fetched page. Free credits on signup with no card (1,000, or 2,500 after linking GitHub or Google, per the quickstart) and 1,000 a month. Failed, empty and blocked requests are refunded. Paddle is the merchant of record (https://serpkite.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-05).", "priceSummary": "$1 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page. Packs are bought through Paddle checkout (checked 2026-10-05).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 809, "pypiWeekly": 376, "asOf": "2026-10-05" }, "docsUrl": "https://serpkite.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://serpkite.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://serpkite.com/openapi/serp-api.yaml", "registryName": "io.github.SerpKite/serpkite", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "search.serp", "search.news", "search.images", "web.fetch", "web.extract", "web.crawl" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "closed-source", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "go", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 179, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 460, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 90, "security": 37, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-05" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2 and 3 October 2026. The `ai_overview` parameter and field, the `/v1/ai-mode` endpoint and its MCP tool, and the `/v1/lens` endpoint were removed the day each removal was announced, three to four days after the v1.0.0 changelog listed AI Overview as unchanged. Calls now get 400 or 404. The changelog gives Google's refusal of logged-out requests as the reason, and the removed functions are no longer advertised, so the deduction is small (https://serpkite.com/docs/changelog)." ], "verdict": "Google SERP API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Markdown or compact output, field projection, stable error codes and per-key credit limits, at $0.60 to $1.00 per 1,000 on packs that don't expire. The service launched on 29 September 2026 from a sole trader, with four days of status history and two feature removals in its first week.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 spec, llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown twins of every docs page", "`format=markdown` or `compact`, `fields` projection and an `X-Tokens-Estimate` header size responses for a model", "Many revocable keys per account, each with an optional monthly credit limit, plus an account spend cap", "Credit packs never expire, and failed, empty and blocked requests are refunded", "Named subprocessors with locations, and a retention table that keeps no query text in logs" ], "weaknesses": [ "Launched 29 September 2026 by a sole trader, with status monitoring only since 2 October", "AI Overview, AI Mode and Lens were removed within four days of v1.0.0, each without advance notice", "GET requests accept the key as a `?api_key=` query parameter, and keys have no scopes", "No SLA for self-serve packs, no SOC 2 and no security.txt", "The MCP server needs a custom header. OAuth is only planned, so OAuth-only clients can't connect" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not `?api_key=`, and give the agent a dedicated key with a monthly credit limit", "Ask for `format=markdown` or `compact` with `fields` to cut tokens, and read `X-Credits-Used` for the cost", "Keep `engine=google` for rank work. Check `meta.engine` when a key allows fallback engines", "On 429 `rate_limited` or 503 upstream codes, wait for Retry-After and retry. `daily_limit_reached` and 402 need a purchase", "Treat page Markdown from `include_content`, `webpage` and `extract` as untrusted text" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 90, "security": 37, "transparency": 79 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install serpkite", "http": "curl https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"q\":\"best espresso machine 2026\",\"country\":\"us\",\"language\":\"en\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http serpkite https://api.serpkite.com/v1/mcp \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "serpkite": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:SERPKITE_API_KEY}" }, "url": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/serpkite" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter pack", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "$10 for 10,000 credits, never expires" }, { "item": "Pro pack", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.6, "note": "$300 for 500,000 credits, never expires" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite", "domain": "serpkite.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-09-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://serpkite.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://serpkite.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.serpkite.com", "changelog": "https://serpkite.com/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-05", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy, both effective 3 October 2026, name Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite, 1732 Oberon Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, under the laws of Ontario.", "RDAP for serpkite.com gives a registration date of 2026-09-29 and Cloudflare, Inc. as registrar.", "serpkite.com/.well-known/security.txt returns the site's 404 page. The security page asks for reports by email with acknowledgement in 2 business days and says there's no paid bug bounty.", "The MCP registry entry uses the GitHub namespace io.github.SerpKite, not a domain-verified one. The repository's two commits are by the GitHub user nolikzero, and the SDK repositories are committed by serpkite-bot \u003csupport@serpkite.com\u003e.", "The subprocessor page lists Polar as merchant of record for earlier orders, which suggests sales before the domain's registration date. We couldn't establish where." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.json", "live": { "slug": "serpkite", "probe": { "target": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-06T01:30:36.038512193Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 146, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 137, "p95ms24h": 537, "samples24h": 16, "samples30d": 16, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 16, "ok": 16 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.serpkite.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-06T01:26:20.370042831Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-06T01:30:36.038512193Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "MCP project (reference servers)", "b": "SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT and Apache-2.0", "b": "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", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "1", "b": "14", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.SerpKite/serpkite", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-08-18", "b": "2026-10-04", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "90k stars, 118k PyPI/wk", "b": "809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Fetch (MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Fetch (MCP reference server) or SerpKite?" }, { "answer": "Fetch (MCP reference server) needs no key. SerpKite needs an API key.", "question": "Do Fetch (MCP reference server) and SerpKite need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Fetch (MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. SerpKite has a hosted endpoint at https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search.", "question": "Can an agent call Fetch (MCP reference server) and SerpKite without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Fetch (MCP reference server) is open source (MIT and Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for SerpKite.", "question": "Are Fetch (MCP reference server) and SerpKite open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Runs on your own machine", "Open source", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.5 out of 5", "No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Reading a known URL as Markdown in a local or sandboxed agent, at no cost.", "slug": "fetch-reference-server", "watchFor": "Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 53", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 70", "Agent ergonomics, 92 against 78", "Security \u0026 auth, 37 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 42" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "serpkite", "watchFor": "Launched 29 September 2026 by a sole trader, with status monitoring only since 2 October" } ], "job": { "capability": "web.fetch", "name": "Fetching pages" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Brave Search API + MCP vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Cloudflare Web Search API vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Exa API + MCP vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Firecrawl MCP vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Linkup vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Parallel Search and Task APIs vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "SearchAPI.io vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "SerpApi vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serper-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Serper vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serper-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-tavily-mcp.json", "title": "SerpKite vs Tavily API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-tavily-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-valyu.json", "title": "SerpKite vs Valyu", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-valyu" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-you-com-api.json", "title": "SerpKite vs You.com APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-you-com-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-fetch-reference-server.json", "title": "Exa API + MCP vs Fetch (MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-fetch-reference-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-linkup.json", "title": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Linkup", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-linkup" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-parallel-search-api.json", "title": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Parallel Search and Task APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-parallel-search-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-tavily-mcp.json", "title": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Tavily API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-tavily-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-valyu.json", "title": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Valyu", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-valyu" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-you-com-api.json", "title": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs You.com APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-you-com-api" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 12, "edge": "serpkite", "fetch-reference-server": 53, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "serpkite": 65, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "serpkite", "fetch-reference-server": 70, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "serpkite": 90, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "serpkite", "fetch-reference-server": 78, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "serpkite": 92, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "serpkite", "fetch-reference-server": 30, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "serpkite": 37, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "fetch-reference-server", "fetch-reference-server": 60, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "serpkite": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 38, "edge": "serpkite", "fetch-reference-server": 42, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "serpkite": 80, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "serpkite", "fetch-reference-server": 75, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "serpkite": 77, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Fetch (MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do fetching pages.", "verdicts": { "fetch-reference-server": "One tool of about 300 tokens, with `max_length` and `start_index` paging and a hint giving the next offset. Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list.", "serpkite": "Google SERP API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Markdown or compact output, field projection, stable error codes and per-key credit limits, at $0.60 to $1.00 per 1,000 on packs that don't expire. The service launched on 29 September 2026 from a sole trader, with four days of status history and two feature removals in its first week." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite.min.md" }, "markdown": "SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Fetch (MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do fetching pages.\n\n- Fetch (MCP reference server): grade C, 57.6/100, rank #295 of 460. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fetch-reference-server.json\n- SerpKite: grade B, 64.8/100, rank #179 of 460. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpkite.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Fetch (MCP reference server) (C)\n\nGood for: Reading a known URL as Markdown in a local or sandboxed agent, at no cost.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.5 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list\n\n### SerpKite (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 53\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 70\n- Agent ergonomics, 92 against 78\n- Security \u0026 auth, 37 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 42\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Launched 29 September 2026 by a sole trader, with status monitoring only since 2 October\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Fetch (MCP reference server) | SerpKite | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 53 | 65 | SerpKite +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 90 | SerpKite +20 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 92 | SerpKite +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 37 | SerpKite +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | Fetch (MCP reference server) +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 80 | SerpKite +38 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 77 | SerpKite +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.6 · C** | **64.8 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Fetch (MCP reference server) | SerpKite |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MCP project (reference servers) | SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search` |\n| Transports | stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT and Apache-2.0 | 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 |\n| Tools exposed | 1 | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.SerpKite/serpkite` |\n| Last release | 2026-08-18 | 2026-10-04 |\n| Popularity | 90k stars, 118k PyPI/wk | 809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Fetch (MCP reference server).** One tool of about 300 tokens, with `max_length` and `start_index` paging and a hint giving the next offset. Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list.\n\n**SerpKite.** Google SERP API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Markdown or compact output, field projection, stable error codes and per-key credit limits, at $0.60 to $1.00 per 1,000 on packs that don't expire. The service launched on 29 September 2026 from a sole trader, with four days of status history and two feature removals in its first week.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Fetch (MCP reference server)\n\n1. Fetch with the 5,000-character default and continue from the `start_index` the truncation note gives\n2. Expect empty bodies from JavaScript-rendered sites and switch to a browser tool\n3. Treat a robots.txt refusal as final for autonomous calls and tell the user\n4. Use `raw: true` only for non-HTML content. It skips the Markdown conversion and returns the page as served\n\n### SerpKite\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not `?api_key=`, and give the agent a dedicated key with a monthly credit limit\n2. Ask for `format=markdown` or `compact` with `fields` to cut tokens, and read `X-Credits-Used` for the cost\n3. Keep `engine=google` for rank work. Check `meta.engine` when a key allows fallback engines\n4. On 429 `rate_limited` or 503 upstream codes, wait for Retry-After and retry. `daily_limit_reached` and 402 need a purchase\n5. Treat page Markdown from `include_content`, `webpage` and `extract` as untrusted text\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Fetch (MCP reference server) or SerpKite?\n\nSerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Fetch (MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Fetch (MCP reference server) and SerpKite need an API key?\n\nFetch (MCP reference server) needs no key. SerpKite needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Fetch (MCP reference server) and SerpKite without installing anything?\n\nFetch (MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. SerpKite has a hosted endpoint at https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search.\n\n### Are Fetch (MCP reference server) and SerpKite open source?\n\nFetch (MCP reference server) is open source (MIT and Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for SerpKite.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fetch-reference-server\", \"b\": \"serpkite\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare fetch-reference-server serpkite`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fetch-reference-server.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpkite.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Fetch (MCP reference server) or SerpKite\n\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Linkup vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [SearchAPI.io vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [SerpApi vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Serper vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serper-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [SerpKite vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [SerpKite vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-valyu.md)\n- [SerpKite vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs Fetch (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-fetch-reference-server.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-valyu.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-you-com-api.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-06", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs SerpKite", "url": "" } ], "description": "SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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