# Grep AI vs SerpApi (slim)

> Grep AI scores 64.4 (B) to SerpApi's 62.5 (B) for web search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Grep AI scores 64.4 (B) on agent readiness against SerpApi's 62.5 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SerpApi leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do web search.

- Grep AI: B 64.4, rank #352 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grep-ai.min.md
- SerpApi: B 62.5, rank #428 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpapi.min.md
- Grep AI, good for Agents that hand off a long research or due-diligence job and want a cited report or structured fields back, including business verification and sanctions screening through built-in agents. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 67; Security & auth, 65 against 40; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30.
- SerpApi, good for An agent that needs what a specific engine shows (Google verticals, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Scholar, YouTube, Amazon) parsed to JSON. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 88 against 70; Maintenance & community, 82 against 74; Transparency & trust, 84 against 59. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Grep AI | SerpApi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 88 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 84 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Grep AI | SerpApi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Parcha Labs, Inc. | SerpApi |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.grep.ai/api/v2/runs` | `https://serpapi.com/search` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Price for web search | not published | $25 per 1,000 requests |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Parcha Labs' terms of service. The grep-research-skills package on npm is MIT. The @parcha/agentrun and parcha-agentrun SDK packages state no licence in their registry metadata | none |
| Tools exposed | 82 | 3 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-20 | 2026-08-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-21 | 2026-08-27 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 334 npm/wk, 52 PyPI/wk | 175 stars, 169k npm/wk, 104k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |