# Grep AI vs SerpKite (slim)

> SerpKite and Grep AI score within a point of each other for web search, 64.8 and 64.4 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SerpKite and Grep AI score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 64.8 (B) and 64.4 (B). Grep AI leads on security & auth. Both do web search.

- Grep AI: B 64.4, rank #352 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grep-ai.min.md
- SerpKite: B 64.8, rank #337 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.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 Security & auth, 65 against 37. 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 Reliability, 65 against 60; Schema & documentation, 90 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 92 against 70; Maintenance & community, 80 against 74; Transparency & trust, 77 against 59. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Grep AI | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 92 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Grep AI | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Parcha Labs, Inc. | SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.grep.ai/api/v2/runs` | `https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| 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 | 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 | 82 | 14 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.SerpKite/serpkite` |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-20 | 2026-10-03 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-21 | 2026-10-03 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 334 npm/wk, 52 PyPI/wk | 809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |