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      "name": "Kagi Search API",
      "vendor": "Kagi",
      "vendorUrl": "https://kagi.com",
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      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Kagi's Search API returns results from the Kagi search engine for web, image, video, news and podcast queries, with optional Markdown extraction of the top pages. It is a paid HTTP API in public preview, with a hosted MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kagi-search",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kagi-search.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kagi-search.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kagi-search.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/kagisearch/kagimcp",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the Kagi API Terms of Service. The MCP server is MIT and the OpenAPI file states Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://kagi.com/api/v1/search",
      "packages": [
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          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "kagimcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the portal at kagi.com/api, sent as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` per the OpenAPI file. Each key can be limited to chosen products and to IP addresses or ranges, and deleted to revoke it. On Family and Team plans only the account owner can open the portal. The hosted MCP server takes the same key as a Bearer header, with no OAuth yet.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "$12 per 1,000 searches and $4 per 1,000 extracted pages, pay as you go, invoiced every 30 days or when usage reaches $100. Prepaid credit and a spending cap are available. No free tier or sandbox. The quick start asks for a Kagi account and a payment method first. Enterprise volume prices are by quote (https://kagi.com/api/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).",
      "priceSummary": "$12 / 1k req",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the OpenAPI file, the API docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "openapi": "https://kagi.com/api/docs/_spec/openapi.yaml",
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        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
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        "search.images"
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        "official",
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        "mcp",
        "ip-allowlist",
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        "go",
        "rust"
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      "graded": true,
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        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 807,
        "ranked": true,
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        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
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          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 8,
          "schema": 71,
          "security": 64,
          "transparency": 69
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          "tasks"
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
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        "verdict": "A public OpenAPI file, typed filters and API keys that can be limited by product and IP address make the API simple to call, at $12 per 1,000 searches. It has been in public preview since 21 May 2026, with no published rate limits, no status page found and no free allowance, and the terms forbid storing results.",
        "bestFor": "An owner who already pays for Kagi and wants its ranking, lenses and domain rules inside an agent, with page text in the same call.",
        "strengths": [
          "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file for `POST /search` and `POST /extract`, with enums, ranges and request and response examples",
          "Each API key can be limited to chosen products and to IP addresses or ranges, and the billing page sets a spending cap in USD",
          "Per-unit prices are public, $12 per 1,000 searches and $4 per 1,000 extracted pages, with pay-as-you-go billing",
          "Searches can carry an inline lens, domain block, lower, raise and pin rules, date and region filters, and extraction of up to 10 result pages",
          "The privacy policy has an API section with retention periods, and says queries are not stored against the account"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Public preview since 21 May 2026. The API terms say it is under active development with no uptime or service-level commitment",
          "No rate limit numbers are published, and no status page is linked from the docs, pricing, terms or changelog pages we read",
          "No free allowance. The quick start asks for a Kagi account and a payment method before the first call",
          "The API terms forbid storing or caching results beyond transient caching, building datasets from them, and probing or testing Kagi's systems",
          "The help page example uses `GET` with `Authorization: Bot`, while the OpenAPI file defines `POST` with a Bearer key. The TypeScript client's README names an npm package that returned 404"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send `POST https://kagi.com/api/v1/search` with a JSON body and `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`, as the OpenAPI file defines. Only `query` is required",
          "Set `limit` to cap results returned. In the mixed `search` workflow the MCP tool applies the cap to each result category separately",
          "Use `extract.count` (1 to 10) only when page text is needed. Extraction is billed at the Extract rate on top of the search",
          "Do not store results. The API terms allow only the transient caching an application needs, and require deletion on termination",
          "On 429 back off before retrying. The response covers both rate limiting and an exhausted usage limit, and no `Retry-After` header is documented"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 48.7
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 41,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 8,
          "schema": 71,
          "security": 64,
          "transparency": 54
        },
        "provenanceScore": 83
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "uvx kagimcp",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://kagi.com/api/v1/search \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $KAGI_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"query\":\"steve jobs\",\"workflow\":\"search\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add kagi https://mcp.kagi.com/mcp --transport http --header \"Authorization: Bearer $(read -sp 'API key: ' k; echo $k)\" --scope user",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "kagi": {
              "args": [
                "kagimcp"
              ],
              "command": "uvx",
              "env": {
                "KAGI_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/kagi-search"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 12,
          "note": "page extraction inside a search is billed at the Extract rate on top"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extract",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 4,
          "note": "up to 10 URLs a request"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Kagi Inc.",
        "domain": "kagi.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1993-11-18",
        "domainNote": "kagi.com was registered in 1993, long before Kagi Inc. was founded in 2018.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://kagi.com/privacy/api",
        "privacy": "https://kagi.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://kagi.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The Kagi API Terms of Service (effective and last updated 22 September 2026) govern the Search API and incorporate the privacy policy and a Data Processing Addendum that is not yet published.",
          "The privacy policy at kagi.com/privacy has a Kagi API section added on 22 September 2026. The same page also holds the general Terms of Service.",
          "The API terms do not name a legal entity. The docs' company page gives Kagi Inc., and the privacy page describes Kagi as a Delaware public benefit corporation.",
          "kagi.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@kagi.com and a bug bounty with a safe harbour policy, and has no Expires field. It is recorded as valid, although RFC 9116 asks for that field.",
          "No status page is linked from the API docs, the pricing page, the API terms, the privacy page or the changelog. We did not type an address for one.",
          "The changelog covers every Kagi product. API entries are a few lines inside those posts.",
          "RDAP for kagi.com gives a registration date of 1993-11-18.",
          "kagi.com/robots.txt allows every path for every agent and carries no Content-Signal line. help.kagi.com/robots.txt answered 404."
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kagi-search.json",
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        "slug": "kagi-search",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://kagi.com/api/v1/search",
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            "registry": "pypi",
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            "url": "https://kagi.com/api/pricing",
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            "url": "https://kagi.com/privacy",
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            "url": "https://kagi.com/privacy/api",
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    },
    "answer": "Parallel Search and Task APIs scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against Kagi Search API's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kagi Search API leads on security \u0026 auth.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "parallel-search-api",
      "name": "Parallel Search and Task APIs",
      "vendor": "Parallel Web Systems",
      "vendorUrl": "https://parallel.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Parallel's web APIs for agents.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallel-search-api.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "parallel-web"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "parallel-web"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "API key in the `x-api-key` header. The Search MCP at search.parallel.ai/mcp works anonymously at lower limits, takes a Bearer key, and /mcp-oauth adds OAuth. An OAuth provider can issue keys on behalf of your users.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Up to 5,000 free requests a month, with $5 of free credit monthly and up to $80 at signup. Search $1 per 1,000 requests in turbo or fast, $5 in basic or advanced, 10 results included and $1 per 1,000 extra results. Extract $1 per 1,000 URLs. Task $5 (lite) to $2,400 (ultra8x) per 1,000 successful runs. Responses $10 to $250 per 1,000 by reasoning effort. Failed runs aren't billed (https://parallel.ai/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$1 / 1k req",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Not on api.parallel.ai. A separate gateway at parallelmpp.dev takes x402 (USDC on Base) and MPP (Stripe or Tempo) for search and extract at $0.01 and an ultra task at $0.30. An unauthenticated POST to /api/search returned 402 with an x402 v2 challenge for 10000 base units on eip155:8453 (checked 2026-09-30) (https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/agentic-payments).",
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          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/extract",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/task",
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.parallel.ai",
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        "search.research"
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        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-09-29",
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "bestFor": "Agents that mix quick search with long research or enrichment jobs and want one vendor and one bill.",
        "strengths": [
          "Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs",
          "Task runs billed only on success, and documented limits of 600 searches and 2,000 task creations a minute",
          "Keyless hosted Search MCP, with Bearer and OAuth endpoints for higher limits",
          "Public OpenAPI, llms.txt and an errors table that says which codes to retry",
          "Changelog entries most weeks and SDK releases several times a month"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out",
          "SDKs retry Task creation on 429 and 5xx with no idempotency key",
          "x402 and MPP only through parallelmpp.dev at a flat $0.01, not on api.parallel.ai",
          "No prompt-injection guidance, no security.txt and no public subprocessor list",
          "No retention period stated outside the EU endpoint"
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        "agentNotes": [
          "Pass `mode: \"fast\"` on every search. Without it you pay the advanced rate",
          "Create Task runs with `max_retries=0` and check for an existing run before retrying",
          "Give an `objective` plus two or three short `search_queries`. That's what ranks the excerpts",
          "On 402, check available balance rather than total. Running tasks reserve credit",
          "Prefer natural-language source guidance to domain filters. The docs say filters can cut result quality"
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          "measured": false
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
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        "http": "curl https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search -H \"x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"mode\":\"fast\",\"objective\":\"Latest Parallel Web Systems announcements\",\"search_queries\":[\"Parallel Web Systems news\"]}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http parallel-search https://search.parallel.ai/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "parallel-search": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${PARALLEL_API_KEY}"
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              "url": "https://search.parallel.ai/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -i -X POST https://parallelmpp.dev/api/search -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{\"query\":\"test\"}'\n# 402 -\u003e pay $0.01 USDC on eip155:8453 (or MPP via Stripe/Tempo) -\u003e resend"
      },
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        "tool": "https://letme.dev/parallel-search-api"
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          "note": "10 results included"
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          "item": "Extract",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Task, lite processor",
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        {
          "item": "Task, pro processor",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Responses, medium effort",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
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        {
          "item": "x402 search via gateway",
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        "domainNote": "Registered in 2017 and transferred on 2024-07-01, so the registration date predates the company's use of it.",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallel-search-api.json\n- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md\n- All 129 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Kagi Search API (D)\n\nGood for: An owner who already pays for Kagi and wants its ranking, lenses and domain rules inside an agent, with page text in the same call.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Public preview since 21 May 2026. The API terms say it is under active development with no uptime or service-level commitment\n\n### Parallel Search and Task APIs (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that mix quick search with long research or enrichment jobs and want one vendor and one bill.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 8\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 94 against 71\n- Agent ergonomics, 81 against 75\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 75 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 41\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Cheaper for web search, $1 against $12 per 1,000 requests\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Kagi Search API | Parallel Search and Task APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 8 | 75 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +67 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 94 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 81 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 45 | Kagi Search API +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 75 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +55 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 41 | 87 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 65 | Kagi Search API +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **48.7 · D** | **74 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Kagi Search API | Parallel Search and Task APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Kagi | Parallel Web Systems |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://kagi.com/api/v1/search` | `https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| Price for web search | $12 per 1,000 requests | $1 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Kagi API Terms of Service. The MCP server is MIT and the OpenAPI file states Apache-2.0 | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 6 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.parallel/search-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-22 | 2026-08-11 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-08-11 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 535 stars | 28 stars, 250k npm/wk, 994k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.6/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Kagi Search API.** A public OpenAPI file, typed filters and API keys that can be limited by product and IP address make the API simple to call, at $12 per 1,000 searches. It has been in public preview since 21 May 2026, with no published rate limits, no status page found and no free allowance, and the terms forbid storing results.\n\n**Parallel Search and Task APIs.** Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs. Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Kagi Search API\n\n1. Send `POST https://kagi.com/api/v1/search` with a JSON body and `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`, as the OpenAPI file defines. Only `query` is required\n2. Set `limit` to cap results returned. In the mixed `search` workflow the MCP tool applies the cap to each result category separately\n3. Use `extract.count` (1 to 10) only when page text is needed. Extraction is billed at the Extract rate on top of the search\n4. Do not store results. The API terms allow only the transient caching an application needs, and require deletion on termination\n5. On 429 back off before retrying. The response covers both rate limiting and an exhausted usage limit, and no `Retry-After` header is documented\n\n### Parallel Search and Task APIs\n\n1. Pass `mode: \"fast\"` on every search. Without it you pay the advanced rate\n2. Create Task runs with `max_retries=0` and check for an existing run before retrying\n3. Give an `objective` plus two or three short `search_queries`. That's what ranks the excerpts\n4. On 402, check available balance rather than total. Running tasks reserve credit\n5. Prefer natural-language source guidance to domain filters. The docs say filters can cut result quality\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Kagi Search API or Parallel Search and Task APIs?\n\nParallel Search and Task APIs scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against Kagi Search API's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kagi Search API leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Which is cheaper for web search, Kagi Search API or Parallel Search and Task APIs?\n\nParallel Search and Task APIs, at $1 per 1,000 requests against $12 per 1,000 requests for Kagi Search API. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.\n\n### Do Kagi Search API and Parallel Search and Task APIs need an API key?\n\nKagi Search API needs an API key. Parallel Search and Task APIs takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Kagi Search API and Parallel Search and Task APIs without installing anything?\n\nYes. Kagi Search API has a hosted endpoint at https://kagi.com/api/v1/search and Parallel Search and Task APIs at https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-parallel-search-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-parallel-search-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"kagi-search\", \"b\": \"parallel-search-api\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare kagi-search parallel-search-api`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kagi-search.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallel-search-api.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Kagi Search API or Parallel Search and Task APIs\n\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Grep AI vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grep-ai-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-serper.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs TinyFish Search](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-tinyfish-search.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-valyu.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Linkup vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-serper.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs TinyFish Search](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-tinyfish-search.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-valyu.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-kagi-search.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- [Grep AI vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grep-ai-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n",
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