# Kagi Search API vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> TinyFish Search scores 63.2 (B) to Kagi Search's 48.7 (D) for web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $12 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 Kagi Search API's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kagi Search API leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $12 per 1,000 requests.

- Kagi Search API: D 48.7, rank #807 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kagi-search.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #405 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.min.md
- Kagi Search API, good 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. Ahead on Security & auth, 64 against 58; Transparency & trust, 69 against 52. Also Runs on your own machine.
- 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 Reliability, 50 against 8; Schema & documentation, 82 against 71; Payments & pricing, 45 against 20; Maintenance & community, 78 against 41. Also Cheaper for web search, $0 against $12 per 1,000 requests; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Kagi Search API | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 8 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 41 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kagi Search API | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Kagi | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://kagi.com/api/v1/search` | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for web search | $12 per 1,000 requests | free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Kagi API Terms of Service. The MCP server is MIT and the OpenAPI file states Apache-2.0 | 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 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-22 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-12-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 535 stars | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |