# Kagi Search API vs Valyu (slim)

> Valyu scores 64.6 (B) to Kagi Search's 48.7 (D) for web search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Valyu scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against Kagi Search API's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Kagi Search API leads on security & auth. Both do web search.

- Kagi Search API: D 48.7, rank #807 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kagi-search.min.md
- Valyu: B 64.6, rank #344 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/valyu.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 44. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Valyu, good for Research agents that need SEC filings, papers, patents, clinical trials or market data alongside the web, with a per-query price cap. Ahead on Reliability, 53 against 8; Schema & documentation, 87 against 71; Payments & pricing, 45 against 20; Maintenance & community, 80 against 41; Transparency & trust, 78 against 69.

| Category | Kagi Search API | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 8 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 41 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kagi Search API | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Kagi | Valyu |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://kagi.com/api/v1/search` | `https://api.valyu.ai/v1/search` |
| 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 | $1.50 per 1,000 pages |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Kagi API Terms of Service. The MCP server is MIT and the OpenAPI file states Apache-2.0 | none |
| Tools exposed | none | 6 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-09-12 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-22 | 2025-10-20 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-10-20 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 535 stars | 19 stars, 6.7k npm/wk, 7.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |