{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "linkup", "name": "Linkup", "vendor": "Linkup", "vendorUrl": "https://www.linkup.so", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "Web search API for agents with four depths (flash, fast, standard, deep) and three output types (ranked sources, a cited answer, or JSON matching your schema).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linkup.json", "repo": "https://github.com/LinkupPlatform/linkup-mcp-server", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "linkup-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "linkup-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "linkup-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Bearer API key. x402 (USDC on Base) works without any key on `/v1/search` and `/v1/fetch`. The hosted MCP takes the key as a Bearer header or, in the documented one-click configs, as `?apiKey=` in the URL.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Accounts opened with a work email get $20 of credit, topped back up to $20 each month (about 4,000 standard searches). Search $0.005 per call for flash, fast or standard with sources, $0.006 with a sourced answer or structured output, deep $0.05 or $0.055. Fetch $0.001 to $0.011 by mode and JavaScript rendering. Research $0.25 (S) to $2.50 (XL). Errors and empty results aren't charged. x402 is a flat $0.01 a request (https://www.linkup.so/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.01 / call", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "yes", "evidence": "Docs list x402 on /v1/search and /v1/fetch at a flat $0.01 a request in USDC on Base with no account. An unauthenticated POST to /v1/search returned 402 with a payment-required header for 10000 base units on eip155:8453 (checked 2026-09-30) (https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/x402).", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search", "priceUsd": 0.01, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/fetch", "priceUsd": 0.01, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": 4, "popularity": { "githubStars": 29, "npmWeekly": 53872, "pypiWeekly": 84459, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.linkup.so", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.linkup.so/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/openapi.json", "registryName": "so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "web.fetch", "search.answer", "search.research", "web.extract", "search.images" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "x402", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 115, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 460, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 80, "reliability": 70, "schema": 88, "security": 32, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results. 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`.", "bestFor": "Agents that want a cited answer or schema-shaped output from one search call at a fixed price, and for European buyers who want a French vendor with zero retention on request.", "strengths": [ "Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results", "x402 on /v1/search and /v1/fetch at $0.01 with no account", "Sources, a sourced answer or structured JSON from the same search call", "Errors page with a recommended action for every status code", "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 claimed, and zero data retention available on request" ], "weaknesses": [ "429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`", "MCP configs document `?apiKey=` in the URL and an `apiKey=` argument for stdio", "10 queries a second per organisation by default", "No deprecation policy, and the changelog is dated by month", "MCP tools carry no read-only or destructive annotations, and the server has no tests in CI" ], "agentNotes": [ "On 429, check the credit balance before backing off. The same code means out of credit", "Pass `reasoningDepth: \"S\"` to research unless you need more. The MCP default is L at $1.50", "Start with `depth=fast` and `outputType=searchResults`. Deep costs $0.05, ten times as much", "Send the key as an `Authorization: Bearer` header, not `?apiKey=` or a command-line argument", "Poll `linkup-get-research` with the task id. Research runs take minutes" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 80, "reliability": 70, "schema": 88, "security": 32, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -G https://api.linkup.so/v1/search -H \"Authorization: Bearer $LINKUP_API_KEY\" \\\n --data-urlencode \"q=What is Microsoft's 2024 revenue?\" -d depth=standard -d outputType=sourcedAnswer", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http linkup https://mcp.linkup.so/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $LINKUP_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "linkup": { "args": [ "-y", "linkup-mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "LINKUP_API_KEY": "${LINKUP_API_KEY}" } } } }, "x402": "curl -i -X POST https://api.linkup.so/v1/search -H 'content-type: application/json' \\\n -d '{\"q\":\"test\",\"depth\":\"standard\",\"outputType\":\"searchResults\"}'\n# 402 -\u003e sign USDC transfer (eip155:8453) -\u003e resend with payment-signature header" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/linkup" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Search, standard depth, sources", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "$0.005 a call, $0.006 with sourcedAnswer or structured" }, { "item": "Search, deep depth", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 50 }, { "item": "Fetch, standard without JS", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 1 }, { "item": "Research, reasoning depth S", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.25, "note": "M $0.50, L $1.50, XL $2.50" }, { "item": "x402 request", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.01, "note": "search or fetch, USDC on Base" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Linkup Technologies SAS", "domain": "linkup.so", "domainRegistered": "2024-04-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.linkup.so/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://www.linkup.so/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.linkup.so", "changelog": "https://docs.linkup.so/pages/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Registration date from rdap.nic.so. The registry also records a re-registration on 2025-04-01" ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.json", "live": { "slug": "linkup", "probe": { "target": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-06T01:46:31.708365375Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 48, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 51, "p95ms24h": 103, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 1395, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.linkup.so", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-06T01:26:06.453391055Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "LinkupPlatform/linkup-mcp-server", "version": "v3.4.0", "released": "2026-09-15", "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:57:08.405704166Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server", "version": "0.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-05T23:55:54.568086057Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "linkup-mcp-server", "version": "3.4.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:57:08.177688272Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "linkup-sdk", "version": "3.7.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:57:06.178669955Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "linkup-sdk", "version": "0.23.1", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:57:07.025674949Z" } ], "githubStars": 29, "npmWeekly": 62542, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://linkup.so/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T15:16:17.471814339Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.linkup.so/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T15:19:10.518528198Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "linkup.so", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:23.917123353Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.linkup.so/pages/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T15:56:01.879385567Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "67bf8956a956" }, { "url": "https://www.linkup.so/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T16:03:18.65120673Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:38:53.686360467Z", "fingerprint": "190e16c16e4d" }, { "url": "https://www.linkup.so/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T16:03:20.784970977Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:38:55.83913627Z", "fingerprint": "7c5016bc9dd8" }, { "url": "https://www.linkup.so/terms-of-use", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T16:03:23.223780378Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:38:58.282868656Z", "fingerprint": "785d2335f5ea" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-06T01:46:31.708365375Z" } }, "answer": "Linkup scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against SerpKite's 64.8 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SerpKite leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "serpkite", "name": "SerpKite", "vendor": "SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite)", "vendorUrl": "https://serpkite.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "Google SERP API for AI agents from SerpKite, a sole trader in Ontario. It returns live Google results and 10 other Google verticals as JSON or Markdown, fetches pages as Markdown, and runs a remote MCP server with 14 tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpkite.json", "repo": "https://github.com/SerpKite/serpkite-mcp", "license": "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", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "serpkite" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "serpkite" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/serpkite/serpkite-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key (`skt_live_…`) as `Authorization: Bearer` on every REST call and on the remote MCP server. GET requests may also send it as the `?api_key=` query parameter. An account can hold many keys, each revocable and rotatable with an optional monthly credit limit, and keys are stored as SHA-256 hashes. No scopes. OAuth for the MCP server is listed as planned (https://serpkite.com/docs/api-keys, https://serpkite.com/docs/mcp).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit packs that never expire. Starter $10 for 10,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000), Growth $50 for 62,500 ($0.80), Pro $300 for 500,000 ($0.60), volume quotes from $0.18 per 1,000 at 25 million a month. One credit is one page of 10 results; `num=100` is 7 credits, autocomplete 0.5, batch and cache hits half price, `include_content` 1 per fetched page. Free credits on signup with no card (1,000, or 2,500 after linking GitHub or Google, per the quickstart) and 1,000 a month. Failed, empty and blocked requests are refunded. Paddle is the merchant of record (https://serpkite.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-05).", "priceSummary": "$1 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page. Packs are bought through Paddle checkout (checked 2026-10-05).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 809, "pypiWeekly": 376, "asOf": "2026-10-05" }, "docsUrl": "https://serpkite.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://serpkite.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://serpkite.com/openapi/serp-api.yaml", "registryName": "io.github.SerpKite/serpkite", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "search.serp", "search.news", "search.images", "web.fetch", "web.extract", "web.crawl" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "closed-source", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "go", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 179, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 460, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 90, "security": 37, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-05" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2 and 3 October 2026. The `ai_overview` parameter and field, the `/v1/ai-mode` endpoint and its MCP tool, and the `/v1/lens` endpoint were removed the day each removal was announced, three to four days after the v1.0.0 changelog listed AI Overview as unchanged. Calls now get 400 or 404. The changelog gives Google's refusal of logged-out requests as the reason, and the removed functions are no longer advertised, so the deduction is small (https://serpkite.com/docs/changelog)." ], "verdict": "Google SERP API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Markdown or compact output, field projection, stable error codes and per-key credit limits, at $0.60 to $1.00 per 1,000 on packs that don't expire. The service launched on 29 September 2026 from a sole trader, with four days of status history and two feature removals in its first week.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 spec, llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown twins of every docs page", "`format=markdown` or `compact`, `fields` projection and an `X-Tokens-Estimate` header size responses for a model", "Many revocable keys per account, each with an optional monthly credit limit, plus an account spend cap", "Credit packs never expire, and failed, empty and blocked requests are refunded", "Named subprocessors with locations, and a retention table that keeps no query text in logs" ], "weaknesses": [ "Launched 29 September 2026 by a sole trader, with status monitoring only since 2 October", "AI Overview, AI Mode and Lens were removed within four days of v1.0.0, each without advance notice", "GET requests accept the key as a `?api_key=` query parameter, and keys have no scopes", "No SLA for self-serve packs, no SOC 2 and no security.txt", "The MCP server needs a custom header. OAuth is only planned, so OAuth-only clients can't connect" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not `?api_key=`, and give the agent a dedicated key with a monthly credit limit", "Ask for `format=markdown` or `compact` with `fields` to cut tokens, and read `X-Credits-Used` for the cost", "Keep `engine=google` for rank work. Check `meta.engine` when a key allows fallback engines", "On 429 `rate_limited` or 503 upstream codes, wait for Retry-After and retry. `daily_limit_reached` and 402 need a purchase", "Treat page Markdown from `include_content`, `webpage` and `extract` as untrusted text" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 90, "security": 37, "transparency": 79 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install serpkite", "http": "curl https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"q\":\"best espresso machine 2026\",\"country\":\"us\",\"language\":\"en\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http serpkite https://api.serpkite.com/v1/mcp \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "serpkite": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:SERPKITE_API_KEY}" }, "url": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/serpkite" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter pack", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "$10 for 10,000 credits, never expires" }, { "item": "Pro pack", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.6, "note": "$300 for 500,000 credits, never expires" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite", "domain": "serpkite.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-09-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://serpkite.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://serpkite.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.serpkite.com", "changelog": "https://serpkite.com/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-05", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy, both effective 3 October 2026, name Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite, 1732 Oberon Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, under the laws of Ontario.", "RDAP for serpkite.com gives a registration date of 2026-09-29 and Cloudflare, Inc. as registrar.", "serpkite.com/.well-known/security.txt returns the site's 404 page. The security page asks for reports by email with acknowledgement in 2 business days and says there's no paid bug bounty.", "The MCP registry entry uses the GitHub namespace io.github.SerpKite, not a domain-verified one. The repository's two commits are by the GitHub user nolikzero, and the SDK repositories are committed by serpkite-bot \u003csupport@serpkite.com\u003e.", "The subprocessor page lists Polar as merchant of record for earlier orders, which suggests sales before the domain's registration date. We couldn't establish where." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.json", "live": { "slug": "serpkite", "probe": { "target": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-06T01:46:36.116160558Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 108, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 137, "p95ms24h": 537, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.serpkite.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-06T01:26:20.370042831Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-06T01:46:36.116160558Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Linkup", "b": "SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search", "b": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$5 per 1,000 requests", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for web search" }, { "a": "yes, from $0.01/call", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "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", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "4", "b": "14", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server", "b": "io.github.SerpKite/serpkite", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-04", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "29 stars, 54k npm/wk, 84k PyPI/wk", "b": "809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Linkup scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against SerpKite's 64.8 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SerpKite leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Linkup or SerpKite?" }, { "answer": "Linkup takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. SerpKite needs an API key. An agent can also pay Linkup per call over x402, with no account.", "question": "Do Linkup and SerpKite need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Linkup has a hosted endpoint at https://api.linkup.so/v1/search and SerpKite at https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search.", "question": "Can an agent call Linkup and SerpKite without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 65", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 80 against 40" ], "also": [ "An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account", "Runs on your own machine", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.5 out of 5", "No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Agents that want a cited answer or schema-shaped output from one search call at a fixed price, and for European buyers who want a French vendor with zero retention on request.", "slug": "linkup", "watchFor": "429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 92 against 76", "Security \u0026 auth, 37 against 32", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 64" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "serpkite", "watchFor": "Launched 29 September 2026 by a sole trader, with status monitoring only since 2 October" } ], "job": { "capability": "web.search", "name": "Web search" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-linkup.json", "title": "Brave Search API + MCP vs Linkup", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-linkup" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Brave Search API + MCP vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-linkup.json", "title": "Cloudflare Web Search API vs Linkup", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-linkup" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-parallel-search-api.json", "title": "Linkup vs Parallel Search and Task APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-parallel-search-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-searchapi-io.json", "title": "Linkup vs SearchAPI.io", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-searchapi-io" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpapi.json", "title": "Linkup vs SerpApi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serper.json", "title": "Linkup vs Serper", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serper" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-tavily-mcp.json", "title": "Linkup vs Tavily API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-tavily-mcp" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serper-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Serper vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serper-vs-serpkite" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-tavily-mcp.json", "title": "SerpKite vs Tavily API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-tavily-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-valyu.json", "title": "SerpKite vs Valyu", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-valyu" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-you-com-api.json", "title": "SerpKite vs You.com APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-you-com-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-linkup.json", "title": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Linkup", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-linkup" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "Fetch (MCP reference server) vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-serpkite" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 5, "edge": "linkup", "key": "reliability", "linkup": 70, "name": "Reliability", "serpkite": 65, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "serpkite", "key": "schema", "linkup": 88, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "serpkite": 90, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "serpkite", "key": "ergonomics", "linkup": 76, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "serpkite": 92, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "serpkite", "key": "security", "linkup": 32, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "serpkite": 37, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "edge": "linkup", "key": "payments", "linkup": 80, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "serpkite": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "linkup", "key": "maintenance", "linkup": 83, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "serpkite": 80, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "serpkite", "key": "transparency", "linkup": 64, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "serpkite": 77, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Linkup scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against SerpKite's 64.8 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SerpKite leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do web search. Linkup accepts x402. SerpKite doesn't.", "verdicts": { "linkup": "Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results. 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`.", "serpkite": "Google SERP API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Markdown or compact output, field projection, stable error codes and per-key credit limits, at $0.60 to $1.00 per 1,000 on packs that don't expire. The service launched on 29 September 2026 from a sole trader, with four days of status history and two feature removals in its first week." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.min.md" }, "markdown": "Linkup scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against SerpKite's 64.8 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SerpKite leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do web search. Linkup accepts x402. SerpKite doesn't.\n\n- Linkup: grade B, 69.1/100, rank #115 of 460. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serpkite.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Linkup (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that want a cited answer or schema-shaped output from one search call at a fixed price, and for European buyers who want a French vendor with zero retention on request.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 80 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.5 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`\n\n### SerpKite (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 92 against 76\n- Security \u0026 auth, 37 against 32\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Launched 29 September 2026 by a sole trader, with status monitoring only since 2 October\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Linkup | SerpKite | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 65 | Linkup +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 90 | SerpKite +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 92 | SerpKite +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 37 | SerpKite +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 80 | 40 | Linkup +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 80 | Linkup +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 77 | SerpKite +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.1 · B** | **64.8 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Linkup | SerpKite |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Linkup | SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.linkup.so/v1/search` | `https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| Price for web search | $5 per 1,000 requests | not published |\n| x402 | yes, from $0.01/call | no |\n| Licence | none | 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 |\n| Tools exposed | 4 | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server` | `io.github.SerpKite/serpkite` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-04 |\n| Popularity | 29 stars, 54k npm/wk, 84k PyPI/wk | 809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Linkup.** Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results. 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`.\n\n**SerpKite.** Google SERP API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Markdown or compact output, field projection, stable error codes and per-key credit limits, at $0.60 to $1.00 per 1,000 on packs that don't expire. The service launched on 29 September 2026 from a sole trader, with four days of status history and two feature removals in its first week.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Linkup\n\n1. On 429, check the credit balance before backing off. The same code means out of credit\n2. Pass `reasoningDepth: \"S\"` to research unless you need more. The MCP default is L at $1.50\n3. Start with `depth=fast` and `outputType=searchResults`. Deep costs $0.05, ten times as much\n4. Send the key as an `Authorization: Bearer` header, not `?apiKey=` or a command-line argument\n5. Poll `linkup-get-research` with the task id. Research runs take minutes\n\n### SerpKite\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not `?api_key=`, and give the agent a dedicated key with a monthly credit limit\n2. Ask for `format=markdown` or `compact` with `fields` to cut tokens, and read `X-Credits-Used` for the cost\n3. Keep `engine=google` for rank work. Check `meta.engine` when a key allows fallback engines\n4. On 429 `rate_limited` or 503 upstream codes, wait for Retry-After and retry. `daily_limit_reached` and 402 need a purchase\n5. Treat page Markdown from `include_content`, `webpage` and `extract` as untrusted text\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Linkup or SerpKite?\n\nLinkup scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against SerpKite's 64.8 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SerpKite leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Linkup and SerpKite need an API key?\n\nLinkup takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. SerpKite needs an API key. An agent can also pay Linkup per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Linkup and SerpKite without installing anything?\n\nYes. Linkup has a hosted endpoint at https://api.linkup.so/v1/search and SerpKite at https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-serpkite.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"linkup\", \"b\": \"serpkite\"}`. 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