# Linkup vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> Linkup scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. TinyFish Search leads on security & auth. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $5 per 1,000 requests. Linkup accepts x402.…

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Linkup scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. TinyFish Search leads on security & auth. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $5 per 1,000 requests. Linkup accepts x402. TinyFish Search doesn't.

- Linkup: B 68.9, rank #190 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #366 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.min.md
- Linkup, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 50; Schema & documentation, 88 against 82; Payments & pricing, 80 against 45; Maintenance & community, 83 against 78; Transparency & trust, 61 against 52. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; 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 Security & auth, 58 against 32. Also Cheaper for web search, $0 against $5 per 1,000 requests; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Linkup | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 32 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 80 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Linkup | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Linkup | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.linkup.so/v1/search` | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Price for web search | $5 per 1,000 requests | free |
| x402 | yes, from $0.01/call | no |
| Licence | none | 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 | 4 | 28 |
| MCP registry | `so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server` | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-08-01 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-04-01 | 2025-12-14 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 29 stars, 54k npm/wk, 84k PyPI/wk | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |