# Parallel Search and Task APIs vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> Parallel Search and Task APIs scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TinyFish Search leads on security & auth. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $1 per 1,000 requests.…

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Parallel Search and Task APIs scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TinyFish Search leads on security & auth. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $1 per 1,000 requests.

- Parallel Search and Task APIs: BB 74, rank #77 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #366 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.min.md
- Parallel Search and Task APIs, good for Agents that mix quick search with long research or enrichment jobs and want one vendor and one bill. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 50; Schema & documentation, 94 against 82; Payments & pricing, 75 against 45; Maintenance & community, 87 against 78; Transparency & trust, 65 against 52. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- 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 45. Also Cheaper for web search, $0 against $1 per 1,000 requests; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Parallel Search and Task APIs | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 94 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 75 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Parallel Search and Task APIs | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Parallel Web Systems | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search` | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| Price for web search | $1 per 1,000 requests | free |
| x402 | payer tooling only | 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 | 6 | 28 |
| MCP registry | `ai.parallel/search-mcp` | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-11 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-11 | 2025-12-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 28 stars, 250k npm/wk, 994k PyPI/wk | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.6/5 (8) | none |