# SearchAPI.io vs SerpKite (slim)

> SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against SearchAPI.io's 51.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SearchAPI.io leads on reliability. Both do web search. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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SerpKite scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against SearchAPI.io's 51.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SearchAPI.io leads on reliability. Both do web search.

- SearchAPI.io: D 51.4, rank #358 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/searchapi-io.min.md
- SerpKite: B 64.8, rank #179 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpkite.min.md
- SearchAPI.io, good for Agents that need parsed results from many engines, especially shopping, ads, travel and social sources, at a low price per search. Ahead on Reliability, 90 against 65. Also No incidents deducted, where SerpKite loses 3 points for them.
- SerpKite, good 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 92 against 52; Security & auth, 37 against 28; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 80 against 15; Transparency & trust, 77 against 62. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | SearchAPI.io | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 59 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 92 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 28 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SearchAPI.io | SerpKite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | SearchApi | SerpKite (Anastasia Klimova, trading as SerpKite) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search` | `https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Price for web search | $4 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| 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 |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.searchapi/mcp` | `io.github.SerpKite/serpkite` |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-04 |
| Popularity | none | 809 npm/wk, 376 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |