# SearchAPI.io vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> TinyFish Search scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against SearchAPI.io's 51.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SearchAPI.io leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $4 per 1,000 requests.…

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TinyFish Search scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against SearchAPI.io's 51.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SearchAPI.io leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $4 per 1,000 requests.

- SearchAPI.io: D 51.2, rank #673 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/searchapi-io.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #366 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.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 50; Transparency & trust, 60 against 52.
- 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 Schema & documentation, 82 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 52; Security & auth, 58 against 28; Payments & pricing, 45 against 30; Maintenance & community, 78 against 15. Also Cheaper for web search, $0 against $4 per 1,000 requests.

| Category | SearchAPI.io | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 59 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 28 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SearchAPI.io | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | SearchApi | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search` | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| Price for web search | $4 per 1,000 requests | free |
| 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 | none | 28 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.searchapi/mcp` | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-04-11 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-11 | 2025-12-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |