# SerpApi vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> TinyFish Search and SerpApi score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.2 (B) and 62.5 (B). SerpApi leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $25 per 1,000 requests.…

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TinyFish Search and SerpApi score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.2 (B) and 62.5 (B). SerpApi leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do web search. TinyFish Search is cheaper for web search, $0 against $25 per 1,000 requests.

- SerpApi: B 62.5, rank #387 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serpapi.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #366 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.min.md
- SerpApi, good for An agent that needs what a specific engine shows (Google verticals, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Scholar, YouTube, Amazon) parsed to JSON. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 50; Agent ergonomics, 88 against 78; Transparency & trust, 84 against 52. Also 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 Schema & documentation, 82 against 67; Security & auth, 58 against 40; Payments & pricing, 45 against 30. Also Cheaper for web search, $0 against $25 per 1,000 requests; Free to start without a card.

| Category | SerpApi | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 88 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 84 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SerpApi | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | SerpApi | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://serpapi.com/search` | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Price for web search | $25 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 | 3 | 28 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp` | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-27 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-27 | 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 |
| 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 | 175 stars, 169k npm/wk, 104k PyPI/wk | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |