# TinyFish Search vs Valyu (slim)

> Valyu scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TinyFish Search leads on security & auth. Both do web search. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Valyu scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TinyFish Search leads on security & auth. Both do web search.

- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #366 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.min.md
- Valyu: B 64.6, rank #311 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/valyu.min.md
- 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 44. Also Free to start without a card.
- Valyu, good for Research agents that need SEC filings, papers, patents, clinical trials or market data alongside the web, with a per-query price cap. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 82; Transparency & trust, 78 against 52.

| Category | TinyFish Search | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | TinyFish Search | Valyu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | TinyFish | Valyu |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` | `https://api.valyu.ai/v1/search` |
| Price for web search | free | $1.50 per 1,000 pages |
| Licence | 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 | none |
| Tools exposed | 28 | 6 |
| MCP registry | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-12 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-17 | 2025-10-20 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-12-14 | 2025-10-20 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk | 19 stars, 6.7k npm/wk, 7.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |