Web search API benchmark for AI agents: You.com, Tavily, Exa, Parallel. Results and charts.
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io.github.psinglap/websearch-api-eval is an MCP server that web search API benchmark for AI agents: You.com, Tavily, Exa, Parallel. Results and charts. Its tool list has not been published yet over http and stdio, requires no API key, and scores 60/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.
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"io-github-psinglap-websearch-api-eval": {
"args": [
"-y",
"websearch-api-eval-mcp"
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"command": "npx"
}
}
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A web search API evaluation and live, side-by-side benchmark of four web search APIs for AI agents (You.com, Tavily, Exa and Parallel) on 30 agent-style queries across GTM, insurance and finance use cases, plus a buyer memo, a target-account list and a market map built on the results.
By Pallavi Singla · final run Oct 8, 2026
Live site: https://psinglap.github.io/websearch-api-eval/
Use the benchmark from wherever you work. Everything is free and read-only; nothing runs on a hosted server with your keys.
| Where | What you get | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Website | Full results, charts, memo, target accounts, market map | https://psinglap.github.io/websearch-api-eval/ |
| Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor (hosted MCP server) | Ask about the results in chat: scorecards, comparisons, any of the 30 queries, charts, methodology | Add a custom connector with https://websearch-api-eval.psberkeleymba.workers.dev/mcp (no sign-in). Setup |
| npm (local MCP server) | Same tools plus run_live_search: query all four APIs with your own keys | npx -y websearch-api-eval-mcp · npm page |
| Claude Code plugin | The MCP server plus an "evaluate web search APIs" skill | /plugin marketplace add psinglap/websearch-api-eval then /plugin install websearch-api-eval@psinglap |
| Official MCP Registry | Listing that MCP clients and directories read from | io.github.psinglap/websearch-api-eval |
| Glama | MCP directory listing with a tool-quality score | glama.ai |
| Hugging Face | The 30 questions, answer keys, per-provider results and scorecards as a dataset | psinglap/websearch-api-eval · load_dataset("psinglap/websearch-api-eval") |
| This repo | The full test harness to rerun the benchmark on your own queries | Run it yourself |
In review: Claude's Connectors Directory and mcp.so.
| Page | What it covers | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Evaluation | The full benchmark: every query, answer key, what each API returned, per-use-case scorecards and the setup friction log. [PDF](pdf/ |