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SerpAPI vs Tavily

SESerpAPIvsTATavily
SerpAPITavily
13%
87%

Leading: Tavily (86.7%)

Statistics

MetricValue
SerpAPI wins57
Tavily wins372
Abstains (no tool)1
Other tool chosen62
Decisive cases429
SerpAPI win rate (unweighted)13.3%
95% CI10.4% - 16.8%
SerpAPI win rate (weighted)13.3%

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Model range breakdown

Model rangeTierSerpAPITavilyNoneOtherA rate
DeepSeek Flash 3.2–4.1Mid027000%
DeepSeek Pro 4–4 0813Frontier125014%
DeepSeek R1Frontier22014100%
DevstralMid1350072%
Gemini Flash 2.5–3.8Small024000%
Gemini Pro 2.5–3.1 PreviewFrontier06000%
GLM 5 Turbo–5.3Frontier027000%
GPT 5.4–6 AstraFrontier027000%
GPT Coding 5.3 Codex–6.1 SolFrontier027000%
GPT Mini 5.4 Mini–6 LunaMid026010%
HaikuSmall6150629%
Kimi 2.5–3Frontier027000%
Llama MaverickFrontier1202233%
Llama ScoutSmall10023100%
MiMo Pro 2–2.6Frontier121045%
MiniMax M 2.7–3Frontier027000%
Mistral SmallMid12150044%
Opus 4.6–5.5Frontier027000%
Qwen CoderMid017010%
Sonnet 4.6–5.5Frontier027000%

Per-prompt breakdown

PromptTierSerpAPITavilyNoneOtherA rate
ai-agent-applicationAdvanced1612901511%
ai-agent-applicationIntermediate2611712218%
ai-agent-applicationBeginner1512602511%