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Tavily vs SerpAPI

TATavilyvsSESerpAPI
TavilySerpAPI
87%
13%

Leading: Tavily (86.7%)

Statistics

MetricValue
Tavily wins372
SerpAPI wins57
Abstains (no tool)1
Other tool chosen62
Decisive cases429
Tavily win rate (unweighted)86.7%
95% CI83.2% - 89.6%
Tavily win rate (weighted)86.7%

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Model range breakdown

Model rangeTierTavilySerpAPINoneOtherA rate
DeepSeek Flash 3.2–4.1Mid27000100%
DeepSeek Pro 4–4 0813Frontier2510196%
DeepSeek R1Frontier022140%
DevstralMid5130028%
Gemini Flash 2.5–3.8Small24000100%
Gemini Pro 2.5–3.1 PreviewFrontier6000100%
GLM 5 Turbo–5.3Frontier27000100%
GPT 5.4–6 AstraFrontier27000100%
GPT Coding 5.3 Codex–6.1 SolFrontier27000100%
GPT Mini 5.4 Mini–6 LunaMid26001100%
HaikuSmall1560671%
Kimi 2.5–3Frontier27000100%
Llama MaverickFrontier2102267%
Llama ScoutSmall010230%
MiMo Pro 2–2.6Frontier2110495%
MiniMax M 2.7–3Frontier27000100%
Mistral SmallMid15120056%
Opus 4.6–5.5Frontier27000100%
Qwen CoderMid17001100%
Sonnet 4.6–5.5Frontier27000100%

Per-prompt breakdown

PromptTierTavilySerpAPINoneOtherA rate
ai-agent-applicationAdvanced1291601589%
ai-agent-applicationIntermediate1172612282%
ai-agent-applicationBeginner1261502589%