Andi Search vs Tako

AI Search

Metric	Andi Search	Tako
Category	AI Search	AI Search
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Auth	API Key	API Key
Format	JSON	JSON
Bot Blocking	None	None
OpenAPI Spec	No	No
Credit Card	Not required	Not required
Rate Limit	Per-second sliding window, configured per API key in console	Rate-limited (SDK throws TakoRateLimitException); specific limits not publicly documented

Score Component	Andi Search	Tako
Base	+50	+50
OpenAPI Spec	0 (No)	0 (No)
Auth	+10 (API Key)	+10 (API Key)
Format	+10 (JSON)	+10 (JSON)
Bot Blocking	+10 (None)	+10 (None)
No CC	+5 (Yes)	+5 (Yes)
Free	0 (No)	0 (No)
Total	85	85

	Andi Search	Tako
Pros	+ Purpose-built for agents — format=context returns markdown optimized for LLM context windows, plus MCP server and llms.txt for tool discovery + Rich structured responses with categorized results (web, news, images, videos, places, profiles, academics) in a single call + Sub-second Fast mode (~1s) and thorough Deep mode (~2-3s) via a single depth parameter — simple for agents to choose speed vs. quality	+ Returns structured JSON with visualization data, chart configs, sources, and timestamps — ideal for agents that need grounded, citable data without post-processing + Official Python and TypeScript SDKs plus an MCP server with search_knowledge, get_chart_preview, and generate_chart_insights tools for direct agent integration + Covers 180K+ companies with 5K+ financial data points from authoritative sources (S&P Global, World Bank) — far richer than generic web search for data queries
Cons	- Waitlist/early-access gated — no instant self-serve signup yet - No public OpenAPI spec and no official SDK; agents must use raw HTTP requests	- Pricing details and rate limits are not publicly documented — hard to estimate costs for high-volume agent workflows - Beta endpoints (visualize datasets, chart insights) may change — agents relying on them risk breaking on updates
Badges	API KeyFreemiumJSONBot Blocking: NoneNo CCsearchai-searchragllm-optimizedreal-timeweb-index	API KeyFreemiumJSONBot Blocking: NoneNo CCknowledge-searchdata-visualizationchartsfinancial-datamcp-serverstructured-data

Andi Search Integration

example.py

import requests
response = requests.get(    "https://search-api.andisearch.com/api/v1/search",    params={"q": "what is RAG"},    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"})data = response.json()for result in data["results"]:    print(result["title"], result["link"])

Tako Integration

example.py

import osfrom tako.client import TakoClientfrom tako.types.knowledge_search.types import KnowledgeSearchSourceIndex
client = TakoClient(os.getenv("TAKO_API_KEY"))results = client.knowledge_search(    "Nvidia revenue vs AMD revenue since 2020",    source_indexes=[KnowledgeSearchSourceIndex.TAKO])print(results)