TinyFish alternatives in 2026

1. Create a key under Agents & API in the workspace. A new account gets $10 of credit, no card, which covers 10,000 fast searches.

2. Point each TinySearch call at the Search API, and each TinyFetch call at the Extract API. The key goes as a Bearer token in place of X-API-Key.

# Before: TinySearch and TinyFetch
curl "https://api.search.tinyfish.ai?query=web+automation+tools" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TINYFISH_API_KEY"
curl -X POST https://api.fetch.tinyfish.ai \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TINYFISH_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"urls": ["https://www.example.com/"]}'

# After: SpecStream Search API and Extract API
curl "https://api.specstream.ai/v1/web-search?q=web+automation+tools&speed=fast" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"
curl -X POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"urls": ["https://www.example.com/"], "format": "markdown"}'

3. Read the new fields. TinySearch's results[] with title, url and snippet becomes data.sources[] with url, title, site and snippet. TinyFetch's results[] becomes data.results[], each with url, status, title and text. A call takes up to 20 URLs, and a page with no text is not charged.

4. In an agent, replace https://agent.tinyfish.ai/mcp with https://api.specstream.ai/mcp. The search_web and read_pages tools take the place of search and fetch, and spend from the same balance inside the limits you set on the key.

When you need a whole dataset in place of a results page, write the request in plain words. SpecStream reads it back as the conditions every row must meet and the facts to bring back, quotes the most it can cost, and delivers the rows after you approve.