ToolPicker
// the directory for AI-agent tools

The best tools for your AI agents

20 categories of agent primitives, ranked by comparable cost for a standard workload + verified agent-readiness. You pick — or your agent queries the MCP.

// ToolPicker is itself an MCP server — plug it into your agent
$ claude mcp add --transport http toolpicker https://toolpicker.merchin.fr/mcp
→ native find_tool · compare · autonomous_tools (or REST /api/pick)how it's scored →
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// live ranking · by cost
full ranking · 20 tools →
#Tool100k pagesAI rank
1ZyteZyteZyte API: web scraping with auto anti-ban, proxy rotation & JS render.$13#3
2DataForSEODataForSEOPAYG data APIs; On-Page endpoint returns raw HTML for any URL.$15#11
3ScrapingAntScrapingAntScraping API with headless Chrome, proxy rotation & AI extraction.$19#13
4Scrape.doScrape.doRotating-proxy scraping API: pay only for successful requests, JS incl.$29#16
5ScrapflyScrapflyScraping API with anti-bot bypass, cloud browser & AI extraction.$30#6
// Agent primitivesmeasurable — cost + benchmark
Scraping
100k pages

Pull clean, structured data from any page — at agent scale.

#1ZyteZyte$13
Web Search
100k queries

Search + retrieval APIs agents call to read the live web.

#1SerperSerper$100
Embeddings
100M tokens

Text-embedding APIs agents call to vectorize text for RAG & search.

#1Fireworks AIFireworks AI$0.8
Transcription
100h audio

Speech-to-text APIs agents call to turn audio into text.

#1Fireworks AI (Whisper)Fireworks AI (Whisper)$9
Document Extraction
10k pages

OCR / PDF-parsing APIs agents call to turn documents into structured text.

#1AWS TextractAWS Textract$15
Vector Databases
1M vectors

Managed vector DBs agents use for RAG memory & semantic search.

#1Upstash VectorUpstash Vector$8.77
Code Sandboxes
1k sandbox-hrs

Isolated sandboxes agents call to run untrusted / AI-generated code.

#1Fly.io MachinesFly.io Machines$15.44
Text-to-Speech
1M chars

Voice-synthesis APIs agents call to turn text into speech.

#1Kokoro (hosted on DeepInfra)Kokoro (hosted on DeepInfra)$0.62
Image Generation
1k images

Text-to-image APIs agents call to generate images.

#1Adobe FireflyAdobe Firefly$9.99
Rerankers
1k rerank searches

Relevance-reranking APIs agents call to reorder RAG results.

#1Jina RerankerJina Reranker$0.2
Translation
1M chars

Machine-translation APIs agents call to translate text.

#1Azure AI TranslatorAzure AI Translator$10
SMS / Messaging
10k US SMS

Programmable SMS APIs agents call for notifications, 2FA & alerts.

#1TelnyxTelnyx$40
Geocoding / Maps
100k geocodes

Geocoding & places APIs agents call to resolve addresses & locations.

#1LocationIQ GeocodingLocationIQ Geocoding$0
Content Moderation
100k items

Text/image moderation APIs agents call to detect unsafe content.

#1OpenAI ModerationOpenAI Moderation$0
Transactional Email
100k emails

APIs agents call to send transactional email (receipts, magic links, alerts).

#1Amazon SESAmazon SES$10
// GTM / sales toolsthe original set
Cold Email
10k contacts

Sequencers & sending infra that actually land in the inbox.

#1MailshakeMailshake$49
Enrichment
10k emails

Turn a name + company into a verified email, phone, and more.

#1Apollo.ioApollo.io$59
Email Context
10k prospects

Research & personalization signals that make outreach relevant.

#1UnifyUnify
Parallel Dialer
seat / mo

Dial many lines at once; talk to more humans per hour.

#1PhoneBurnerPhoneBurner$165
Intent & Signals
10k visitors

Surface warm accounts and buying signals before your competitors.

#1RB2BRB2B$199