# Agency Reviews & Comparisons - Agency Search

> Agency Reviews & Comparisons - Agency Search is a paid API for AI agents from agencyreview.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Search and filter a database of independently ranked software, marketing, and digital service agencies by keyword, category, location, services, and rating.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://agencyreview.dev/api/agencies/search
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agency-reviews-comparisons-agency-search-bfae1284
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ksNnQuX-kMg7KUEkA-5Br

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability agency-reviews-comparisons-agency-search-bfae1284 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you find me top-rated software agencies in the United States that offer mobile app development and UI/UX design, with a minimum rating of 8 out of 10? Show me up to 10 results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover, compare, or shortlist agencies (software, marketing, digital) based on structured criteria like location, services, rating, or category. Prefer it over generic web search when you need structured, scored, filterable agency data with detailed profiles including pricing signals, team size, and verified status.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned when filters are too restrictive (e.g. very high minRating combined with narrow country/category)
- Invalid category slug causes no matches or an error
- Limit exceeds maximum of 50 causing a validation error
- Empty or overly broad query returns irrelevant results
- Service tag mismatch if tags don't align with indexed service names

## How this service works

Independent, data-driven rankings of software agencies, marketing agencies, and digital service providers. Get matched with the right agency for your project.

## Output

Returns a count of matched agencies and an array of agency objects, each containing the agency's name, rating (0-10), location (city, state, country), services offered, category, hourly rate range, minimum project size, team size, founding year, industries served, strengths, cons, a best-for summary, a description, and a canonical profile URL on agencyreview.dev, plus a verified flag.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "default": 20,
       "maximum": 50,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Maximum number of results to return."
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Keyword matched against agency name, description and best-for."
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Full country name to filter by (e.g. \"United States\")."
      },
      "category": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Category slug to filter by (e.g. \"software-agencies\")."
      },
      "services": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       },
       "description": "Service tags; an agency matches if it offers any of them."
      },
      "minRating": {
       "type": "number",
       "maximum": 10,
       "minimum": 0,
       "description": "Minimum agency rating (0-10)."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "count",
      "results"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "count": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Number of agencies returned."
      },
      "results": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
         "_id",
         "name",
         "slug",
         "rating",
         "url"
        ],
        "properties": {
         "_id": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "url": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Canonical agency profile URL."
         },
         "city": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "cons": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
   {
    "_id": "agency-123",
    "url": "https://agencyreview.dev/software-agencies/acme-studio",
    "city": "Austin",
    "cons": [
     "Premium pricing",
     "Limited enterprise support"
    ],
    "name": "Acme Studio",
    "slug": "acme-studio",
    "state": "Texas",
    "rating": 9.2,
    "bestFor": "Early-stage startups shipping a first product",
    "country": "United States",
    "founded": "2014",
    "website": "https://acmestudio.com",
    "category": {
     "name": "Software Agencies",
     "slug": "software-agencies"
    },
    "location": "Austin, TX",
    "services": [
     "Web Development",
     "UI/UX Design",
     "Mobile Apps"
    ],
    "teamSize": "50-99",
    "strengths": [
     "Fast delivery",
     "Strong design",
     "Startup experience"
    ],
    "hourlyRate": "$150-$199 / hr",
    "industries": [
     "SaaS",
     "Fintech",
     "Healthcare"
    ],
    "isVerified": true,
    "description": "Product studio building web and mobile apps for venture-backed startups.",
    "minProjectSize": "$25,000+"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agency-reviews-comparisons-agency-search-bfae1284/health.json
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