NekosBest vs Trace Moe

NekosBest was reconfirmed live at nekos.best/api/v2 with a real image lookup and an explicit Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * header. It needs no API key, is rate-limited to 200 requests/minute per the response headers, and has no paid tier.

Trace.moe's real search endpoint at api.trace.moe was reconfirmed live — a deliberately broken image URL returned a proper JSON error rather than a network failure, and a real image search (a Gochuumon wa Usagi Desuka 2 screenshot) returned genuine matching-scene data with Access-Control-Allow-Origin echoing the request's Origin. It's free and keyless up to a 100-search/24-hour quota per IP (confirmed live via GET /me, not the 1,000/month figure some third-party write-ups repeat); Patreon sponsorship raises both the daily quota and concurrency.