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Brave Search API
Independent web search API for applications, RAG pipelines and AI agents.
Zero-cost economics
- Status
- Recurring free credit
- Limits
- No standalone free plan. Each Search plan receives $5 in credits every month; at $5 per 1,000 Search requests, that is equivalent to up to 1,000 Search requests if used only for that endpoint.
- Credit card
- required
- Commercial use
- unknown
Affiliate economics
- Status
- unknown
- Commission
- Not yet verified.
- Recurring
- unknown
- Cookie / window
- unknown
Agent interfaces
- API
- true
- SDK
- unknown
- MCP
- true
- Webhooks
- unknown
Verification
- State
- verified
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
- Notes
- Monthly free credits, card requirement, API access and official MCP integration verified from first-party Brave sources.
Sources
- Brave Search API pricing — checked 2026-10-02
- Brave Search API help — checked 2026-10-02