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Brave Search API

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · brave.com · scored 2026-05-03 · rubric v1.1
Score 30 / 100
Search APIs
Public API

Brave Search API publishes a pricing page with 2 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. All advertised paths route to a sales conversation rather than a self-serve checkout. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall.

See Brave Search API pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing snapshot
Pricing summary
As of 2026-05-03 · derived from brave.com/search/api/
Enterprise

Contact sales

Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. The full tier list lives on the live page — see source link above.
Score breakdown · rubric v1.1
How Brave Search API scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing

15 / 15

Usage-based / metered

0 / 25

Self-serve checkout

0 / 15

Public API

15 / 15

Low / no minimum

0 / 10

Unauth automated payment

0 / 10

Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base

0 / 5

Total
30 / 100
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Brave Search API?
✓

Discover price

https://brave.com/search/api/ — Free + paid CPM tiers visible
✓

Select a plan

Free / Base AI / Pro AI / Pro Data distinguishable
◐

Pay per task

True CPM (per-1K-query) PAYG model
✓

Avoid a sales call

All paid tiers buyable via api-dashboard.search.brave.com
✓

API docs without auth

https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation — public
◐

Estimate cost upfront

CPM × queries, trivially computable upfront
Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
  • API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • Per-unit pricing exists but is wrapped inside a subscription wrapper — an agent must sponsor a recurring plan rather than pay for a single task.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
  • A unit price is published but consumption per task is not declared upfront — cost predictability is partial.
One-line fix
How Brave Search API could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Brave Search API — The only search API with its own Web index at scale. Truly independent, lightning-fast, and built to power AI apps. Private and secure, your queries never leave Brave.

tier_count

2

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

https://brave.com/search/api/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Brave Search API
CTAs (40): Yes · Dismiss · Desktop · Android · iOS · Shields adblocker · VPN · Privacy features · Premium services · More features · Brave vs. other browsers · Try Brave Search
Price tokens (6): $5 · $5 per · $5 · $4 per · $5 per million input · $5
Yes Dismiss Browser DownloadsDesktop Android iOS Features Shields adblocker VPN Privacy features Premium services More features Brave vs. other browsers Search Try Brave Search Search features Web Discovery Project Brave vs. other search engines Private AI Ask Brave Browser AI More AI features Search API API features Developer docs Use cases How-to guides Latest API news Tools & integrations MCP Server Log in / sign up Brave for business Brave AdsAds features Search Ads Browser Ads Demographics Why Brave Ads? Advertiser support Log in / sign up Group policyEnterprise deployments Sign up Log in Brave Search APIAPI features Developer docs Use cases How-to guides Latest API news Tools & integrations MCP Server Log in / sign up API features More Search API pages API features Developer docs Use cases How-to guides Latest API news Tools & integrations MCP Server Log in / sign up Brave Search API The only search API with its own Web index at scale. Truly independent, lightning-fast, and built to power AI apps. Private and secure, your queries never leave Brave. Get started* Read the docs *with $5 in free monthly credits Plans Search The real-time search data your chatbots & agents need to generate answers. Complete search results (URLs, text, news, images, and more), with additional LLM context optimized for AI. $5 per 1,000 requests Get started Includes $5 in free credits every month Credits are automatically applied to your account Special features Goggles: Custom reranking & resu…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Brave Search API
Not Agent-Ready Yet

30

/ 100 (rubric v1.1)
Category

Search APIs

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

2

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-03

Available onxpay.tools / brave-search
Actions
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Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v1.1. Source observed at https://brave.com/search/api/.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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