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Brave Search API Pricing

brave.com · Search APIs · refreshed 2026-05-03
Search APIs
2 tiers
Public API
Quick answer

Brave Search API pricing is sales-led — no self-serve tiers are published. All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form. Brave Search API operates in the search apis category.

Last verified 2026-05-03 · brave.com
Brave Search API pricing page screenshot — https://brave.com/search/api/
Source · live pricing page on 2026-05-03

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Pricing summary
As of 2026-05-03 · derived from brave.com/search/api/
Enterprise

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Brave Search API pricing plans
Plans & what each tier includes
Synthesized from Brave Search API's public pricing page on 2026-05-03. Tier names normalized to a starter / team / business / enterprise pattern; the actual Brave Search API pricing page is the source of truth for in-tier features.
Enterprise
Contact sales
custom

  • Custom pricing negotiated with the Brave Search API sales team

  • Dedicated account manager and SLA commitments

  • Volume discounts on per-unit costs

  • Procurement-friendly: invoicing, NDAs, security questionnaires

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Pricing summary
What Brave Search API charges

Brave Search API operates in the search apis space. The published pricing page lists 2 tiers. The pricing page positions plans as: "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.".

For the deeper analysis — score, simulation, pros & cons for AI agents, and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the Verified band — see the agent-readiness scorecard.
Frequently asked
Brave Search API pricing FAQ

Brave Search API's pricing is sales-led. The published pricing page directs prospects to a sales contact form rather than self-serve plans, as of 2026-05-03.

Brave Search API does not advertise a free tier on its public pricing page as of 2026-05-03. A free trial may be available on request via the sales team.

Brave Search API's pricing page positions itself as: "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.". For the strict definition of agent-buyable PPU — a per-task purchase that an AI agent can complete without an annual commitment — see the agent-readiness scorecard.

Not currently. Brave Search API's public pricing page routes all advertised tiers to a sales contact form.

Yes — Brave Search API's API documentation is publicly accessible at https://brave.com/search/api/. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.

xpay scored Brave Search API 30 / 100 on its Agent-Ready SaaS Index, which places it in the Not Agent-Ready Yet band. 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. For the full 6-step purchase simulation and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the next band, see the linked scorecard.

In the Search APIs category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists multiple alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Brave Search API to compare with 3 nearest peers, or browse the full Search APIs category from the index.

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AI agent readiness
Can an AI agent buy from Brave Search API?
Not Agent-Ready Yet

30

/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index

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 pa…

See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Brave Search API into the Agent-Ready Verified band.
Quick facts
At a glance
Free tier

Not advertised

Lowest paid

Sales-led

Self-serve checkout

No

Tier count

2

Public API

Public docs

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Brave Search API pricing summary derived from a live read of https://brave.com/search/api/ on 2026-05-03. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Brave Search API.

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