Brave Search API (brave.com) Review

Brave Search API gives developers programmatic access to Brave's independent web index of over 20 billion pages. It supports web, image, video, news, and local search queries, plus an Answers endpoint that combines search results with LLM-generated responses. Results are available as JSON, with flexible ranking, filtering, and region parameters. Brave states the API serves more than 10 billion queries per year and offers free, Search, and Answers tiers. The free plan requires a credit card as an anti-fraud measure.

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Key Capabilities & Features

•Independent web index with billions of pages
•Web, image, video, news, and local search endpoints
•Answers endpoint combining search with LLM summaries
•JSON responses with region and freshness filters
•Free tier with monthly query allowance

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Pricing ModelFreemium

PaymentCard Req.

API AccessAvailable

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