Description

Search API providing web, news, image, video, and AI search capabilities from Brave’s independent index.

AI-native score

How ready this product is for agents to use, on a 0–100 scale across four weighted dimensions. Security is one of them, so a high score is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. How is this scored?

Research coverage: 65% of the scored decision fields carry a confirmed value. Unresearched fields score zero in the grade above.

Component	Raw	Weight	Contribution
Integration	5/10	35%	17.5
Trust	3/6	30%	15.0
Portability	3/4	20%	15.0
Security	2/4	15%	7.5

Signals that fired

Integration: MCP server (+2) ; Command-line interface (+1) ; Agent skill (+1) ; Verified llms.txt (+1)
Trust: Zero data retention (available, +1) ; Hard budget caps (available, +1) ; Verified trust center (+1)
Portability: Open standards (+1) ; Standard protocol access (+1) ; No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1)
Security: MFA available (+1) ; Compliance certifications (+1)

Signals not researched

These gaps cover the fields used in the AI-native score.

Integration surfaces: Native connectors, API specs, Developer kits
Trust & data policy: No generative AI training, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap
Security & compliance: Access controls

Trust & data policy

Trust center: Vendor trust center
Multi-factor authentication: Available
Zero data retention: Available
Hard budget caps: Available
Open standards: Yes
Standard protocol access: Yes
No proprietary-SDK lock-in: Yes
Self-hostable: No
Open source: No

Not yet researched No generative AI training, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap

Security & compliance

Certifications and access controls this product reports on its own pages. We confirm the vendor lists each one; for certifications we don't audit the underlying report. Part of the 15% security score.

A shared trust or security page can support several certifications. We do not require separate public report links because reports may require login, vendor approval, or a nondisclosure agreement. Ask the vendor for reports and applicable coverage before a procurement decision. These listings expose no per-claim check date; the entry's updated date does not date the supporting evidence.

Compliance certifications

SOC 2

Not yet researched Access controls

What it does

Capabilities

Web Search

Find web pages relevant to a query and return ranked search results.

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Jobs to be done

From cited vendor documentation, each completion verdict says whether an agent can deliver the job's main outcome by and large through this product and which steps still need a person. Scope may limit cases or prerequisites while preserving that outcome. It's a separate axis from the AI-native score. Expand a job for the human steps, delegation, and scope. An unknown verdict means the answer is not yet established.

Search the web Finishes end to end

Find web pages relevant to a query.

Completion detail · via API

Setup needs a human

Unknown

Per-task human step

None

On behalf of a principal

Supported

An application or agent finds pages relevant to its principal's query through Brave Search API GET /res/v1/web/search after account, plan and API-key setup. The API returns web results with titles, URLs and descriptions.

Conditions: Requires an activated Search plan and its API key, passed as X-Subscription-Token. Web Search returns at most 20 results per page with offsets through 9; follow more_results_available. Brave documentation prohibits retaining received API data unless separately arranged with Brave. Optional monthly usage limits can cap plan spend; auto-reload has separate settings. Retrieval does not establish completion of actions on result websites. Setup human requirement remains unknown.

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Integration surfaces

How an agent connects to this product and finds its documentation. The largest dimension of the AI-native score (35%).

llms.txt: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/llms.txt
WebMCP: No
Headless signup: No

MCP servers

Model Context Protocol endpoints an AI agent can connect to for this product's tools and data.

Brave Search MCP Server

Command-line interfaces

bx — Brave Search CLI

Agent skills

Packaged skills an agent can load to operate this product.

Brave LLM Context

Confirmed absent Agent2Agent (A2A) servers

Not yet researched Native connectors, API specs, Developer kits

Offers

Full pricing page

Plans

Enterprise

Contact sales

Custom terms and capacity for large deployments, full-funnel Zero Data Retention, custom agreements and NDAs, invoicing, and enterprise support.

Contact Brave for bespoke pricing.

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Usage-based rates

Autosuggest

Completes queries as users type. Includes $5 in free credits every month, automatically applied. Capacity: 100 requests per second.

Rate	Unit price
Autosuggest	$5 per 10,000 requests

Billing: Pay As You Go

Payment: Credit Card

Prepaid credits purchased upfront and drawn down with API usage. Credits expire at the earlier of one year after issuance or account closure; prepaid credits are non-refundable. Optional automatic reload can be enabled. A credit card is required to activate a plan.

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Search

Web search with URLs and text snippets, LLM context for models and agents, news, videos, and images. Includes $5 in free credits every month, automatically applied. Capacity: 50 requests per second.

Rate	Unit price
Search	$5 per 1,000 requests

Billing: Pay As You Go

Payment: Credit Card

Prepaid credits purchased upfront and drawn down with API usage. Credits expire at the earlier of one year after issuance or account closure; prepaid credits are non-refundable. Optional automatic reload can be enabled. A credit card is required to activate a plan.

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Spellcheck

Spellcheck. Includes $5 in free credits every month, automatically applied. Capacity: 100 requests per second.

Rate	Unit price
Spellcheck	$5 per 10,000 requests

Billing: Pay As You Go

Payment: Credit Card

Prepaid credits purchased upfront and drawn down with API usage. Credits expire at the earlier of one year after issuance or account closure; prepaid credits are non-refundable. Optional automatic reload can be enabled. A credit card is required to activate a plan.

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Description

AI-native score

Trust & data policy

Security & compliance

Compliance certifications

What it does

Capabilities

Jobs to be done

Integration surfaces

MCP servers

Command-line interfaces

Agent skills

Offers

Enterprise

Autosuggest

Search

Spellcheck

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