Brave Search API — pricing, limits & comparison
Generated 2026-11-03 03:53 UTC · JSON
Brave Search API scores 40.59 for web search for agents / rag
(Web search APIs). Agent-friction 60/100.
Pricing
| Plan | Base / mo | Included | Overage |
|---|
| Search (prepaid) | $0 | 1k searches | $0.01/1 searches |
Cost at scale — Web search APIs
| 1k searches/mo | 10k searches/mo | 100k searches/mo |
|---|
| $0 | $45 | $495 |
Agent-friction breakdown — 60/100
| Check | Points | Pass |
|---|
| Test credentials without a credit card | 20 | × |
| Sandbox or test mode | 15 | ✓ |
| Setup with no human-only steps | 15 | ✓ |
| Official CLI | 10 | × |
| Official MCP server | 10 | ✓ |
| Markdown docs, current with the SDK | 10 | ✓ |
| Typed SDK for main languages | 10 | × |
| Error messages that name the fix | 10 | ✓ |
Health & reliability — 100/100
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 · status page |
| Changelog entries (90 days) | 0 |
| Deprecations (90 days) | 0 |
| Downloads trend | 0% |
| Last release | — |
| Ownership events (90 days) | 0 |
Sources: status.brave.com. Captured 2026-11-02.
Pricing source · Docs · Status page