Brave Search

Brave Search

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About

Brave Search is a privacy-focused search engine from the creators of the Brave Browser. Brave Search does not currently show ads. Eventually it will have an ad-supported free model, or a paid model that does not show ads. Brave Search API: Power your search and AI applications with the fastest growing independent search engine since Bing. Access an index of billions of pages with a single API call. All users can get started for FREE for up to 1 query per second, and 2,000 queries per month. Brave is one of only a few global, independent search providers, and it’s the fastest growing search engine since Bing. Get access to high-quality data that’s actually usable. Build everything from search engines to AI apps. As the default engine in the Brave browser, Brave Search is consistently refreshed with new data via its Web Discovery Project contribution framework.

About

The Parallel Search API is a web-search tool engineered specifically for AI agents, designed from the ground up to provide the most information-dense, token-efficient context for large-language models and automated workflows. Unlike traditional search engines optimized for human browsing, this API supports declarative semantic objectives, allowing agents to specify what they want rather than merely keywords. It returns ranked URLs and compressed excerpts tailored for model context windows, enabling higher accuracy, fewer search steps, and lower token cost per result. Its infrastructure includes a proprietary crawler, live-index updates, freshness policies, domain-filtering controls, and SOC 2 Type 2 security compliance. The API is built to fit seamlessly within agent workflows: developers can control parameters like maximum characters per result, select custom processors, adjust output size, and orchestrate retrieval directly into AI reasoning pipelines.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Anyone interested in a search engine with a focus on privacy

Audience

Developers and AI labs interested in a solution providing web retrieval, semantic context and optimized token-use for large-language-model reasoning

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$5 per 1,000 requests
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 4.5 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 4.5 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Open source and easy to customize and use. Really fast search Secure and has a lots of customizable options.
  • Anonymous, privacy centered search, not unlike DuckDuckGo. Built by the team that made the brave browser, which makes sense - that's a privacy centered browser! UI is well made.

Cons

  • No cons Brave search works great and search really well.
  • It's not as well known and is in beta stage so it just needs time to improve. It uses (anonymous) Google searches as a fallback when it doesn't yield good search results itself (if you enable that setting).

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Brave Software
Founded: 2015
United States
search.brave.com

Company Information

Parallel
United States
parallel.ai/products/search

Alternatives

Alternatives

browserfoundry

browserfoundry

Keirolabs
Brave Browser

Brave Browser

Brave Software
txtai

txtai

NeuML

Categories

Search Engines Supported
Web Search APIs Supported

Categories

AI Tools Supported
Semantic Search Supported
Web Search APIs Supported

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
AgentKey Supported
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Not Supported
Brave Browser Supported
ElectroNeek Supported
GPT-4.1 Not Supported
MindMac Supported
Myra AI Workspace Supported
OpenAI Not Supported
ParaState Supported
Parallel Decisions API Not Supported
Python Not Supported
RED Supported
Workers by Delos Supported

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
AgentKey Not Supported
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported
Brave Browser Not Supported
ElectroNeek Not Supported
GPT-4.1 Supported
MindMac Not Supported
Myra AI Workspace Not Supported
OpenAI Supported
ParaState Not Supported
Parallel Decisions API Supported
Python Supported
RED Not Supported
Workers by Delos Not Supported
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