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

Velum Privacy masks personal data before it reaches an AI assistant, then restores the real values in the reply. Everything runs on your own machine. No servers, no accounts, no telemetry. Reversible by design: one-way redaction protects the data but breaks the answer. A local mapping means the reply comes back readable. Three surfaces, one engine. A browser extension for Chrome, Brave, Edge and Vivaldi, text masking free, no account. A macOS desktop app for documents, folders and coding agents over MCP, Windows in progress. A Jira and Confluence Cloud app that runs inside your own Atlassian instance. Detection combines pattern matching, checksum validation for IBANs and national IDs, and a local NER model across nine language variants. Accuracy is published, including failure rates: 99.8% must-mask F1 at the top tier. Verifiable, not asserted: the extension declares zero host permissions, and the desktop app names every outbound call and masks with the network off.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Anyone interested in a search engine with a focus on privacy

Audience

Regulated professionals and small firms who handle other people's personal data and use AI assistants: law, accounting and tax, HR, healthcare admin, consulting. Also IT and security teams who need a control that works on personal, unmanaged accounts where enterprise DLP cannot reach, and Jira and Confluence administrators with GDPR erasure obligations. EU and UK organisations with GDPR exposure in particular.

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$149/year
Free Version
Free Trial

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 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

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).

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Velum Privacy makes it easy to protect sensitive information before using AI tools. I particularly like the focus on privacy and the fact that it can help identify and handle sensitive data without making the workflow overly complicated. The interface is straightforward, and it feels like a practical solution for teams that want to use AI while keeping better control over their data.

Cons

  • There is still some room for improvement in terms of integrations and customization options, especially for more advanced enterprise use cases

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

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

Company Information

Velum Privacy
Founded: 2025
Spain
velumprivacy.com

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Categories

Categories

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
AgentKey
Brave Browser
MindMac
ParaState
RED
Workers by Delos

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
AgentKey
Brave Browser
MindMac
ParaState
RED
Workers by Delos
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