Developers grounding chatbots or agents in fresh web results get an independent index with $5 monthly credit, though a card is needed to sign up.

Kenning's take

What it does

The Brave Search API gives developers web search results from Brave's own index of more than 40 billion pages. A separate Answers endpoint returns AI-written summaries with citations. It is used to ground chatbots and agents in current web results.

• Independent index of 40+ billion pages
• Search endpoint with LLM-ready context
• Answers endpoint with cited AI summaries
• Goggles for custom reranking
• Local, image and other specialised endpoints

Who it suits. Developers building search features, chatbots or AI agents that need web results.

Key facts

Category

Developer tools

Part of

Brave Search (Ask Brave and Leo)

Made by

Brave Software

How to get it

Sign up for an API key on brave.com; credit card needed for identity check

Works on

API

Free plan

$5 of free monthly credit on each plan; card required

API price

Search $5 per 1,000 requests; Answers $4 per 1,000 requests plus $5 per million input/output tokens

Pricing

Plan	Price	Billed
Search	$5	per 1,000 requests
Answers	$4	per 1,000 requests plus $5 per million tokens
Enterprise	Custom pricing	custom

source

FAQ

Facts from the maker's own pages and the sources listed. Checked 2026-10-11.