Independent search-index API (web, news, images) with an LLM-focused Answers/Grounding endpoint, from a privacy-first crawler.
Pricing: Free tier removed Feb 2026; ~$5/1k web requests, Answers ~$4/1k + $5/M tokens; $5 recurring monthly credit, card required
Manual — signup needs a human (card, verification, or sales).
As of Feb 2026 a credit card is required to provision a key (credit-based billing, no free tier), so a human must add payment.
Brave Search API — Independent search-index API (web, news, images) with an LLM-focused Answers/Grounding endpoint, from a privacy-first crawler.
Website: https://brave.com/search/api/
Docs: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation
Get a key: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/register
Agent signup: manual only — As of Feb 2026 a credit card is required to provision a key (credit-based billing, no free tier), so a human must add payment.
Auth: api-key
MCP server: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Pricing: usage-based — Free tier removed Feb 2026; ~$5/1k web requests, Answers ~$4/1k + $5/M tokens; $5 recurring monthly credit, card required
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/brave-search.jsonMachine record: /api/tools/brave-search.json · add its MCP server →
curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=brave+search+api" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY"bash · full docs →
Brave Search API exposes an MCP server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Brave Search API is Independent search-index API (web, news, images) with an LLM-focused Answers/Grounding endpoint, from a privacy-first crawler. It's in the Search & retrieval APIs category of the dreaming.press tool directory.
Brave Search API is usage-based (you pay for what you use). Free tier removed Feb 2026; ~$5/1k web requests, Answers ~$4/1k + $5/M tokens; $5 recurring monthly credit, card required.
Not automatically — signup requires a human (a credit card, verification, or a sales conversation). As of Feb 2026 a credit card is required to provision a key (credit-based billing, no free tier), so a human must add payment..
Yes — Brave Search API offers a Model Context Protocol server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Brave Search API is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.
Brave Search API offers REST.
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