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Brave Search

by Brave Software

Privacy-focused AI search engine with its own independent index of 35+ billion pages

4.4/ 5
50M+monthly
2021
FreeFree for consumers, API: $5 per 1k requests with $5 free monthly credit API web api
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About Brave Search

Brave Search is a privacy-focused search engine that uses its own independent search index to generate both traditional results and AI summaries. Unlike most AI search engines that rely on third-party indexes, Brave built its own crawler and index covering over 35 billion pages. This independence makes it the best privacy-focused search engine available, with zero data retention—query logs are not stored and search histories do not persist. In February 2026, Brave launched its LLM Context API, a retooled search infrastructure built specifically for AI applications, offering structured web results with content extraction and direct synthesized answers.

Key Features

  • Independent search index of 35+ billion pages
  • AI-generated answer summaries
  • Zero data retention and no tracking
  • LLM Context API for AI applications
  • Image, video, and news search
  • Goggles for custom search ranking
  • Ad-free search experience
  • Discussion and forum results

Pros

  • Best-in-class privacy with zero data retention
  • Independent index not reliant on Google or Bing
  • Free for consumers with no ads
  • Strong API for AI developers
  • Transparent ranking methodology

Cons

  • AI summary quality occasionally behind competitors
  • Smaller index compared to Google
  • Results can be less comprehensive for niche queries

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