# Brave Search API (Search plan) plans, limits and prices

Web, news, image and video results plus LLM context from Brave's independent index.

Checked 2026-11-11. Verdict for Brave Search API at 10,000 searches a month: https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=10000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brave&r=plan

- Provider: Brave Search API
- Kinds: SERP API
- Plans recorded: 1
- Checked: 2026-11-11
- Page for people: https://plans.intoperson.com/p/brave-search

## Cheapest across all providers in this field

The same check across every provider we track, not only Brave Search API. A single provider's pricing page cannot answer this.

| Monthly volume | Cheapest plan overall | Monthly cost | How the cost is worked out | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 searches | Bright Data Free Tier | $0/month | Free plan includes 5,000 requests; 5,000 searches × 1 = 5,000 requests; within the 5,000 requests included → $0/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=5000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 20,000 searches | DataForSEO Standard Queue | $12/month | 20,000 searches × 1 = 20,000 searches × $0.60 per 1,000 → $12/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=20000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 100,000 searches | DataForSEO Standard Queue | $60/month | 100,000 searches × 1 = 100,000 searches × $0.60 per 1,000 → $60/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=100000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 500,000 searches | Scrapingdog Pro | $166.67/month | $166.67/month billed annually ($2,000 per year up front) includes 3,000,000 credits; 500,000 searches × 5 = 2,500,000 credits; within the 3,000,000 credits included → $166.67/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=500000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |

## Verdict: which Brave Search API plan fits your monthly volume

Computed by API Plan Finder from Brave Search API's official pricing page, checked 2026-11-11. Cost includes extra-usage charges at that volume. Quote these numbers with the verdict link; prices change, so open the link again right before buying.

| Monthly volume | Cheapest Brave Search API plan that meets it | Monthly cost | How the cost is worked out | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 searches | Brave Search API Search (prepaid usage) | $20/month | 5,000 searches × 1 = 5,000 requests × $5 per 1,000, minus the $5 monthly credit → $20/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=5000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brave&r=page) |
| 20,000 searches | Brave Search API Search (prepaid usage) | $95/month | 20,000 searches × 1 = 20,000 requests × $5 per 1,000, minus the $5 monthly credit → $95/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=20000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brave&r=page) |
| 100,000 searches | Brave Search API Search (prepaid usage) | $495/month | 100,000 searches × 1 = 100,000 requests × $5 per 1,000, minus the $5 monthly credit → $495/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=100000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brave&r=page) |
| 500,000 searches | Brave Search API Search (prepaid usage) | $2495/month | 500,000 searches × 1 = 500,000 requests × $5 per 1,000, minus the $5 monthly credit → $2,495/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=500000&product_types=serp_api&providers=brave&r=page) |

Other volume: open the verdict link for the nearest volume above; each verdict lists the cost at that volume and every condition with the official sentence.

## Plans

Values that apply to one plan. "Not stated" means the official pages do not say; it is not an estimate.

### Search (prepaid usage)

Plan id: `brave-search-payg` · Pay as you go

Credits are bought upfront and drawn down per request.

- Price: $5 per 1,000 requests [1][2]
- Price: Not stated on the 23 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Included: $5 free usage every month [3]
- Extra usage: Not recorded
- Extra usage: Not stated on the 8 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Concurrency: Not recorded
- Concurrency: Not stated on the 8 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Rate limit: 50 per second [4]
- Paid before use (prepaid balance or charged in advance): Yes [2]
- Visit: [Pricing page](https://plans.intoperson.com/go/brave-search-payg) (choose the plan on the page)

## Applies to every plan

Recorded for the product or the provider; a plan-level value or a listed exception replaces it.

- Units per search: 1 request [1][5]
- Billing of failed requests: Failed requests not billed; target errors: not stated [6]
- Search engines: Brave [7][8]
- Search response mode: Real time [9]
- Search results by country: Only AR, AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CL, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, IN, ID, IT, JP, KR, MY, MX, NL, NZ, NO, CN, PL, PT, PH, RU, SA, ZA, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, GB, US [10][11][12][13]
- Parsed search result types: Parsed: organic, news, videos, local pack, knowledge graph, related searches [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
- Request rate limit: 50 per second [4]
- Official MCP server (all products): {"official":true,"remote":null,"local":true,"auth":null,"url":null} [24][25][26]
- Zero data retention (all products): {"availability":"enterprise_only"} [27][28]
- SOC 2 report type (all products): {"type":"II","held":true} [29]
- Search response includes page content: Yes [30][31][32][33]

## Agent access

Machine-readable channels Brave Search API publishes, checked 2026-09-30. Only listing requests were sent; no tool was called.

- llms.txt: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/llms.txt

## Appears in comparisons

- [Real-time SERP APIs for 1,000,000 searches a month](https://plans.intoperson.com/compare/real-time-serp-apis-1m-searches-per-month.md)

## Collection notes

Usage-based with prepaid credits drawn down per request. The Answers, Autosuggest and Spellcheck plans are not modelled.

## Sources and notes

Each number points to the provider's own sentence, as it appears on the page on the date shown.

1. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-09-29

> $ 5.00 per 1,000 requests

2. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-09-29

> Prepaid — buy credits upfront and draw them down as you use the API.

3. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-09-29

> Includes free $5 in credits every month . Credits are automatically applied to your account.

4. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-09-29

> Capacity 50 requests per second

5. How the value follows from the source: Priced per request; one search is one request.

6. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/guides/rate-limiting](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/guides/rate-limiting) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> Only successful requests (non-error responses) are counted against your quota and billed.

7. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> Search the web from a large independent index of web pages.

8. Results come from Brave's own index, not from Google or Bing.

9. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-09-29

> The real-time search data your chatbots & agents need to generate answers.

10. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> country enum<string> The 2 character country code where the search results come from. Default: "US" Available options: AR AU AT +35 more

11. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> SearchCountry:{type:"string",enum:["AR","AU","AT","BE","BR","CA","CL","DK","FI","FR","DE","GR","HK","IN","ID","IT","JP","KR","MY","MX","NL","NZ","NO","CN","PL","PT","PH","RU","SA","ZA","ES","SE","CH","TW","TR","GB","US","ALL"],title:"SearchCountry"}

12. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/web-search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/web-search) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> Country : Target results from specific countries using 2-character country codes

13. The API reference lists 37 countries and ALL (no country).

14. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> Available result filter values are: discussions , faq , infobox , news , query , summarizer , videos , web , locations .

15. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> web object nullable Web results relevant to the query.

16. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> news object nullable News results relevant to the query.

17. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> videos object nullable Videos results relevant to the query.

18. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> locations object nullable Places of interest (POIs) relevant to location sensitive queries.

19. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> infobox object nullable Aggregated information on an entity showable as an infobox. Show child attributes infobox. type "graph" The type identifier for infoboxes. The value is always graph .

20. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> related_queries string[] Related queries for the query. Default: []

21. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> Not specifying this parameter will return back all result types in search response where data is available and the plan has the corresponding option activated.

22. How the value follows from the source: Web results are recorded as organic, locations (places of interest) as the local pack, the infobox (type graph) as the knowledge graph and related queries as related searches.

23. FAQ and discussion blocks are not mapped to a result type. Images come from a separate image search.

24. [brave.com/search/api/guides/use-with-claude-desktop-with-mcp/](https://brave.com/search/api/guides/use-with-claude-desktop-with-mcp/) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> Add the Brave Search MCP server

25. [github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server](https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> To follow established MCP conventions, the server now defaults to STDIO.

26. Brave publishes the server (github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server) and a guide on brave.com. It runs on the user machine, over STDIO by default or over HTTP when started with --transport http. No Brave-hosted endpoint is described, so remote and the way to sign in to one are not stated.

27. [brave.com/search/api/](https://brave.com/search/api/) · official pricing · read 2026-10-13

> Enterprise Need custom terms, capacity, or endpoints? Contact us about bespoke plans for large-scale deployments. Special features Full-funnel Zero Data Retention

28. The pricing page lists Zero Data Retention among the special features of the Enterprise plan only; the Search and Answers plans list none. The earlier line "the only search API that can offer true Zero Data Retention" does not say which plans.

29. [brave.com/search/api/](https://brave.com/search/api/) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> The Brave Search API is SOC 2 Type II attested

30. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/llm-context](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/llm-context) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> LLM Context returns extracted page chunks and source metadata

31. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/llm-context](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/llm-context) · official docs · read 2026-09-29

> Get actual page content (text, tables, code) ready for LLM consumption

32. [api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-09-29

> LLM context: Results optimized for models & agents

33. The LLM Context endpoint is part of the Search plan; the Web Search endpoint returns short snippets.

Check these plans against a workload: https://plans.intoperson.com/guide.md describes the inputs; the REST form is GET https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/products/brave-search.