Brave Search API

🌍 International ✅ Free

Independent search API for AI agents with real-time web results. Free 2000 queries/month.

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🎁 Free Tier

Daily Limit: 2000 free queries per month.

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🔑 Free API

Free Credits: 2000 free search queries per month

Rate Limit: Free Data for AI plan; check Brave dashboard for current RPM and paid overage

Brave Search API exposes web search results for AI agents with a free monthly query allowance. Confirm current RPM, paid overage, and endpoint parameters in the Brave API dashboard.

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