Brave alternatives
19 web search MCP servers from other publishers do the same job as Brave. The closest match comes first, then the best rated, with at most two per publisher.
Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
No reviews yetlocal · npm1.6k35k/wkFreeNo-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.
No reviews yetlocal · mixed1692.1k/wkFreeWeb search via SearXNG and/or You.com, plus clean Markdown crawling via Crawl4AI. Self-hosted.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi167213/wkFreeSearch, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi5.4k6.5k/wkFreeReal-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.5k34k/wkFreeMCP server for advanced web search using Tavily
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.4k26k/wkFreeMCP server for web search operations
No reviews yetlocal · npm39k118/wkFreeReal-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.6k23k/wkFreeMCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading
No reviews yetlocal · npm1.3k13k/wkFreeSearch the live web and fetch clean content from source pages.
No reviews yetgateway-ready5.2kFreeWeb scraping, search, crawling, structured extraction and research for AI agents.
No reviews yetgateway-ready2.4k137/wkFreeWeb search, agentic search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API.
No reviews yetgateway-ready173812/wkFreeConnect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
No reviews yetgateway-ready5.2kFreeSearch Keyline Icons by name and get any icon's SVG source or React import. No key, no network.
No reviews yetlocal · npm138692/wkFreeRead any web page and search the web: 28 tools, cheapest first, every page checked.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi462.3k/wkFreeFast discovery search and self-hosted web research for MCP agents.
No reviews yetlocal · mixed23384/wkFreeProvider-fixed web search plus transparent URL, DOI, and document fetching
No reviews yetlocal · pypi308.9k/wkFreeRead-only MCP server for SAP ABAP ADT over HTTP, RFC or SNC: the readonly, system and search tools
No reviews yetlocal · npm99242/wkFreeMCP server and CLI for Brave DevTools
No reviews yetlocal · npm41644/wkFree
Brave alternatives by what you need
Open source Brave alternatives (18)
Published under an open licence such as MIT or Apache-2.0.
Brave Search, Free Search, searxNcrawl, Zotero MCP, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Tavily, Search, Perplexity API Platform and 10 more below.
Hosted Brave alternatives (4)
Nothing to install: a remote endpoint you add by URL. Also callable through the mcp.market gateway.
Local Brave alternatives (15)
A package you install and run on your own machine, so your data stays on your computer.
Brave Search, Free Search, searxNcrawl, Zotero MCP, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Tavily, Search, Perplexity API Platform and 7 more below.
Safest Brave alternatives (14)
Graded A: passed every check the scanner runs on the latest release.
Brave Search, searxNcrawl, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Tavily, Search, Perplexity API Platform, Exa Search, webclaw and 6 more below.
Brave and its alternatives compared
| Server | Grade | Rating | Licence | Runs | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brave(this one) | A97 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 1.5k |
| Brave Search | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 1.6k |
| Free Search | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 169 |
| searxNcrawl | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 167 |
| Zotero MCP | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 5.4k |
| Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) | A94 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.5k |
| Tavily | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.4k |
| Search | A94 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 39k |
| Perplexity API Platform | A89 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.6k |
| SearXNG Search | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 1.3k |
| Exa Search | A88 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.2k |
| webclaw | A92 | No reviews yet | AGPL-3.0 | Hosted | 2.4k |
| Search1API | A96 | No reviews yet | NOASSERTION | Hosted | 173 |
| Exa | A91 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.2k |
| Keyline Icons | A89 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 138 |
| FrankenSurf | A92 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 46 |
| Tinysearch | B82 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 233 |
| CLIO Web | A94 | No reviews yet | BSD-3-Clause | Local | 30 |
| Abap Adt Ro | A92 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 99 |
| Brave DevTools MCP | C58 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 41 |