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Brave Search vs Brave
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Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Brave (97/100 against 85). Brave is hosted and callable through the gateway; Brave Search runs on your own machine. Brave Search has noticeably more public adoption.
| Brave Search | Brave | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A85/100 | A97/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Established |
| GitHub stars | 1.6k | 1.5k |
| Downloads / week | 35k | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 8 | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-09-30 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |