Head to head
Brave vs Free Search
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Visit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…
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No-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.
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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 83). Brave is hosted and callable through the gateway; Free Search runs on your own machine.
| Brave | Free Search | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A97/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Established |
| GitHub stars | 1.5k | 169 |
| Downloads / week | – | 2.1k |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | 1 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-31 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |