agent · ai-workflow-agents
Brave Search API
Reviewed12 or more fields evidenced, and scored by a human against the published rubric
12 fields evidenced · 47 with no public information. Every value below links to the document it came from and the date we checked it.
1 of those is flagged for review: our own check found language in the cited source that may address the field. An editor has not adjudicated it yet.
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Trust gap
How this is scoredRuntime governance
0/3
Are scope, spend, and authority enforced while the agent runs?
No public evidence found. The word permission occurs in the capture only in a licensing context ("Plans with storage rights grant special permissions"), and autonomous only as product positioning. Nothing constrains a calling agent's scope, spend or authority at run time.
How this gap gets closed →Audit trail
0/3
Is there a tamper-evident record of what it actually did?
No public evidence found. Keyword sweep of the capture for audit trail, audit log, tamper, hash, immutable, logged and forensic returned nothing.
How this gap gets closed →Compliance
2/3
Are compliance obligations attached per engagement?
Capture states "The Brave Search API is SOC 2 Type II attested, with its strict security and privacy controls independently verified by a third-party auditor." A Type II attestation verified by an outside auditor, but the auditor is not named, no report date is given and no per-engagement schedule is offered, so short of 3.
Outcome settlement
0/3
Does payment depend on a verified result?
No public evidence found. Pricing is usage-based per request ($5 per 1,000 requests) and per token; payment is not linked to result quality.
How this gap gets closed →Insurance & indemnity
0/3
Can the deployment be insured, and is the customer indemnified?
No public evidence found. The only match for the liability keyword in the capture is the word "reliability" in a scaling claim; there is no occurrence of insurance, indemnity, underwriting, carrier or warranty.
How this gap gets closed →Assurance
- Insurance available
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Own liability cover
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Insurance carriers
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Coverage limits
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Indemnification
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Liability cap
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Audit trail
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Tamper-evident log
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Explainability
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Runtime governance
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Permission scopes
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Compliance certifications
- SOC 2 Type II attested, independently verified by a third-party auditor
“The Brave Search API is SOC 2 Type II attested, with its strict security and privacy controls independently verified by a third-party auditor.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Regulatory alignment
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Outcome-based pricing
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Settlement mechanism
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Asset custody
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Dispute process
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- SLA terms
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Evaluation coverage
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Self-reported performance
- Claims an index of over 30 billion pages with up to five snippets per result, positioned as best blend of scale/quality/cost
“With up to five snippets from over 30 billion pages, the Brave Search API is the best blend of scale, quality, and cost.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026
Agency
- Autonomy level
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Human oversight
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Goal complexity
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Action space
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Operating environment
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Initiative
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
Safety
- Safety evaluations
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Red teaming
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Safety policy
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Usage restrictions
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Model or system card
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Incident reporting
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Third-party evaluations
- SOC 2 Type II attestation independently verified by a third-party auditor
“The Brave Search API is SOC 2 Type II attested, with its strict security and privacy controls independently verified by a third-party auditor.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Data handling
- Offers true Zero Data Retention (ZDR) for Enterprise customers
“With ZDR, companies can meet ever-growing compliance obligations and gain a competitive advantage.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026
Practicality
- Pricing model
- Usage-based per-request pricing (Search and Answers plans), plus a custom Enterprise tier
“$5 per 1,000 requests”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Price point
- Search plan $5 per 1,000 requests; Answers plan $4 per 1,000 requests
“$5 per 1,000 requests”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Availability
- Live self-serve signup with $5 in free monthly credits, plus a contactable Enterprise tier
“with $5 in free monthly credits”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Deployment options
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Integrations
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Supported regions
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Support model
- Enterprise tier includes invoicing and enterprise-grade support
“Invoicing & enterprise-grade support”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026
Foundation models
- Base models
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Model provider
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Model swappable
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Open weights
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Fine-tuning
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Context window
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
Ecosystem
- Protocols supported
- Positioned as the leading search tool for applications built on Claude MCP
“it’s the leading search tool for applications that use Claude MCP.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Tool use
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Multi-agent
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- API access
- Core product is a developer API for web search data
“The Brave Search API is a developer tool for building applications with data from the Web.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Open source
- no public information
Flagged for review — the source below contains language that may address this field. Not yet checked by an editor. How we check absences
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Marketplace presence
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
Impact
- User base
- Self-reported: thousands of teams rely on it; approaching 700,000 OpenClaw users per a cited news item
“Thousands of teams rely on the Brave Search API to connect their apps to the Web.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - Deployment scale
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Target sectors
- Targets chatbots, coding assistants, and AI-search engines needing real-time grounding data
“Chatbots, coding assistants, and AI-search engines all need real-time data to reduce hallucinations and ground their responses with multiple sources.”
brave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 - High-risk domains
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Documented incidents
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this
- Market recognition
- no public informationbrave.com · checked Aug 17, 2026 · source did not state this