Search the web

Brave Search API

Web search API backed by Brave's own index that returns ranked results, news, images, or extracted page content for LLMs.

Your data

Data location: Provider is based in the U.S.; processing region not stated5
Retention: Search query logs kept up to 90 days for billing and troubleshooting5
Used for training: No; queries are not shared or trained on1
Zero data retention: Available on the Enterprise plan5

Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type II attested4
HIPAA: Not published

Read from Brave Software’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/search-the-web/brave-search-api.md