# Arcmira vs Brave Search API + MCP (slim)

> Brave Search scores 68 (B) to Arcmira's 64.2 (B) for web search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Brave Search API + MCP scores 68 (B) on agent readiness against Arcmira's 64.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Arcmira leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do web search.

- Arcmira: B 64.2, rank #420 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcmira.min.md
- Brave Search API + MCP: B 68, rank #267 of 1227 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brave-search-mcp.min.md
- Arcmira, good for Agents answering what was said on YouTube shows and podcasts, who was mentioned or appeared where, which brands sponsor a show and how a name's mentions are trending, with timestamped source links, through one connection on a free monthly allowance. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 91 against 72. Also Free to start without a card.
- Brave Search API + MCP, good for Agents that want an independent, non-Google index at a flat price, or that want page text in one call through LLM Context. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 40; Payments & pricing, 70 against 55; Transparency & trust, 81 against 61. Also Runs on your own machine; Open source; No incidents deducted, where Arcmira loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Arcmira | Brave Search API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 91 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 70 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arcmira | Brave Search API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Arcmira, Inc. | Brave |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.arcmira.com/mcp` | `https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | stdio, Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for web search | $0.001 per credit | $5 per 1,000 requests |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Arcmira's Terms of Service. The MCP server's source is public under an all-rights-reserved notice; the Claude Code plugin, the arcmira TypeScript SDK and CLI and the Python SDK are Apache-2.0, and the Famous rankings are CC BY 4.0 | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 4 | 8 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.arcmira/arcmira` | `io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server` |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-13 | 2026-09-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-02 | 2026-08-25 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 78 stars | 1.4k stars, 22k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |