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      "slug": "brave-search-mcp",
      "name": "Brave Search API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Brave",
      "vendorUrl": "https://brave.com/search/api/",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "REST API over Brave's independent index with web, news, image, video and local search, an LLM Context endpoint with pre-extracted page content and an Answers endpoint with citations.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brave-search-mcp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brave-search-mcp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brave-search-mcp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/brave-search-mcp.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "stdio",
        "streamable-http",
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
        },
        {
          "registry": "oci",
          "name": "mcp/brave-search"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "API key in the `X-Subscription-Token` header. The x402 proxy at search.agent.s.brave.app takes a signed payment instead of a key. An `Api-Version` header pins dated response versions. MCP server: BRAVE_API_KEY (or BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE) environment variable.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Search plan $5 per 1,000 requests with $5 free credit a month, 50 QPS. Answers plan $4 per 1,000 requests plus $5 per million tokens, $5 free credit a month, 2 QPS. A card is required for the free credit. Storing results needs an Enterprise plan with storage rights. Enterprise custom (https://brave.com/search/api/).",
      "priceSummary": "$5 / 1k req",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Brave's docs link a pay-per-request proxy at search.agent.s.brave.app. Web, LLM Context, news, video, image and local paths cost $0.005 in USDC on Base. Answers, Suggest and Spellcheck aren't sold. An unpaid web search returned 402 with a PAYMENT-REQUIRED header on 2026-09-30 (https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/guides/agent-payments)",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/web/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.005,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/llm/context",
            "priceUsd": 0.005,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 8,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 1400,
        "npmWeekly": 22398,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation",
      "llmsTxt": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/llms.txt",
      "registryName": "io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search",
        "web.extract",
        "search.answer",
        "search.news",
        "search.images"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "local",
        "open-source",
        "usage-priced",
        "hosted",
        "card-required",
        "x402",
        "llms-txt",
        "enterprise",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 68.1,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 132,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 70,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 72,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 82
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "x402 proxy sells web, LLM Context, news, video, image and local search at $0.005 a call, and a failed search isn't charged. The status page marks the Search API \"not monitored\" and shows no incident history.",
        "strengths": [
          "x402 proxy sells web, LLM Context, news, video, image and local search at $0.005 a call, and a failed search isn't charged",
          "$5 per 1,000 searches at 50 QPS on the self-serve Search plan",
          "SOC 2 Type II, a HackerOne bounty and a valid security.txt",
          "Dated response versions through the `Api-Version` header",
          "MIT MCP server with five releases since July, tests in CI and a GitHub-verified registry entry"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The status page marks the Search API \"not monitored\" and shows no incident history",
          "A card is required even for the $5 monthly credit",
          "No public OpenAPI for the keyed API and no API changelog",
          "No SLA on self-serve plans, and Answers is limited to 2 QPS",
          "No prompt-injection guidance, though LLM Context returns raw page text"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call /res/v1/llm/context when you need page text rather than links. It saves a separate fetch",
          "Treat \"No web results found\" from the MCP server as an empty result, not an outage",
          "On 429, wait for `X-RateLimit-Reset` seconds. There's no `Retry-After` header",
          "Skip `brave_summarizer`. The Summarizer is deprecated and the x402 proxy doesn't sell it",
          "Pin `Api-Version` to a date, since requests without it get the latest version"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 68.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 70,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 72,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 63
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=brave+search\u0026count=5\" \\\n  -H \"Accept: application/json\" -H \"X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add brave-search -e BRAVE_API_KEY=${BRAVE_API_KEY} -- npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "brave-search": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "BRAVE_API_KEY": "${BRAVE_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "purl --max-amount 5000 'https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/web/search?q=rust'\n# unpaid requests get HTTP 402 with a PAYMENT-REQUIRED header, USDC on eip155:8453"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/brave-search-mcp"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search plan",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Answers plan",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 4,
          "note": "plus $5 per million tokens"
        },
        {
          "item": "x402 search, per call",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.005,
          "note": "USDC on Base, no account"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Brave Software, Inc.",
        "domain": "brave.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1995-09-18",
        "domainNote": "brave.com was registered in 1995, before Brave bought it.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.brave.app",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server/releases",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The x402 proxy runs on search.agent.s.brave.app, not brave.com. Brave's API docs link it as official.",
          "status.brave.app lists the Brave Search API but marks it \"not monitored\" and shows no incident history. The API docs keep a separate status log whose last entry is 27 March 2025 (https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/status-updates/)."
        ],
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brave-search-mcp.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "brave-search-mcp",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:44.678066743Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 422,
          "lastMs": 399,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 395,
          "p95ms24h": 420,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1097,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.brave.app",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:52.323054222Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
            "version": "v2.1.4",
            "released": "2026-09-17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:44.217062681Z"
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          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
            "version": "2.1.3",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:43.730484655Z"
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        ],
        "githubStars": 1484,
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://brave.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:38.826160997Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:21.910433141Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "brave.com",
          "registered": "1995-09-18",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/brave.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:28.958526087Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:09.246937639Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-09-30T13:09:37.196019706Z",
            "fingerprint": "8c41a50b5a60"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:11.393064605Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e74eb26bd7c7"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:44.678066743Z"
      }
    },
    "b": {
      "slug": "parallel-search-api",
      "name": "Parallel Search and Task APIs",
      "vendor": "Parallel Web Systems",
      "vendorUrl": "https://parallel.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Parallel's web APIs for agents.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallel-search-api.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "parallel-web"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "parallel-web"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "API key in the `x-api-key` header. The Search MCP at search.parallel.ai/mcp works anonymously at lower limits, takes a Bearer key, and /mcp-oauth adds OAuth. An OAuth provider can issue keys on behalf of your users.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Up to 5,000 free requests a month, with $5 of free credit monthly and up to $80 at signup. Search $1 per 1,000 requests in turbo or fast, $5 in basic or advanced, 10 results included and $1 per 1,000 extra results. Extract $1 per 1,000 URLs. Task $5 (lite) to $2,400 (ultra8x) per 1,000 successful runs. Responses $10 to $250 per 1,000 by reasoning effort. Failed runs aren't billed (https://parallel.ai/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$1 / 1k req",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Not on api.parallel.ai. A separate gateway at parallelmpp.dev takes x402 (USDC on Base) and MPP (Stripe or Tempo) for search and extract at $0.01 and an ultra task at $0.30. An unauthenticated POST to /api/search returned 402 with an x402 v2 challenge for 10000 base units on eip155:8453 (checked 2026-09-30) (https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/agentic-payments).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/extract",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://parallelmpp.dev/api/task",
            "priceUsd": 0.3,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 6,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 28,
        "npmWeekly": 249803,
        "pypiWeekly": 994376,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.parallel.ai",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.parallel.ai/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.parallel.ai/public-openapi.json",
      "registryName": "ai.parallel/search-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
        "web.extract",
        "search.answer",
        "search.research"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-29",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 74.1,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 51,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 75,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 94,
          "security": 45,
          "transparency": 66
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs. Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out.",
        "strengths": [
          "Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs",
          "Task runs billed only on success, and documented limits of 600 searches and 2,000 task creations a minute",
          "Keyless hosted Search MCP, with Bearer and OAuth endpoints for higher limits",
          "Public OpenAPI, llms.txt and an errors table that says which codes to retry",
          "Changelog entries most weeks and SDK releases several times a month"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out",
          "SDKs retry Task creation on 429 and 5xx with no idempotency key",
          "x402 and MPP only through parallelmpp.dev at a flat $0.01, not on api.parallel.ai",
          "No prompt-injection guidance, no security.txt and no public subprocessor list",
          "No retention period stated outside the EU endpoint"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Pass `mode: \"fast\"` on every search. Without it you pay the advanced rate",
          "Create Task runs with `max_retries=0` and check for an existing run before retrying",
          "Give an `objective` plus two or three short `search_queries`. That's what ranks the excerpts",
          "On 402, check available balance rather than total. Running tasks reserve credit",
          "Prefer natural-language source guidance to domain filters. The docs say filters can cut result quality"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 8,
        "avgRating": 3.6,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 74.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 75,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 94,
          "security": 45,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 86
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search -H \"x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"mode\":\"fast\",\"objective\":\"Latest Parallel Web Systems announcements\",\"search_queries\":[\"Parallel Web Systems news\"]}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http parallel-search https://search.parallel.ai/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "parallel-search": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${PARALLEL_API_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://search.parallel.ai/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -i -X POST https://parallelmpp.dev/api/search -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{\"query\":\"test\"}'\n# 402 -\u003e pay $0.01 USDC on eip155:8453 (or MPP via Stripe/Tempo) -\u003e resend"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/parallel-search-api"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search, turbo or fast",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1,
          "note": "10 results included"
        },
        {
          "item": "Search, basic or advanced",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "advanced is the default mode"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extract",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Task, lite processor",
          "unit": "1k-calls",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Task, pro processor",
          "unit": "1k-calls",
          "usd": 100
        },
        {
          "item": "Responses, medium effort",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
        },
        {
          "item": "x402 search via gateway",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.01,
          "note": "parallelmpp.dev"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Parallel Web Systems Inc.",
        "domain": "parallel.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16",
        "domainNote": "Registered in 2017 and transferred on 2024-07-01, so the registration date predates the company's use of it.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://parallel.ai/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://parallel.ai/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.parallel.ai",
        "changelog": "https://docs.parallel.ai/resources/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 86
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "parallel-search-api",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:51.923876395Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 1122,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 1127,
          "p95ms24h": 1182,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1097,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.parallel.ai",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:27:58.733304117Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "ai.parallel/search-mcp",
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "parallel-web",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:36:18.02907643Z"
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallel-search-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Brave Search API + MCP for security \u0026 auth (+13), transparency \u0026 trust (+16).\n\nPick Parallel Search and Task APIs for reliability (+20), schema \u0026 documentation (+22), agent ergonomics (+9), payments \u0026 pricing (+5).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Brave Search API + MCP | Parallel Search and Task APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 75 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 94 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 81 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 45 | Brave Search API + MCP +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 70 | 75 | Parallel Search and Task APIs +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 87 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 66 | Brave Search API + MCP +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.1 · B** | **74.1 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Brave Search API + MCP | Parallel Search and Task APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Brave | Parallel Web Systems |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search` | `https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 8 | 6 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server` | `ai.parallel/search-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Popularity | 1.4k stars, 22k npm/wk | 28 stars, 250k npm/wk, 994k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3.6/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Brave Search API + MCP.** x402 proxy sells web, LLM Context, news, video, image and local search at $0.005 a call, and a failed search isn't charged. The status page marks the Search API \"not monitored\" and shows no incident history.\n\n**Parallel Search and Task APIs.** Fast-mode search at $1 per 1,000 with 10 excerpted results, and Extract at $1 per 1,000 URLs. Search defaults to advanced mode at $5 per 1,000 when `mode` is left out.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Brave Search API + MCP\n\n1. Call /res/v1/llm/context when you need page text rather than links. It saves a separate fetch\n2. Treat \"No web results found\" from the MCP server as an empty result, not an outage\n3. On 429, wait for `X-RateLimit-Reset` seconds. There's no `Retry-After` header\n4. Skip `brave_summarizer`. The Summarizer is deprecated and the x402 proxy doesn't sell it\n5. Pin `Api-Version` to a date, since requests without it get the latest version\n\n### Parallel Search and Task APIs\n\n1. Pass `mode: \"fast\"` on every search. Without it you pay the advanced rate\n2. Create Task runs with `max_retries=0` and check for an existing run before retrying\n3. Give an `objective` plus two or three short `search_queries`. That's what ranks the excerpts\n4. On 402, check available balance rather than total. Running tasks reserve credit\n5. Prefer natural-language source guidance to domain filters. 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