# Brave Search

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/brave-search
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/brave-search.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/brave-search/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://brave.com
- **Slug:** brave-search
- **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, consumer-apps, developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** The only global-scale search engine that combines a completely independent web index with a strict 'no-tracking' privacy policy.
Source: Brand's website (https://brave.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Brave Search is an independent, privacy-focused search engine that does not track users, their searches, or their clicks. Unlike most search engines that rely on major providers like Google or Bing, Brave Search utilizes an independent crawl of the web to provide results.
Source: Brand's website (https://brave.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Web Search
  - Image Search
  - Video Search
  - News Search
  - Brave Search API
  - 'Ask' AI Answer Engine.
Source: Brand's website (https://brave.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Free (Ad-supported or Ad-free Premium) and Usage-based (API)
Source: Brand's website (https://brave.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Privacy-conscious consumers, developers, AI researchers, and users seeking alternatives to Big Tech.
Source: Brand's website (https://brave.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - DuckDuckGo
  - Google Search
  - Microsoft Bing
  - Startpage
Source: Brand's website (https://brave.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.