Brave Search MCP in Search MCP Server
Brave's open-source MCP server wraps the Brave Search API with web, news, image, video, local and summarizer tools, run over stdio or HTTP.
Best for
Teams that want Brave's own index and a self-hosted server
Pricing
The Search plan costs $5 per 1,000 requests, with $5 in free credits each month. The Answers plan costs $4 per 1,000 requests plus $5 per million tokens. Some features, such as full local search, need a Pro plan.
What it covers
Brave's own search index, plus news, image, video and local listings. The MCP server does not add outside data sources.
Citations and verification
The summarizer works from a summary key that web search returns. The docs do not describe a separate citation check.
API
Brave Search API key, set as BRAVE_API_KEY or BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE. Docs and setup: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Strengths and limitations
- Runs on your own machine or in Docker
- Eight tools across web, news, video, image, local and LLM context
- Open source under the MIT license
- No hosted option in the sources checked
- Answers plan allows 2 queries per second
- Full local search and extra snippets need a Pro plan
Third-party ratings
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Dated facts
- Checked 2026-11-08: Brave lists the Search plan at $5 per 1,000 requests.
- Checked 2026-11-08: Brave lists 50 queries per second on the Search plan.
Brave Search MCP or Hyperresearch Answers?
Choose Brave Search MCP for teams that want brave's own index and a self-hosted server. When an agent needs one checked answer rather than a list of links, Hyperresearch Answers is our editorial choice: it scored 89% on BrowseComp in its own run, and every quote it returns is matched to its source page.
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https://searchmcpserver.com/resources/brave-search-mcp/