Tavily vs Brave Search API pricing
For 10,000 searches a month in each one's default search type, Tavily costs $78 (Project) and Brave Search API $50. Brave Search API is cheaper at 1,000 to 50,000 and 500,000 to 1,000,000 searches a month, they cost the same at 100,000. Free: Tavily, 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (1,000 searches a month); Brave Search API, $5 of credit a month; a card confirms identity but isn't charged (1,000 searches a month).
Cheapest for 10,000 searches a month: Brave Search API at $50 ($5.00 per 1,000). Most expensive: Tavily at $78.
Each one's cheapest published way to run that many searches in a month, in its default search type, before VAT and free credits.
Which is cheaper at my volume?
| Searches a month | Tavily | Brave Search API |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $8 $8.00 per 1,000 | $5 $5.00 per 1,000 |
| 5,000 | $38 $7.60 per 1,000 | $25 $5.00 per 1,000 |
| 10,000 | $78 $7.80 per 1,000 | $50 $5.00 per 1,000 |
| 50,000 | $316 $6.32 per 1,000 | $250 $5.00 per 1,000 |
| 100,000 | $500 $5.00 per 1,000 | $500 $5.00 per 1,000 |
| 500,000 | $3,700 $7.40 per 1,000 | $2,500 $5.00 per 1,000 |
| 1,000,000 | $7,700 $7.70 per 1,000 | $5,000 $5.00 per 1,000 |
Default search type, cheapest published option a month; bold marks the cheaper. "Custom" means more than the largest published plan.
How do they compare?
What is one search?
- Tavily: One search request of up to 20 results: 1 credit for a basic, fast or ultra-fast search, 2 for an advanced one.
- Brave Search API: One request.
Search types and prices
- Tavily: Basic, fast or ultra-fast search, 1 credit: $5.00 to $8.00 per 1,000; Advanced search, 2 credits: $10.00 to $16.00 per 1,000.
- Brave Search API: Search: $5.00 per 1,000; Answers: $4.00 per 1,000 plus $5 per million tokens.
What does a search return?
- Tavily: Up to 20 results, each with snippets from the page; optionally each page's cleaned content and an LLM-written answer. Cleaned page content on request (include_raw_content); Tavily prices a search by its depth alone.
- Brave Search API: Web results (URLs, text, news, images and more), up to five extra snippets each, and LLM context. Snippets and LLM context; Brave prices no full-page fetch.
Free allowance
- Tavily: 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (1,000 searches a month).
- Brave Search API: $5 of credit a month; a card confirms identity but isn't charged (1,000 searches a month).
Tavily or Brave Search API: quick answers
Is Tavily cheaper than Brave Search API?
Brave Search API is cheaper at 1,000 to 50,000 and 500,000 to 1,000,000 searches a month, they cost the same at 100,000, in each one's default search type: 1,000, $8 against $5; 5,000, $38 against $25; 10,000, $78 against $50; 50,000, $316 against $250; 100,000, $500 against $500; 500,000, $3,700 against $2,500; 1,000,000, $7,700 against $5,000.
What do 10,000 searches a month cost on Tavily and Brave Search API?
Tavily: $78, $7.80 per 1,000 (Project: $30 a month with 4,000 searches, then $8.00 per 1,000). Brave Search API: $50, $5.00 per 1,000 (Search: $5.00 per 1,000, no monthly fee).
Which has the bigger free tier, Tavily or Brave Search API?
They cover the same number of searches. Tavily: 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (1,000 searches a month). Brave Search API: $5 of credit a month; a card confirms identity but isn't charged (1,000 searches a month).
Do Tavily and Brave Search API return page content?
Tavily: Up to 20 results, each with snippets from the page; optionally each page's cleaned content and an LLM-written answer. Cleaned page content on request (include_raw_content); Tavily prices a search by its depth alone. Brave Search API: Web results (URLs, text, news, images and more), up to five extra snippets each, and LLM context. Snippets and LLM context; Brave prices no full-page fetch.
One at a time: Tavily pricing and Brave Search API pricing. Leaving one? See Tavily alternatives. Every search API at your volume: web search APIs for LLMs.
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