Browserbase Search API
Real-time web search API for agents that returns ranked, token-optimised results (URL, title and favicon per page) so an agent can pick which sites to fetch or browse next.
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What it does
- Search answers
Features 3
- Three search modesOffers Parallel Fast, Parallel Advanced and Exa Auto modes behind one API.
- Per-call provider and modeProvider and mode are set per call, with no new key or integration.
- Ranked, structured resultsEach result carries URL, title, author, publish date, image and favicon.
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- Pricing
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Pricing page plan cards read 2026-10-10: Free $0/mo, Developer $20/mo, Startup $99/mo, Scale custom. 1,000 Search calls on Free; Developer and Startup 1,000 then $7 per 1,000 calls; Scale 10,000+ usage-based. Launch post: 1,000 free searches per month on all plans.
- Description
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Company disclosure · 10 Oct 2026
"Introducing Browserbase Search" (2026-03-17); product page: "Search the live web with agent-optimized results."
- What it does
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Live web search returning ranked results for an agent to act on. The vocabulary has no web-search-API term; search answers is the nearest.
- Sold within
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Company disclosure · 10 Oct 2026
"Search is available on all plans with 1,000 free searches per month, included."
- Name
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
"Browserbase real time Search API returns ranked and token-optimized web results."
- URL
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Product page "The Web Search API for AI Agents | Browserbase", in the site menu as Search.
- Deployment
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Hosted REST API.
- Interfaces
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
"integrates as a single REST API or Python and TypeScript SDKs methods".
- Modalities
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Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026
Page: 'Query the web, get back ranked results (1–25) for your agent to act on'.
- Intended for
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Developers building agents.
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