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Side-by-side comparison for any two listings. Pick by provider id (e.g. mullvad, ivpn, feather). Updates live as curators re-grade.
| Stract | Brave Search | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | search | search |
| Subcategory | Independent Index | Independent Index |
| Grade | B | A |
| Editor's Pick | — | — |
| Tagline | Open-source search engine with its own crawler. Customisable ranking, optional Sidekick LLM integration. | Independent crawler-backed search. Free tier; API requires email. |
| Fees | Free · Rust · self-hostable | Free · API from $5/mo |
| KYC posture | anonymous_signup | anonymous_signup |
| Highlight tags | FREEOPEN-SOURCEINDEPENDENT | FREEINDEPENDENT |
| Feature tags | non_custodialopen_sourceself_hostedapi_available | api_available |
| Web | https://stract.com | https://search.brave.com |
| Tor | — | — |
| Last verified | 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-12 |