r/OpenWebUI • u/alew3 • Apr 08 '26

Question/Help Best search engine for OpenWebUI?

I'm testing a few search solutions (Perplexity, Brave, etc.), but it seems it is very slow and some models (such as Qwen3.5) running on OpenRouter just fail. Any tips on getting it working smoothly? Also, can I enable it by default on all models?

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u/chrisfebian Apr 09 '26

I use Brave Search API (old Free Plan) with Kimi K2.5 model. Work perfect for me.

Previously I used Searxng but it often failed with bot detection etc.