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Exa
AI search engine and API for agents: web search, deep research, people/company search and Websets.
What Exa does
AI search engine and API for agents: web search, deep research, people/company search and Websets.
Good for
- Lead and company research for agents
- Web search in automations
Try this in 10 minutes
- Lead and company research for agents. Use the free plan: pick one real example from your own business and try just that.
- Web search in automations. Put the result next to how you do it today. Is it faster, cheaper or better?
- Sign up (free plan or trial if available) and try it on one real task from this week.
Mini-tasks based on common small-business uses for this tool.
Honest take
No red flags in our notes so far
- Gap category: Research/search.
- Why: Core search API for AI agents (complements Firecrawl).
Pricing
Free $10 credits/mo; Search from $4 per 1,000 requests; agent runs $0.012–$1.00 each.
Prices as listed by the maker when we last checked (2026-10-18); usually in US dollars. Check the website for current prices.
Latest update
No major updates recorded since we added it.
Is Exa worth it? Quick answers
Is Exa worth it?
Exa is worth a look if it matches a job you already do (Data & scraping). There is a free tier, so you can test it before paying.
How much does Exa cost?
Free $10 credits/mo; Search from $4 per 1,000 requests; agent runs $0.012–$1.00 each.
What is Exa used for?
AI search engine and API for agents: web search, deep research, people/company search and Websets. Typical uses: lead and company research for agents; web search in automations.