Exa

Facts at a glance

Pricing & plans

• Ten dollars of credits per month plus a one-time onboarding bonus

• Ten search queries per second

• Agent concurrency of 50

• Paid use is pay as you go per request, with search listed from $4 per 1,000 requests and no flat monthly price

Source: exa.ai/pricing, checked 5 Nov 2026

Features & platforms

• Search API for agents with configurable latency

• Contents API for full page text and highlights

• Agent runs for asynchronous deep research with citations

• Monitors that run searches on a schedule and send webhooks

• Web, people, company and scholarly works indexes

• API

Sources: exa.ai/pricing, checked 5 Nov 2026

Alternatives

• Ta

  Tavily

  Researcher plan gives 1,000 API credits a month with no credit card, and pay as you go is listed per credit.

  tavily.com

• BS

  Brave Search API

  Gives developers a monthly free allowance worth up to $20 of calls, then prepaid credits instead of a subscription.

  brave.com/search/api

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  Perplexity

  Answer engine for end users, with Pro listed at $17 a month on annual billing and adding Pro Search and advanced AI models.

  perplexity.ai

Sources: tavily.com/pricing, brave.com/search/api, perplexity.ai/pro

Data & privacy

• Query data is used to improve products, including training and fine-tuning the models behind its services

• Exa says it does not actively monitor query data for personal information

Privacy policy

Source: exa.ai/privacy-policy, policy last updated June 29, 2026, checked 5 Nov 2026. These points restate the policy and are not legal advice.

Sources and dates

• Official site: exa.ai