Exa
Exa
A web search API built for AI, priced separately for search, page contents, answers and deep research.
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Overview
Exa is a web search API for AI applications. Published rates cover Search for real-time results with token-efficient page contents, Deep Search for multi-step research with citations, Contents for full text, highlights and summaries of known URLs, Answer for cited LLM answers, Monitors for scheduled searches that surface new events, and Agent for asynchronous research, list building and enrichment. Enterprise adds custom rate limits, up to 1,000 results per search, SLAs and MSAs, and volume discounts.
Main features
- Real-time web search built for AI
- Multi-step research with citations (Deep Search)
- Page text, highlights and summaries
- Answers with citations
- Scheduled monitoring
- Asynchronous research agent
Pricing
Search
$7 / 1k requests
Published price (USD) · Source
- $7 / 1k requests
- Real-time search with token-efficient page contents
- Results beyond 10: $1 / 1k results
- AI page summaries: $1 / 1k pages
Last verified: September 2026
Deep Search
$12 / 1k requests
Published price (USD) · Source
- deep-lite and deep: $12 / 1k requests
- deep-reasoning: $15 / 1k requests
- Multi-step research with structured outputs and citations
- Latency from ~4 to 40 seconds
Last verified: September 2026
Contents
$1 / 1k pages
Published price (USD) · Source
- $1 / 1k pages per content type
- Full page text, highlights, and summaries
- For known URLs
Last verified: September 2026
Answer
$5 / 1k requests
Published price (USD) · Source
- $5 / 1k requests
- An LLM answer with citations
- Monitors: $15 / 1k requests
- Agent: $0.012 to $1.00 per request
Last verified: September 2026
Exa publishes one price worldwide and bills in USD. There is no separate price in your local currency.
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