AI Search & Research Tools
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Exa is an applied AI lab building a web search API designed for AI agents. Its Search API returns ranked, token-efficient results with highlights and page contents, while Deep Search reasons across sources and returns structured outputs grounded in citations. The Agent API runs asynchronous deep research, list building, and enrichment, and Monitors track fresh web events on a schedule. Developers use Exa to ground coding agents, chatbots, GTM workflows, and research pipelines in current web data. Access starts with free monthly credits, with pay-as-you-go and custom enterprise plans available.
Sign up at the Exa dashboard to obtain an API key; the Starter plan includes free monthly credits with no payment method required.
Call the Search API with a natural-language query and request highlights or page contents to get token-efficient, grounded results.
Use Deep Search or the Agent API with an output schema to return fields in your requested format, each grounded by web citations.
Configure Monitors to run searches on a schedule and receive new results via webhooks for signals such as job postings or funding rounds.
Grounding coding agents with current docs, repos, and changelogs
Building chatbots with real-time web knowledge
Enriching CRM records with cited company and people data
Monitoring hiring, funding, and news signals for GTM teams
Running deep research with structured, cited outputs
Building prospect lists from plain-language ICP descriptions
Exa is a web search API designed for AI agents, offering semantic search, page contents, deep research, and structured outputs with citations.
Yes. The Starter plan includes $10 in credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus, with no payment method required.
Exa charges per request. Lite Search starts at $4 per 1,000 requests, Auto Search is $7 per 1,000, Deep Search is $12 per 1,000, and Agent runs cost $0.012 to $1.00 each depending on effort.
Lite is the lowest-latency option at about 450ms, Auto balances latency and quality at about 1s, and Deep Search reasons across sources in roughly 10s and can return structured outputs.
Yes. Deep Search and the Agent API accept an output schema and return fields in your requested format, each grounded by web citations.
Monitors run your searches on a schedule and send only new results to your webhook, priced at $15 per 1,000 requests.
Exa offers an MCP server, a Claude Connector, a ChatGPT plugin, and 50+ integrations including Slack, Salesforce, and Clay.
Exa documents SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA safeguards, with zero data retention and custom agreements available on the Enterprise plan.
Prices are per-request API rates in USD. The Starter plan includes $10 in credits each month plus a $10 onboarding bonus. Endpoint pricing varies: Lite Search from $4/1k requests, Auto Search $7/1k, Deep Search $12/1k, Contents $1/1k pages, Monitors $15/1k requests, and Agent runs $0.012–$1.00 per run depending on effort.
Free tier with $10 in credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus, and no payment method required.
Usage-based billing with no commitment, starting at $4 per 1,000 Lite Search requests and scaling by endpoint.
Custom plan tailored for large-scale requirements and enterprise needs, with dedicated support and security options.
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Enterprise AI platform that grounds assistants and agents in company knowledge, with enterprise search, content creation, and agent building.
Search and inference APIs for AI, with real-time web search, content extraction, cited answers, multi-step research, and an OpenAI-compatible inference router.
