Exa

Web search and retrieval API for ai agents, with search, contents, and research endpoints.

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Pricing

New accounts receive $20 in credits plus $10 monthly, with no payment method required.

Overview

Exa provides web and private-information search for AI applications. Its API includes Search, Contents, Agent, Monitors, Websets, and MCP products. Exa returns token-efficient excerpts and supports search across general web content, companies, people, code, and documents for agent and research workflows.

Key features

  • Web-scale search index
  • Search API
  • Contents API with highlights
  • Agent API for research tasks
  • Company, people, and code search
  • Websets and monitoring
  • MCP server
  • Enterprise security controls

Use cases

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Last updated 2026-09-16