> Exa Search
Exa: neural web search API for AI agents — keyword + semantic search over a 70B+ document index, plus Deep Search, Contents, and Agent products. 10 QPS free, 25 QPS pay-as-you-go; SOC 2 Type II; ~$120 total credits per year free (20 at signup + 10/month).
API key from dashboard.exa.ai
Value taken from the provider’s own published free-tier terms, expressed in USD.
note: Free tier is $20 one-time + $10/month credits (>$120/yr total) — recurring monthly value is $10 but free credits exceed the $10 search budget at $7/1k requests, so not expressed as a single clean USD figure.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search API | payg | — | $7000.00 | — | $7 per 1,000 requests. |
| Contents API | payg | — | $1000.00 | — | $1 per 1,000 pages. |
| Starter (Free) | free | — | — | — | $20 credits on sign-up + $10 credits every month, no payment method required; 10 search QPS, 50 agent concurrency, all endpoints + MCP server access. |
| Developer (Pay as you go) | payg | — | — | — | Usage-based: Search $7/1k requests (10 results incl., +$1/1k per extra result); Deep Search $12-15/1k; Contents $1/1k pages; Monitors $15/1k; Agent $0.012-$1.00/run. Up to 25 QPS. |
| Enterprise (Custom) | subscription | — | — | — | Custom pricing: ZDR, HIPAA, SSO/SCIM, invoicing, custom QPS, up to 1,000 results per search. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exa Web Search & Embeddings | — | — | — |
$ Does Exa Search have a free tier?
Yes — Exa Search offers a free tier that we value at roughly $30.00 in free credits. Always confirm current limits on Exa Search's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Exa Search cost per 1M tokens?
Exa Search does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is Exa Search safe to use?
Uprouter rates Exa Search as low risk. Official, VC-backed commercial API (exa.ai) with transparent public pricing and SOC 2 Type II; used in production by Cursor and others. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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live_status
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risk_&_confidence
Official, VC-backed commercial API (exa.ai) with transparent public pricing and SOC 2 Type II; used in production by Cursor and others.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Exa Search's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://exa.ai/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "exa-web-search",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.