About
Exa provides a web search API, website crawler tools, and deep research endpoints for applications that need current web data. The product includes Search, Contents, Answer, and Websets, with API access through the dashboard and documentation for search, page contents, and structured outputs.
The pricing page lists a free allowance of up to 1,000 requests per month for the API. Paid usage is metered by endpoint, with Search at $7 per 1,000 requests, Deep Search at $12 to $15 per 1,000 requests, Contents at $1 per 1,000 pages, Monitors at $15 per 1,000 requests, and Answer at $5 per 1,000 requests.
- 1,000 requests per month free
- Search, Contents, Answer, Websets
- Structured outputs and highlights
- Website crawling and page contents
- Deep search and monitoring endpoints
- Sub-200ms search latency option
Free Tier Value
The pricing page explicitly states a free tier of up to 1,000 requests per month, and the cheapest clearly priced paid endpoint is Search at $7 per 1k requests. Using the free-tier rule for capped recurring usage, the conservative monthly value is therefore $7. The page also advertises a separate startup/education grant of $1000 in credits, but that is not the free tier cap, so it is not used for FTV.
What's included in the free tier
- Run up to 1,000 requests per month for free.
See Exa pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Search
- requests
- 1,000 requests/month free tier cap
- requests
- $7 per 1k requests
- Web search tool calls for agents
- Webpage text and highlights
- Configurable latency: 180ms to 1s
Deep Search
- requests
- $12–15 per 1k requests
- Research with structured outputs optimized for complex queries
- Multi-step agent workflows
- Answers with structured outputs
- Web grounded citations
Contents
- pages
- $1 per 1k pages per content type
- Full page web contents
- Token efficient highlights
- Configurable livecrawl policies
Monitors
- requests
- $15 per 1k requests
- Identify fresh events on the web
- Runs searches at a specified cadence
- Runs searches with webhooks
Answer
- requests
- $5 per 1k requests
- Low latency answers
- Web grounded citations
- Streaming responses
Pricing extracted from Exa's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
