AI assistants

ExaWeb search engine for AI agents, exa.ai

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Web search engine built for AI agents: search API, page contents, deep research and scheduled monitors, with an MCP server and Claude and ChatGPT connectors.

What is Exa?

Exa, at exa.ai, is a search engine built for AI agents rather than people. You use it through an API, an MCP server or the Claude and ChatGPT connectors, to search the web, read page contents or run deep research with citations.

Products: Search (from $4 per 1,000 requests), Contents ($1 per 1,000 pages per content type), Agent ($0.012 to $1.00 per run), Monitors ($15 per 1,000 requests).
Free Starter plan: $10 of credits a month plus a $10 onboarding bonus, no payment method required.
Developer plan: pay as you go, up to 25 search queries per second. Enterprise on quote.
Indexes: web, people, companies and scholarly works.

Sources: exa.ai, exa.ai/pricing (official pages, read on October 28, 2026).

Price

Free ($10 in credits/month); Search from $4 per 1,000 requests [Source, 2026-10-28]

read on the official pricing page

Official site

exa.ai

HTTP 200, checked on 2026-10-26

HQ country: to be verified.

Who Exa is for

Exa is listed for "Monitor mentions of your brand" and "AI agents & automation", without being in the provisional shortlists. According to our check of October 28, 2026, it has a free plan, so you can start without paying. We have not verified the publisher's country yet. In the same shortlist, the closest alternatives are Mention, Brand24 and Awario.

Use cases: "Monitor mentions of your brand" (listed), "AI agents & automation" (listed)
Free plan: yes
HQ country: To be verified

Alternative	Price	Why it is listed
Mention	To be verified (pricing page not machine-readable) (unverified)	Monitor mentions of your brand (#1)
Brand24	Individual $249/month ($199 billed annually); Team $349 ($299); Pro $499 ($399); Business $699 ($599); Enterprise from $1,499/month; 14-day trial [Source, 2026-10-19]	Monitor mentions of your brand (#2)
Awario	From $29/month billed annually ($49 billed monthly); free trial [Source, 2026-10-28]	Monitor mentions of your brand (#3)

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Skills and MCP servers for this tool

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Serveur MCP Exa

MCP server, official

Exa's official MCP server, a search engine for agents: web, company and people search, page reading and deep research. Hosted (mcp.exa.ai) or local.

By: Exa
Works in: MCP servers, Claude, ChatGPT, OpenAI Codex, Cursor
Cost: Limited free tier; paid Exa API beyond it

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FAQ

Is Exa free?

Yes to get started: the Starter plan gives $10 of credits a month with no payment method. Beyond that, search costs from $4 per 1,000 requests (checked on October 28, 2026).

How much does Exa cost?

Free ($10 in credits/month); Search from $4 per 1,000 requests (taken from the official page on 2026-10-28: source). Always check before buying.

Is Exa compliant with Instagram and LinkedIn rules?

AIGrowthRank status: compliant. See the methodology (section 6).

What can I use Exa for?

Where is Exa based?

The headquarters country has not been verified yet. See all tools by country.

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