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Exa

A search API for agents, with contents and an answer endpoint.

Verdict
Use The public docs say it does what you need. We read the docs. We did not test it.
Maker
Exa
Price / access
Free credit is $10, resetting monthly. Lite search is $4 per 1,000 requests. Answer is $5 per 1,000. The first 10 results are in the base price. Pricing source
Pricing checked
November 7, 2026
Primary source
exa.ai

We built this profile from public sources and didn't use the product ourselves. The price is what we saw on the day we checked, so it may have changed.

Who it’s for

Developers who want web results inside a program and a price per call.

Why we said Use

What it is

A search API for agents, with contents and an answer endpoint. See the official page. This profile describes public documentation, not a Loaded Tokens hands-on test.

Who it is for

Developers who want web results inside a program and a price per call. The recommendation is scoped to that job.

The evidence behind Use

The pricing page is the whole pitch: no minimum, credits, and a rate card. The source page is the receipt. No speed ranking or reliability score is implied.

Pricing and the catch

Free credit is $10, resetting monthly. Lite search is $4 per 1,000 requests. Answer is $5 per 1,000. The first 10 results are in the base price. Public pricing or license checked November 7, 2026. Amounts are as stated on that page. Tax, region, annual billing, and extra usage can change the bill.

A sensible first workflow

Run the free credit against a query you can judge, and count results before you raise numResults. This is a suggested evaluation, not a test we ran.

Bottom line: Use it when the agent needs the web and you want a per-request price.

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