Alternatives to Exa.

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

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Perplexity Search API

Perplexity

A web-search API with separate request-based billing listed in Perplexity’s rate card.

Search API: $5 per 1,000 successful requests; Fast Search: $1 per 1,000 successful requests. No token billing for Search API.

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Perplexity Agent API

Perplexity

An API providing third-party model access with token-based billing and separately priced tools.

Model-specific token rates; tool calls such as web search add separate charges. See the public API rate card.

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Tavily

Tavily

Search API credits for agents.

Free Researcher plan: 1,000 API credits a month, no card. Paid use is pay as you go. Credit cost depends on the request type.

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