Exa search API pricing.
Prices checked
Exa Lite search costs $4 per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 a month and $4 at 100,000, checked .
At 1,000 searches a month
Exa
Lite search · pay as you go
What 1,000 searches cost you, bought the cheapest way Exa sells them.
At 100,000 a month
Exa
pay as you go
The same price per search at any volume: no discount for more.
Every way Exa sells it
Lite search, Own index
$4 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $4 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$4/1k searches - 2
Starter
2,500 a month
free
Answer, Answers
$5 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $5 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$5/1k searches
Auto search, Own index
$7 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $7 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$7/1k searches
Deep search, Own index
$12 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month; $12 per 1,000 searches at 100,000.
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Pay as you go
pay as you go
$12/1k searches
How each price is read
- Up to 10 results with page text and highlights; each result past 10 adds $1 per 1,000 requests.
- $10 of credit every month with no payment method, which buys this many Lite searches.
- One written answer with its citations per request.
How we count
Each price is per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 or 100,000 searches a month and buy them the cheapest way that provider sells: pay as you go, the plan that covers them with its overage, or a pack spread over the months it lasts. A free allowance is not subtracted; free tiers are listed on their own.
A free tier is a limit, not a price: it is listed on every page and called the cheapest on none. A price read for the first time, or that moved a lot, is marked while a second reading checks it.
Similar APIs
Other web search APIs with their own index, cheapest first. Each percentage is against Exa's $4 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 searches a month.
Search, fast
pay as you go · $1 at 100k · page text
Parallel$1/1k searches75% lessSearch API, fast
pay as you go · $1 at 100k · page text
Perplexity$1/1k searches75% lessSearch
pay as you go · $5 at 100k · page text
Brave Search API$5/1k searches25% moreStandard search
pay as you go · $5 at 100k · page text
Linkup$5/1k searches25% more
Frequently asked
- How much does the Exa search API cost?
- $4 per 1,000 searches for Lite search when you make 1,000 a month (pay as you go), and $4 per 1,000 searches at 100,000 a month (pay as you go), checked 21 Oct 2026. Tax is extra.
- Does Exa have a free tier?
- Yes. Lite search: 2,500 a month free. A free tier is a limit, not a price: it is listed on every page and called the cheapest on none.
- What does a Exa search return?
- Own index: Results from the provider's own web index, built for a model to read, most with the page's text. Answers: A written answer with its sources, from one call.
- What is cheaper than Exa?
- Among web search APIs with their own index, Parallel Search, fast at $1 per 1,000 searches, Perplexity Search API, fast at $1 per 1,000 searches, each at 1,000 searches a month.
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