Exa pricing
Neural search API with page contents, agentic research runs and monitors.
full verification usage-based / pay as you go MCP: Yes Last checked
Per-request pricing with a free monthly credit. Search is priced per 1,000 requests by latency/depth tier (up to 10 results); page contents are priced per 1,000 pages per content type.
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Quick facts
| Free tier | $10 of credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus, no payment method. |
|---|---|
| How units are counted | Per 1k requests (up to 10 results): Instant $4, Fast/Auto $7, Deep $12, Deep-Reasoning $15. Extra results above 10: $1/1k requests (Instant and Deep). Contents $1/1k pages per content type. AI page summaries $1/1k pages. Monitors $15/1k. Answer $5/1k. Agent $0.012-$1.00/run. |
| MCP / agent support | Yes. Official Exa MCP; Claude connector and ChatGPT plugin also listed on the pricing page. Evidence. |
| Verification | Endpoint pricing table, free credit and plan structure read from the pricing page. |
Plans
| Plan | Per month (monthly billing) | Per month (annual billing) | Included | Overage / extra usage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter (Free) | $0 | n/a | $10 credits/mo + $10 onboarding | n/a | 10 QPS; MCP server access |
| Developer (Pay as you go) | $0 | n/a | No allowance included (pay as you go) | Per-request pricing below | Up to 25 QPS; email support; SOC 2 Type II |
| Enterprise | not published | n/a | Custom | Custom | Custom MSA/DPA, ZDR, HIPAA, SLAs |
Normalized prices
Effective price per unit, computed only from published numbers and assuming you use the whole included allowance. See methodology.
| Metric | Plan / rate | Billing | Monthly spend | Effective price | How computed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instant search (up to 10 results) | Instant search | payg | none | $4.00 per 1,000 | formula$4 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $4.00 |
| Fast/Auto search (up to 10 results) | Fast / Auto search | payg | none | $7.00 per 1,000 | formula$7 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $7.00 |
| Deep search (up to 10 results) | Deep search | payg | none | $12.00 per 1,000 | formula$12 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $12.00 |
| Page contents (per 1,000 pages per content type) | Contents (per content type) | payg | none | $1.00 per 1,000 | formula$1 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $1.00Unit is pages, not requests. |
Best for
- Semantic/neural search for agents and coding assistants
- People/company search and enrichment
Watch-outs
- Contents and summaries bill separately from search.
- Deep tiers are 3-4x the Fast price.
What we could not verify
- search+contents bundle: Not stated whether text contents are bundled in the search price; contents are priced separately, so no combined figure computed.
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