Exa

Exa is a platform that simplifies the development and management of AI models, enabling data scientists to quickly bring their models to production.

Entry price

Free

Free plan available

Plans tracked

1 add-on

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 41 '26

Pricing model

Usage-based

Free tier available

Pricing Change History

19 changes

202619 changes

Oct 5, 2026

Packaging

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Exa launches $4/1k Instant Search, cutting Search entry price from $7

New Instant Search endpoint at $4/1k requests added; existing Search renamed Fast / Auto Search and stays $7; Search entry price now shown as 'From $4' instead of $7.

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Sep 28, 2026

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Exa: Free plan first-month credits cut from $30 to $20

Free/Starter plan sign-up credit terms changed from $20 sign-up bonus plus $10/month to $10/month plus a $10 onboarding bonus, cutting first-month total credits from $30 to $20

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Sep 7, 2026

Improvement

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Exa boosts Starter agent concurrency 3→50 and doubles QPS limits

Enterprise plan adds SCIM to the SSO entitlement ("SSO and SCIM for Exa Dashboard") and a new "Organization unified billing" bullet Starter and Developer plan rate limits raised: Starter QPS 5→10 and Agent concurrency 3→50; Developer QPS 10→25 (now "Up to") and Agent concurrency 25→50

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Aug 3, 2026

Price decrease

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Exa: Answer endpoint overage + AI-summary fees removed

Answer endpoint: removed the $1/1k-request fee for results beyond 10 and the $1/1k-page AI-summary fee — both now show as not applicable, while Search, Deep Search, and Monitors still charge $1 for both.

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Jul 20, 2026

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Exa: Free tier switched to credit-based model ($20 signup + $10/mo)

Free tier changed from a fixed monthly request quota (up to 20,000 requests/month) to a credit-based model: $20 credit on sign-up plus $10 in credits per month.

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Jul 6, 2026

Price decrease

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Exa halves Agent per-run price ceiling to $1.00, matching X-high tier

Exa's Agent product per-run price range upper bound cut in half, from $2.00/run to $1.00/run, now matching the existing X-high fixed-effort rate of $1.00/request shown elsewhere on the page.

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Jun 30, 2026

Improvement

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Exa launches Connect GA, taps leading external data providers

Agent plan feature bullet changed from 'Beta access available now' to 'Access leading data providers', indicating GA launch and Exa Connect data provider integration.

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Jul 2, 2026

Improvement

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Exa: Free tier limit increased 1,000 → 20,000 requests/month

Free tier monthly request limit increased from 1,000 requests/month to 20,000 requests/month, now also shown as a dedicated Free Tier card

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May 26, 2026

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Exa launches Agent endpoint for async research at $0.025–$2.00/run

Explicit Free Tier product card added to pricing page, prominently showcasing 1,000 free requests per month. Previously mentioned only in header text; now a dedicated product tier. New Agent endpoint added for async deep research, list building, and enrichment at $0.025–$2.00/run with detailed ACU-based pricing and fixed effort modes (Low $0.025, Medium $0.10, High $0.50, X-high $2.00).

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Apr 9, 2026

Improvement

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Exa launches custom index feature for Enterprise search plans

Custom index added as a new feature in the Enterprise plan, listed under Powerful search alongside Tailored moderation.

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Apr 4, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Exa Raises Search API Pricing 40% and Drops Pay-As-You-Go Plan

Startup/Education program rebranded as 'Startup and Education Grants' with explicit $1,000 in free credits. Previously listed as generic discounts with no stated credit value. Pricing restructured: Pay as you go plan removed; endpoint model adopted. Search repriced from $5/1k to $7/1k base (up to 10 results). Free tier changed from $10 credits to 1,000 requests/month.

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Mar 17, 2026

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Exa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights

Contents API pricing unit clarified to per content type [Previously $1/1k pages, now explicitly $1/1k pages per content type] Search API feature updated from Built-in summary to Built-in text and highlights [Added optional $1/1k summaries pricing]

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Mar 10, 2026

Improvement

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Exa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model

Agentic Search latency improved: minimum latency reduced from 6s to 4s (33% faster for fastest queries) Search pricing restructured to tiered result-based model: $7/1k requests now covers 1-10 results with $1 per additional result beyond 10; Agentic Search added optional reasoning mode pricing: +$3/1000 requests when reasoning enabled (base price $12/1k requests unchanged)

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Mar 3, 2026

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Exa expands free tier to 1,000 monthly requests, revamps pricing

Enhanced Startup and Education program with $1000 grant [Renamed from 'Discounts' to 'Grants'; specified $1000 credit value] Search pricing restructured from tiered results (1-25: $5, 26-100: $25, Deep: $15) to flat rates ($7/1k for 10 results standard, $12/1k for Effort: Base)

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Feb 16, 2026

Improvement

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Exa drops neural search, launches sub-200ms Instant mode

Replaced 'neural' search mode with new 'Instant' (sub-200ms) search mode; search types now Instant, Fast, Auto instead of Fast, auto, neural [before: line 157, after: line 157]

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Jan 11, 2026

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Quarterly

Exa Restructures Search API Pricing, Adding Deep Search at $15 per 1k Requests and Removing Keyword Search Option

Deep search option added at $15 per 1k requests for 26-100 results Search API pricing restructured from three separate options (Auto/Fast, Neural, Keyword) to two consolidated options (Fast/auto/neural, Deep)

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Jan 11, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Exa Rebrands Auto Search to 'Auto / Fast' with Enhanced Description and Improved Latency

Auto search rebranded to 'Auto / Fast' with updated description from 'AI auto decides search type' to 'Combined keyword and neural search', and latency changed from 'higher' to 'higher / lowest'

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Jan 11, 2026

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Quarterly

Exa Introduces Research API Pricing Tier with New Model Options for Enhanced Agent Operations

Research API pricing tier added with two model options (exa-research and exa-research-pro) offering agent search operations ($5/1k), agent page reads ($5-10/1k), and reasoning tokens ($5/1M)

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Jan 11, 2026

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Quarterly

Exa Introduces Answer API Pricing at $5 per 1k Answers with Citation Support in Exa and Exa-Pro Models

Answer API pricing introduced at $5 per 1k answers - new API capability for direct answers backed by citations (available in both exa and exa-pro models)

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