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ExaPricing change · Package change · Discount change · Dec 29 → Mar 30, 2026

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

Verified Apr 4, 2026AI & Machine LearningDirection: neutral
The changeSearch packaging — package change.
Before · Dec 29$10 credits
After · Mar 301,000 requests/month
2 changes2 capturesDec 29, 2025 → Mar 30, 2026

What happened

Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Exa's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: 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; 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. Pulse files it as a pricing change (package change, discount change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Search at $7 per 1k requests, up to 10 results + $1 per 1k page AI summaries, Agent at $0.01 per search tool call + $0.1 per request (Medium effort), Contents at $1 per 1k pages, per content type + $1 per 1k page AI summaries, Deep Search at $12 per 1k requests, up to 10 results + $1 per 1k requests, additional result above 10 and Deep-Reasoning Search at $1 per 1k page AI summaries + $1 per 1k requests, additional result above 10.

It lands 18 days after Exa's previous change, "Exa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights" (Mar 17, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Exa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model" (Mar 10, 2026), "Exa expands free tier to 1,000 monthly requests, revamps pricing" (Mar 3, 2026) and "Exa drops neural search, launches sub-200ms Instant mode" (Feb 16, 2026). Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.

In the same window Google and You.com also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • Search · Packaging—
    $10 credits1,000 requests/month
  • Startup and Education Grants · DiscountAdded
    No PreviouslyPreviously

Values as written on Exa's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

Evidence

The two captures Pulse compared

Full-page captures of Exa's pricing page (exa.ai) from Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where search packaging reads $10 credits and then 1,000 requests/month.

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Exa, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Jul 2, 2026improvedExa: Free tier limit increased 1,000 → 20,000 requests/month
  2. May 26, 2026packagingExa launches Agent endpoint for async research at $0.025–$2.00/run
  3. Apr 9, 2026improvedExa launches custom index feature for Enterprise search plans
  4. Apr 4, 2026packagingExa Raises Search API Pricing 40% and Drops Pay-As-You-Go Plan · this change
  5. Mar 17, 2026packagingExa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights
  6. Mar 10, 2026improvedExa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model
  7. Mar 3, 2026packagingExa expands free tier to 1,000 monthly requests, revamps pricing
  8. Feb 16, 2026improvedExa drops neural search, launches sub-200ms Instant mode
  9. Jan 11, 2026packagingExa Restructures Search API Pricing, Adding Deep Search at $15 per 1k Requests and Removing Keyword Search Option

Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window

All AI & Machine Learning changes
  1. GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
  2. GoogleSep 7Google Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off
  3. You.comAug 4You.com: Web Search API now freemium (free 100/day + $5/1k after)
  4. GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
  5. GoogleJul 3Google Workspace: new Workspace Studio feature; AI Ultra Access dropped

Questions about this change

Did Exa raise prices in March 2026?

No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: package change, discount change.

What changed on Exa's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026?

Search packaging: $10 credits → 1,000 requests/month; Startup and Education Grants discount: No Previously → Previously, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Exa change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 5 other pricing-page changes for Exa in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Exa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights" on Mar 17, 2026; Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.