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Pricing changePackaging changeDiscount changeDec 29 → Mar 30, 2026

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

Detected Apr 4, 2026AI & Machine LearningDirection: neutral
The changeSearch packaging change
BeforeDec 29$10 credits
AfterMar 301,000 requests/month
2 changes2 capturesDec 29, 2025 → Mar 30, 2026Includes 4 periodsfirst seen Feb 16

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 (packaging change, discount change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 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 + $0.10 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 Monitors at $1 per 1k requests, additional result above 10 + $1 per 1k page AI summaries.

This quarterly roll-up includes 4 changes Pulse first recorded in a shorter period: "Exa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights" (week of Mar 9, 2026, saved Mar 16, 2026), "Exa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model" (week of Mar 2, 2026, saved Mar 9, 2026) and "Exa expands free tier to 1,000 monthly requests, revamps pricing" (week of Feb 23, 2026, saved Mar 2, 2026) and 1 more. They are the same changes, not new ones. Before that, Exa's previous recorded change was "Exa Restructures Search API Pricing, Adding Deep Search at $15 per 1k Requests and Removing Keyword Search Option" (Jan 11, 2026). Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.

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

  • SearchPackaging
    $10 credits1,000 requests/month
  • Startup and Education GrantsDiscount
    Added
    Not listedPreviously

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, 2026PackagingExa: Free tier limit increased 1,000 → 20,000 requests/month
  2. May 25, 2026PackagingExa launches Agent endpoint for async research at $0.025–$2.00/run
  3. Apr 9, 2026ImprovementExa 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 16, 2026PackagingExa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights
  6. Mar 10, 2026PackagingExa 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, 2026ImprovementExa 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. You.comOct 26You.com adds Inference Router API to run open-weight models via one endpoint
  2. GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
  3. GoogleSep 7Google Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off
  4. You.comAug 4You.com: Web Search API now freemium (free 100/day + $5/1k after)
  5. GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window

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: packaging 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 added: Previously. 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?

This quarterly roll-up includes 4 changes Pulse first recorded in shorter periods, not new ones; Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Exa in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Exa Restructures Search API Pricing, Adding Deep Search at $15 per 1k Requests and Removing Keyword Search Option" on Jan 11, 2026; Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.