Packaging change·Mar 2 → Mar 9, 2026·Week 11, 2026·AI & Machine Learning
Exa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model
What changed
Limit increase
Agentic Search latency improved: minimum latency reduced from 6s to 4s (33% faster for fastest queries)
Package change
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)
Before and after
Mar 2, 2026 vs Mar 9, 2026Pulse.
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Change 1 of 2 · capacity increased
Agentic Search latency improved: minimum latency reduced from 6s to 4s (33% faster for fastest queries)
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