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

Between the May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026 captures of Exa's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: 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); 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. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, freemium change). 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.

It lands 47 days after Exa's previous change, "Exa launches custom index feature for Enterprise search plans" (Apr 9, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Exa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights" (Mar 16, 2026), "Exa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model" (Mar 10, 2026) and "Exa expands free tier to 1,000 monthly requests, revamps pricing" (Mar 3, 2026). Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.

In the same window 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.