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ExaPackaging change · New plan · Freemium change · May 18 → May 25, 2026

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

Verified May 26, 2026AI & Machine LearningDirection: up
The changeAgent endpoint — added.
Before · May 18No Agent endpoint
After · May 25Agent endpoint
added
2 changes2 capturesMay 18, 2026 → May 25, 2026

What happened

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) with an upward 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 47 days after Exa's previous change, "Exa launches custom index feature for Enterprise search plans" (Apr 9, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Exa Raises Search API Pricing 40% and Drops Pay-As-You-Go Plan" (Apr 4, 2026), "Exa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights" (Mar 17, 2026) and "Exa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model" (Mar 10, 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.

  • Agent · PlanAdded
    No Agent endpointAgent endpoint
  • — · Free tierAdded

    BeforeNot listed

    AfterExplicit Free Tier product card

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 May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Agent endpoint now appears.

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Exa, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Jul 6, 2026decreaseExa halves Agent per-run price ceiling to $1.00, matching X-high tier
  2. Jun 30, 2026improvedExa launches Connect GA, taps leading external data providers
  3. Jul 2, 2026improvedExa: Free tier limit increased 1,000 → 20,000 requests/month
  4. May 26, 2026packagingExa launches Agent endpoint for async research at $0.025–$2.00/run · this change
  5. Apr 9, 2026improvedExa launches custom index feature for Enterprise search plans
  6. Apr 4, 2026packagingExa Raises Search API Pricing 40% and Drops Pay-As-You-Go Plan
  7. Mar 17, 2026packagingExa Clarifies Contents API Pricing, Adds Search Text Highlights
  8. Mar 10, 2026improvedExa Restructures Search Pricing With Tiered Per-Result Model
  9. Mar 3, 2026packagingExa expands free tier to 1,000 monthly requests, revamps pricing

Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window

All AI & Machine Learning changes
  1. GoogleMay 26Google Cloud renames Vertex AI Search to Agent Search for commerce
  2. GoogleMay 12Google Workspace boosts promotional discount to 50% off for new users.
  3. GoogleMay 4Google Workspace rolls out Workspace Studio AI flows across all plans

Questions about this change

Did Exa raise prices in May 2026?

No list-price increase was recorded between May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, freemium change.

What changed on Exa's pricing page between May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026?

Agent plan: No Agent endpoint → Agent endpoint, added; free tier: Not listed → Explicit Free Tier product card, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on May 18, 2026 and May 25, 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 launches custom index feature for Enterprise search plans" on Apr 9, 2026; Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.