Exa boosts Starter agent concurrency 3→50 and doubles QPS limits
What happened
Between the Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026 captures of Exa's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Starter and Developer plan rate limits raised: Starter QPS 5→10 and Agent concurrency 3→50; Developer QPS 10→25 (now "Up to") and Agent concurrency 25→50; Enterprise plan adds SCIM to the SSO entitlement ("SSO and SCIM for Exa Dashboard") and a new "Organization unified billing" bullet. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase, feature added) 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 35 days after Exa's previous change, "Exa: Answer endpoint overage + AI-summary fees removed" (Aug 3, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Exa: Free tier switched to credit-based model ($20 signup + $10/mo)" (Jul 20, 2026), "Exa halves Agent per-run price ceiling to $1.00, matching X-high tier" (Jul 6, 2026) and "Exa launches Connect GA, taps leading external data providers" (Jun 30, 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.
- Starter, Agent · Limit+100%510
- Enterprise · FeatureAddedNo SCIMSCIM
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter, Agent | Limit | 5 | 10 | +100% |
| Enterprise | Feature | No SCIM | SCIM | Added |
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 comparedFull-page captures of Exa's pricing page (exa.ai) from Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where starter, agent limit reads 5 and then 10.
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Exa, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 5, 2026packagingExa launches $4/1k Instant Search, cutting Search entry price from $7
- Sep 28, 2026packagingExa: Free plan first-month credits cut from $30 to $20
- Sep 7, 2026improvedExa boosts Starter agent concurrency 3→50 and doubles QPS limits · this change
- Aug 3, 2026decreaseExa: Answer endpoint overage + AI-summary fees removed
- Jul 20, 2026packagingExa: Free tier switched to credit-based model ($20 signup + $10/mo)
- Jul 6, 2026decreaseExa halves Agent per-run price ceiling to $1.00, matching X-high tier
- Jun 30, 2026improvedExa launches Connect GA, taps leading external data providers
- Jul 2, 2026improvedExa: Free tier limit increased 1,000 → 20,000 requests/month
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- GoogleSep 7Google Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off
- You.comAug 4You.com: Web Search API now freemium (free 100/day + $5/1k after)
- GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
- GoogleJul 3Google Workspace: new Workspace Studio feature; AI Ultra Access dropped
- GoogleJul 3Google Cloud: AI Commerce Search pricing revealed ($2.50-$6.00/1000 queries)
Questions about this change
Did Exa raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase, feature added.
What changed on Exa's pricing page between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026?
Starter, Agent limit: 5 → 10 (+100%); Enterprise feature: No SCIM → SCIM, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 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: Answer endpoint overage + AI-summary fees removed" on Aug 3, 2026; Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.