Web search and scraping

Exa: pricing, API and MCP for AI agents

by Exa · exa.ai

Checked 2026-10-17 on Exa's own pages. Anything we could not confirm says “not verified”.

What is Exa? Search engine API for AI: web search, page contents, deep search and monitors, billed per 1,000 requests or pages, with monthly free credits.

How an agent uses it: Exa's MCP server and connectors put search and page contents into Claude, ChatGPT and coding agents.

Best for: Agents that need fast web search with full page contents, priced per request.

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Pricing

Free tier
$10 credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus, no payment method [source, checked 2026-10-17]
Entry paid price
Search from $4 per 1,000 requests; contents $1 per 1,000 pages; deep search $12–15 per 1,000 [source, checked 2026-10-17]
What you pay for (meter)
Per 1,000 requests (search) or pages (contents) [source]
Data retention
not verified

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For agents

API and SDKsSearch, contents, deep search and monitors APIs [source]
MCP serverOfficial MCP server (MIT) [source]
Open sourcenot verified
Compliancenot verified

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Sources

Last checked 2026-10-17. Vendor links on this page are plain links. Data: agent-tools.json · agent-tools.csv (CC BY 4.0). Canonical: https://evalsreview.com/agent-tools/exa