[metadata]
application-name: Exa
author: Exa Labs
description: Exa API pricing: pay-as-you-go plans for AI web search, deep research, and Websets. Free tier and enterprise pricing available. Try our API for free.
keywords: ai search engine, web search api, webcrawler, serp api, web api, google search api, google serp api, people search engines, perplexity ai search engine features, ai search engine free, search engine ai, free people search engines, best ai search engine, web api security, ai search engines, search api, free ai search engine, web scraping api, bing search api, webcrawler search engine, search engine rankings api
keywords: ai search engine,serp api,best ai search engine,search api,deep research api,web search api,web search ai,ai search api,deepresearch api,web crawling api,website crawler,metaphor,exa,api,search,ai,llms
og:description: Exa API pricing: pay-as-you-go plans for AI web search, deep research, and Websets. Free tier and enterprise pricing available. Try our API for free.
og:image: https://exa.imgix.net/og-image.png?fm=avif&q=50
og:title: Exa API Pricing | Pay-as-You-Go Plans for AI Search
twitter:card: summary_large_image
twitter:creator: @exaailabs
twitter:description: The Exa API retrieves the best, realtime data from the web for your AI
twitter:image: https://exa.imgix.net/og-image.png/
twitter:site: @exaailabs
twitter:title: Exa
viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0

[document-links]
/
API Dashboard: https://dashboard.exa.ai
API Status: https://status.exa.ai
API: /exa-api
About: /about
Agent API: /products/agent
Agent docs: https://exa.ai/docs/reference/agent-api-guide
Blog: /blog
Brand: /brand
Careers We're hiring: /careers
Careers: /careers
Changelog: https://exa.ai/docs/changelog
Contact Sales: /contact/sales
Contact sales: /contact/sales
Contact us: /contact
Contact: mailto:support@exa.ai
Contents API: https://exa.ai/docs/reference/contents-api-guide
Customers: /customers
Demos: /demos
Discord: https://discord.gg/HCShtBqbfV
Docs: https://exa.ai/docs
Docs: https://exa.ai/docs/
Enterprise: /enterprise
Evals: /evals
Exa Connect: /connect
FAQ: https://exa.ai/docs/reference/faqs
GTM: /use-cases/gtm
Get started: https://dashboard.exa.ai/onboarding-guest
GitHub: https://github.com/exa-labs
Integrations: /integrations
Introducing Exa Connect: Access leading data providers.: https://exa.ai/connect
Introducing Exa Connect: https://exa.ai/connect
Learn more: https://exa.ai/connect
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exa-ai/
MCP Server: /mcp
Monitors API: https://exa.ai/docs/reference/monitors-api-guide
Partners: /partners
Pricing: /pricing
Privacy: /privacy-policy
Research: /research
Search API: /products/search
Security: /security
Sign up: https://dashboard.exa.ai
Talk to us: /contact/sales
Terms: /assets/Exa_Labs_Terms_of_Service.pdf
Trust Center: https://trust.exa.ai/
Try API for free: https://dashboard.exa.ai
Try Search for Free: https://dashboard.exa.ai/playground/search
Twitter: https://x.com/exaailabs
Websets: https://exa.ai/websets
https://exa.ai/search

[structured-data]
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebAPI","category":"Search API","description":"AI search engine with website crawler, search API, SERP API, and deep research API. Built for querying, crawling, and extracting structured web data.","name":"Exa API","offers":{"@type":"Offer","price":"0.00","priceCurrency":"USD"},"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Exa","url":"https://exa.ai"},"url":"https://exa.ai"}

[content]
Exa API Pricing | Pay-as-You-Go Plans for AI Search
Introducing Exa Connect
Introducing Exa Connect: Access leading data providers.
Learn more
Products
Search API
Contents API
Agent API
Monitors API
Integrations
Exa Connect
More
GTM
Resources
Careers
We're hiring
Customers
Partners
Demos
About
Contact us
Research
Brand
Enterprise
Blog
Docs
Pricing
Contact sales
Sign up
Products
Resources
Enterprise
Blog
Docs
Pricing
Contact sales
Sign up
Start searching for free
Get $20 credits on sign-up
Get started
Use cases
Coding agents
Chatbots
News monitoring
Enrichments
Voice agents
People search
Company search
Free Tier
$20 credits on sign-up
Free
$10 credits per month
Web search tool calls for agents
Webpage text and highlights
Configurable latency: 180ms to 1s
Get started
Search
Real-time search data with token efficient page contents
$7
/1k requests
Web search tool calls for agents
Webpage text and highlights
Configurable latency: 180ms to 1s
Get started
Agent
Async agents for deep research, list building, and enrichment
$0.012–$1.00
/run
Asynchronous deep research runs
Structured outputs with citations
Access leading data providers
Get started
Contents
Full page web contents, with highlights optimized for AI
$1
/1k pages per content type
Full page contents for LLM context
Token efficient highlights
Configurable livecrawl policies
Get started
Reasoning...
{
"name"
:
"ceo"
:
"founded"
:
}
Deep Search
Research with structured outputs optimized for complex queries
$12–15
/1k requests
Multi-step agent workflows
Answers with structured outputs
Web grounded citations
Get started
Daily at 9:00AM
Weekly, Mondays
Daily at 6:00PM
Monitors
Track new events and updates across the web
$15
/1k requests
Identify fresh events on the web
Runs searches at a specified cadence
Receive updates with webhooks
Get started
Use cases
Coding agents
Chatbots
News monitoring
Enrichments
Voice agents
People search
Company search
Coding agents
Search over millions of GitHub repos, docs, and Stack Overflow with high-accuracy code retrieval.
Search docs, repos, and changelogs in real time
Use sub-200ms search options inside latency-sensitive agent loops
Ground code generation with current package and API references
Docs Search
Repo Search
Changelog Lookup
Exa Search
$7
/1k requests
Try Search for Free
Customer Stories
Cursor uses Exa to get the latest docs for more accurate code
Coding agents use Exa for low latency search across millions of repos.
Endpoint pricing
Endpoint
Search
Deep Search
Deep-Reasoning Search
Contents
Monitors
Answer
Base price, with up to 10 results
(per 1k requests)
$7
$12
$15
$1
(per 1k pages)
$15
$5
Cost per additional result above 10
(per 1k requests)
$1
$1
$1
-
$1
-
AI page summaries
(per 1k pages)
$1
$1
$1
$1
$1
-
Agent pricing
By default, Agent uses effort: auto. Compute and tool usage scale to the task. Choose a fixed effort mode for predictable per-request pricing.
For request parameters, run lifecycle events, and examples, see the
Agent docs
.
Usage components
Agent Compute Units
$0.10
/ ACU
Search tool calls
$0.005
/ search
Email contact enrichment
$0.02
/ email
Phone contact enrichment
$0.07
/ phone number
Fixed effort modes*
Minimal
$0.012
/ request
Low
$0.025
/ request
Medium
$0.10
/ request
High
$0.50
/ request
X-high
$1.00
/ request
*Contact enrichment for emails and phone numbers is billed separately.
Enterprise
For high volume, custom datasets, enterprise security, and more.
Talk to us
Powerful search
Up to 1,000 results per search
Requests with more than 25 results
Custom rate limits (QPS)
Tailored moderation
Custom index
Enterprise-Grade Support
SLAs and MSAs
1:1 onboarding and support
Zero Data Retention
Custom Pricing
Volume discounts
Standard billing
Startup and Education Grants
Build comprehensive web search into your startup or education project—for free.
$1000 worth of free credits
Build, launch, and test search
Contact Us
Search built for your AI
The fastest, most accurate web search API. Give your agents the context they need.
Try API for free
EXA LABS INC.
Imagine a world with perfect search
Products
Pricing
API
Websets
Exa Connect
Company
About
Careers
Blog
Changelog
Contact
Developers
API Dashboard
Docs
MCP Server
Demos
API Status
FAQ
Integrations
Resources
Research
Evals
Customers
Trust Center
Security
Connect
Contact Sales
Twitter
Discord
LinkedIn
GitHub
Privacy
Terms
