Exa
by Exa
Search API for AI agents that need real-time web data.
What it does
Exa provides a search API for AI agents: real-time web search, deep research and structured content (Websets) from one endpoint.
Key facts
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
- Starting price
- Free $10 credits/month; then pay-as-you-go · source
- Free tier
- Yes
- Deployment
- API
- Integrations
- MCP
As mentioned on the vendor's site; not tested.
🇪🇺 EU / Swiss readiness
- Status
- 🇪🇺 Partial
- GDPR / DPA
- States SOC 2 Type II and that GDPR data-subject rights are honoured
- Data residency
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- EU AI Act info
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- Source
- https://exa.ai/
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Hands-on test
Not tested yet. When Verified, this section will show setup time, success on our standard task script, cost per run, screenshots and the retest date.
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