GeminiGoogle
13
Google's assistant and model family
- Version
- Gemini 4 Argon
- Cost
- from $16.67/mo
- Model
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
Exa
Exa · #6 most active of 14 in Search & Research
Embeddings-based web search designed to feed retrieval pipelines and agents.
100
Trust score · Verified
3 data points checked · 2026-11-01
Current version
3.0
Entry cost
Free tier · from $1,000/mo
Changes / 30d
1
The short answers · verified October 30, 2026
- What is the latest version of Exa?
- The current shipped version of Exa is 3.0, as of October 30, 2026.
- How much does Exa cost?
- Exa starts at $1000 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of October 30, 2026.
- What AI model does Exa use?
- Exa runs primarily on agentic models.
Source: Exa — docs.exa.ai · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- Neural search
- Contents retrieval
- Websets
- Answer endpoint
- Research API
- Web Search API
- Deep Research
- Structured JSON Extraction
- LLM Summaries
- Monitors & Webhooks
- Company Search
- People Search
- Academic Publication Search
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Exa Agent
- Neural Search
- Web Crawling
- Structured Outputs
- Highlights
- Monitors
- Publication Search
- Instant Search
- Deep-Reasoning Search
- Exa MCP
- Exa Connect
- Web Crawling & Extraction
- Autonomous Research Agents
- Clean Markdown Output
- Structured JSON Outputs
- Category Search (People/Company/Publications)
- Scheduled Monitors & Webhooks
- Real-time Livecrawl
- Highlights & Summaries
- Search API
- Contents API
- Agent API
- Monitors API
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server
- LLM summaries
- Grounded answers
- Highlights extraction
- Deep Search
- Exa Agent API
- Exa Monitors
- MCP Server / Tool Integration
- Markdown Contents Extraction
- MCP Support
- Structured outputs
- web search
- structured outputs
- highlights
- summaries
- MCP server
- crawling
- MCP Server
- search-api
- contents-api
- agent-api
- monitors-api
- mcp-server
- structured-outputs
- company-search
- people-search
- publication-search
- Category-specific search
- Company search
- People search
- Scholarly Publications Search
- search_api
- contents_api
- agent_api
- monitors_api
- mcp_server
- structured_outputs
- Language Filtering
- Scholarly Publication Search
- web search API
- deep research API
- webpage text highlights
- grounded answers
- monitors
- company search
- people search
- scholarly publication search
- search api
- contents api
- agent api
- monitors api
- deep search
- mcp server
- Dynamic Highlights
- Deep Research Agent
- MCP Server Integration
- AI summaries
- Web search API
- People search category
- Company search category
- Publication search category
- MCP server access
- Fast Search
- Scholarly Publications Index
- Deep Reasoning Search
- Markdown Contents
- neural search
- monitors / scheduling
- Publication search
- Crawling / Livecrawl
- Domain path filtering
- Language filtering
- Exa MCP / MCP server
- Exa Connect (data partners)
- Scholarly Search
- AI Search Engine
- SERP API
- Web Crawler
- Web Crawler / Contents API
- Agentic Web Research API
- AI Search API
- Web Crawler Tools
- Deep Research API
- Livecrawl
- web crawler
- agentic search
- livecrawl
- Crawler Tools
- Web search tool
- Markdown extraction
- AI Web Search API
- Highlights Extraction
- Webhooks
- MCP Server Access
- Claude Connector
- LLM tool use
- AI Web Search
- Structured Output
- Lite search
- Auto search
- Deep search
- Citations
- Web Crawling API
- web crawling API
- file-level grounding
- monitors schedule
- AI Search
Pricing
Starter
Free $10 credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus. No payment method required.
Free
Developer
Pay as you go usage-based billing. Search from $4/1k requests. Standard email support.
Free
Enterprise
Custom tailored for large scale requirements. Premium data providers, ZDR with annual commitment.
$1000
Entry price over time
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
agentic models
Provider undisclosed
- disclosed
embedding
Provider undisclosed
- disclosed
Exa 3.0
Exa
- disclosed
Exa Agent API
Exa
- disclosed
Exa Auto
Exa
- inferred
Exa Custom Search Models
Exa
- disclosed
Exa Deep
Exa
- disclosed
Exa Instant
Exa
- unknown
Exa neural search models
Exa
- inferred
Exa Search
Exa
- disclosed
Exa Search API
Exa
- inferred
Exa Search Embedding Model
Exa
- inferred
Exa Search Model
Exa
- inferred
Exa Search Models
Exa
- inferred
Exa Search Neural Model
Exa
- inferred
neural search model
Exa
Context window
n/a
Public API
yes
Multi-model routing
no
Stack signals
- exa-py
- exa-js
Shared model stack
Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.
- agentic modelsProvider undisclosed · 1 product
- embeddingProvider undisclosed · 1 product
- Exa 3.0Exa · 1 product
- Exa Agent APIExa · 1 product
- Exa AutoExa · 1 product
- Exa Custom Search ModelsExa · 1 product
- Exa DeepExa · 1 product
- Exa InstantExa · 1 product
green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.
Reported scale
Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.
No public usage figure on record for this product.
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- Cost
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- Model
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Change history
- capability
New capabilities: web crawling API, file-level grounding, monitors schedule
140 tracked143 tracked · +web crawling API, file-level grounding, monitors schedule
source - capability
New capabilities: Lite search, Auto search, Deep search
135 tracked138 tracked · +Lite search, Auto search, Deep search
source - capability
- version
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: AI Web Search API, Highlights Extraction, Webhooks
127 tracked132 tracked · +AI Web Search API, Highlights Extraction, Webhooks, MCP Server Access, Claude Connector
source - capability
- model
Exa added Exa 3.0 to its model stack
Exa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Deep, Exa Instant, Exa Search, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, Exa neural search models, agentic models, embedding, neural search modelExa 3.0, Exa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Deep, Exa Instant, Exa Search, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, Exa neural search models, agentic models, embedding, neural search model
source - capability
New capabilities: Citations, Web Crawling API
138 tracked140 tracked · +Citations, Web Crawling API
source - version
- capability
- version
- pricing
- version
- model
Exa added Exa Search to its model stack
Exa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Deep, Exa Instant, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, Exa neural search models, agentic models, embedding, neural search modelExa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Deep, Exa Instant, Exa Search, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, Exa neural search models, agentic models, embedding, neural search model
source - version
- capability
- capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: web crawler, agentic search, livecrawl
121 tracked124 tracked · +web crawler, agentic search, livecrawl
source - capability
New capabilities: AI Search API, Web Crawler Tools, Deep Research API
117 tracked121 tracked · +AI Search API, Web Crawler Tools, Deep Research API, Livecrawl
source - capability
New capabilities: Web Crawler / Contents API, Agentic Web Research API
115 tracked117 tracked · +Web Crawler / Contents API, Agentic Web Research API
source - model
Exa added Exa neural search models to its model stack
Exa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, agentic models, embedding, neural search modelExa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, Exa neural search models, agentic models, embedding, neural search model
source - model
Exa added neural search model to its model stack
Exa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, agentic models, embeddingExa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, agentic models, embedding, neural search model
source - capability
- version
- model
Exa added Exa Deep, Exa Instant to its model stack
Exa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, Exa neural search models, agentic models, embedding, neural search modelExa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Deep, Exa Instant, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, Exa neural search models, agentic models, embedding, neural search model
source - capability
New capabilities: AI Search Engine, SERP API, Web Crawler
112 tracked115 tracked · +AI Search Engine, SERP API, Web Crawler
source - version
- model
Exa added Exa Auto to its model stack
Exa Agent API, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, agentic models, embeddingExa Agent API, Exa Auto, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Embedding Model, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, agentic models, embedding
source - capability
New capabilities: Web search API, People search category, Company search category
94 tracked99 tracked · +Web search API, People search category, Company search category, Publication search category, MCP server access
source - version
- model
Exa added Exa Custom Search Models to its model stack
Exa Agent API, Exa Search API, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, agentic models, embeddingExa Agent API, Exa Custom Search Models, Exa Search API, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, Exa Search Neural Model, agentic models, embedding
source - capability
New capabilities: Dynamic Highlights, Deep Research Agent, MCP Server Integration
90 tracked93 tracked · +Dynamic Highlights, Deep Research Agent, MCP Server Integration
source - pricing
- capability
New capabilities: Scholarly Publication Search
75 tracked76 tracked · +Scholarly Publication Search
source - version
- model
Exa added Exa Agent API, Exa Search API to its model stack
Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, agentic models, embeddingExa Agent API, Exa Search API, Exa Search Model, Exa Search Models, agentic models, embedding
source - capability
New capabilities: search_api, contents_api, agent_api
68 tracked74 tracked · +search_api, contents_api, agent_api, monitors_api, mcp_server, structured_outputs
source - pricing
Exa compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Search & Research.
How to cite this page
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APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Exa — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/exa
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-exa,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {Exa — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/exa}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}