Exa
Exa
1
Search API built for AI
- Version
- Exa 2.0
- Cost
- Free credits, then usage-based
- Model
- Exa embeddings
Perplexity
Perplexity · #1 most active of 14 in Search & Research
Conversational search that cites its sources and offers deep research modes.
Current version
Comet era
Entry cost
Free tier, Pro $20/mo
Changes / 30d
2
Capabilities
- Cited answers
- Deep research
- Comet browser
- Spaces
- Shopping
- Focus modes
Pricing
Free
Free
Pro
$20
Max
$200
Enterprise Pro
$40
Entry price over time
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
Sonar
Perplexity
- disclosed
GPT-5.2
OpenAI
- disclosed
Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
- disclosed
Gemini 3 Pro
Google
Context window
Varies by model
Public API
yes
Multi-model routing
yes
Stack signals
- Model router
- Custom search index
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.
- GPT-5.2OpenAI · 25 products
- Gemini 3 ProGoogle · 6 products
- Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic · 5 products
- SonarPerplexity · 1 product
green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown
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.
- Vendor stated
Queries per month
780M
queries / mo
as of May 2025·Aravind Srinivas, public remarks ·disclosed
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- Version
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- Model
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- Version
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- Cost
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- Version
- 2025
- Cost
- Free credits, $24.99/mo
- Model
- mixture of agents
Elsewhere on the same models
Products in other segments that name one of Perplexity's models in their stack.
Breeze
HubSpot
AI across the CRM
- Version
- 2026 release
- Cost
- Included in paid HubSpot plans
- Model
- GPT-5.2
ChatGPT
OpenAI
1
General-purpose assistant
- Version
- GPT-5.2
- Cost
- Free tier, Plus $20/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2
ChatGPT Agent
OpenAI
Browser-using assistant
- Version
- ChatGPT Agent
- Cost
- from $20/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2
Clay
Clay
1
GTM data enrichment and outreach
- Version
- 2026 platform
- Cost
- Free tier, Starter $149/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2
CoCounsel
Thomson Reuters
Legal assistant on Westlaw
- Version
- 2026 platform
- Cost
- Enterprise contract pricing
- Model
- GPT-5.2
Codex
OpenAI
3
Cloud and terminal software agent
- Version
- 0.58
- Cost
- from $20/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2