ChatGPT Deep Research
An agentic mode that browses for many minutes and returns a cited report.
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ChatGPT Deep Research vs Exa
ChatGPT Deep Research (OpenAI) and Exa (Exa) both sit in Search & Research. ChatGPT Deep Research is the cheaper entry point at from $20/mo. ChatGPT Deep Research shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (2 vs 1). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | ChatGPT Deep Research OpenAI | Exa Exa |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | Deep Research | 3.0 |
| Entry cost | from $20/mo | Free tier · from $1,000/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Plus $20 · Pro $200 | Starter free · Developer free · Enterprise $1000 |
| Model stack | Deep Research · GPT-5.2 Thinking · gpt-5.6 · GPT-6 · gpt-6-astra · GPT-Live-1 · o3 (optimized version) · o4-mini (lightweight version) | agentic models · embedding · Exa 3.0 · Exa Agent API · Exa Auto · Exa Custom Search Models · Exa Deep · Exa Instant · Exa neural search models · Exa Search · Exa Search API · Exa Search Embedding Model · Exa Search Model · Exa Search Models · Exa Search Neural Model · neural search model |
| Context window | 196K tokens | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 1 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Multi-step browsing, Cited reports, Python analysis, File and image reading, Deep research, Specialized models, Web search, Agents | Neural search, Contents retrieval, Websets, Answer endpoint, Research API, Web Search API, Deep Research, Structured JSON Extraction |
Exa
Embeddings-based web search designed to feed retrieval pipelines and agents.
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