Head to head

Gemini vs Exa

Gemini (Google) and Exa (Exa) both sit in Search & Research. Exa is the cheaper entry point at Free tier includes $10/mo in credits. Pay-as-you-go thereafter (e.g. Search at $7/1k requests, Contents at $1/1k pages).. Gemini shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (7 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.

AttributeGemini

Google

Exa

Exa

SegmentSearch & ResearchSearch & Research
VersionGemini 3.8 FlashExa Agent
Entry costfrom $1/moFree tier includes $10/mo in credits. Pay-as-you-go thereafter (e.g. Search at $7/1k requests, Contents at $1/1k pages).
Pricing tiersGoogle AI Plus free · Google AI Pro free · Google AI Ultra freeStarter free · Developer free
Model stackGemini 2.5 Flash Image · Gemini 3 Flash · Gemini 3 Pro · Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Gemini 3.5 Flash · Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Gemini 3.5 Transcribe · Gemini 3.6 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash · Gemini Omni · Gemini Omni Flash · Gemini Robotics · Lyria 3 · Nano Banana 2 · Nano Banana Pro · Veo 3.1agentic models · embedding · 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
Context windowmillions of tokensn/a
Public API
Routes models
Changes / 30d72
OriginGlobalGlobal
CapabilitiesDeep Research, Canvas, Gems, Workspace integration, Live voice, Agent mode, AI Inbox, Chrome auto browseNeural 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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