Metaso
Metaso (秘塔) answers with sourced citations and generates outlines and mind maps from results.
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Metaso vs Exa
Metaso (Metaso) 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).. Exa shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (2 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Metaso Metaso | Exa Exa |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | 3.0 | Exa Agent |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $5/mo | Free tier includes $10/mo in credits. Pay-as-you-go thereafter (e.g. Search at $7/1k requests, Contents at $1/1k pages). |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Plus $5 | Starter free · Developer free |
| Model stack | DeepSeek-R1 · Undisclosed in-house model | agentic 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 window | undisclosed | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 2 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Cited answers, Mind maps, Outline generation, Academic mode, No ads | 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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