Exa Review 2026
Web search, built for AI agents
What is Exa?
A web search API built for AI agents, offering search, crawling, contents extraction, and research agents in one platform. Provides token-efficient highlights, structured outputs with citations, and enrichment across 70M+ companies.
Best for
Mixed
Use cases
- Powering AI agent search
- Coding agent context retrieval
- Deep research and list building
- Data enrichment
Key features
Web search API for agents
Website crawling and contents extraction
Deep research agents with structured outputs
Token-efficient highlights
Company and people search verticals
Grounded citations
Pricing
Model
freemium
Price range
Free tier up to 20,000 requests/month; usage-based from $7/1k search requests, deep research and agent runs priced per use; enterprise available.
Free tier
Yes
Integrations
Exa integrates with 2 tools including:
APILLM frameworks
Companies hiring for Exa experience
View all 38 →- San Francisco, CaliforniaMarketing$200K – 285K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaProduct$150K – 280K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaResearch$180K – 350K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaOperations$250K – 350K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaMarketing$120K – 220K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaOperations$150K – 250K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaPeople$200K – 300K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaEngineering$180K – 350K
- SingaporePeople90K – 125K
- San Francisco, CaliforniaOperations$130K – 200K
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