Exa AI pricing: per-request rates by endpoint
Checked Nov 10, 2026 on Exa’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.
Exa is a web search API built for AI agents. It is billed pay as you go per request, with a different rate for each endpoint and search type, and an Enterprise plan for custom limits.
Figures below are from exa.ai/pricing, checked Nov 10, 2026. A free Starter tier includes $10 in credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus. For a side-by-side with Tavily and a calculator, see Tavily vs Exa.
Endpoint rates (per 1,000 requests, up to 10 results)
- Lite Search
- Base price$4
- Each extra result above 10$1 per 1k requests
- AI page summaries$1 per 1k pages
- Auto Search
- Base price$7
- Each extra result above 10$1 per 1k requests
- AI page summaries$1 per 1k pages
- Deep Search
- Base price$12
- Each extra result above 10$1 per 1k requests
- AI page summaries$1 per 1k pages
- Contents
- Base price$1 per 1k pages
- Each extra result above 10–
- AI page summaries$1 per 1k pages
- Monitors
- Base price$2
- Each extra result above 10$1 per 1k requests
- AI page summaries$1 per 1k pages
- Answer
- Base price$5
- Each extra result above 10–
- AI page summaries–
Agent API
- Minimal / Low / Medium effort
- Price$0.012 / $0.025 / $0.10 per request
- High / X-high effort
- Price$0.50 / $1.00 per request
- Ultra effort
- PriceUsage-based
- Agent compute units
- Price$0.10 per ACU
- Search tool calls
- Price$0.005 per search
- Email / phone contact enrichment
- Price$0.02 per email / $0.07 per phone number
By default the Agent uses effort “auto”, where compute and tool usage scale to the task; a fixed effort gives a predictable price per request.
Exa over x402: what our daily check saw
We call Exa’s x402 endpoint every day without paying and read the HTTP 402 reply. Data as of Nov 9, 2026, 10:50 AM ET.
- Status
- Up
- Price in the 402
- $0.007 per call on Base
- Networks listed
- Base, Solana, World Chain, Arc
- x402 grade
- A (95/100)
Exa pricing FAQ
How much does an Exa search cost?
Per exa.ai/pricing, Lite Search is $4, Auto Search $7 and Deep Search $12 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results; each extra result costs $1 per 1,000 requests (checked Nov 10, 2026).
Is Exa a subscription?
No. Usage is pay as you go per request, and the free Starter tier includes $10 in credits each month; Enterprise is a custom contract with invoicing and custom limits.
How is the Exa Agent priced?
Fixed effort levels cost $0.012 (minimal) to $1.00 (x-high) per request. On the default “auto” effort you pay for agent compute units ($0.10 each), search tool calls ($0.005 each) and any contact enrichment.
Can I pay Exa per call in USDC?
Yes. Exa runs an x402 route on api.exa.ai that answers an unpaid search with HTTP 402 and a USDC price. We check it daily without paying; the price we read is shown on this page.
Sources (official pages, read Nov 10, 2026)
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