Exa Pricing Calculator
Updated July 2026Pure usage (pay-as-you-go credits) with free tier and Enterprise
Exa pricing: Exa AI search API pricing 2026: Search $7/1k requests, Deep Search $12-15/1k, Contents $1/1k pages, Agent per-run, plus free credits and Enterprise. Use the free calculator below to enter your usage and get an instant all-in monthly estimate — including overages — and see which plan is cheapest for your needs.
How Exa prices: Pure usage (pay-as-you-go credits) with free tier and Enterprise.
How Exa prices
Pure usage (pay-as-you-go credits) with free tier and Enterprise
Best fit — auto-selected: Pay-as-you-go
$800.00/mo— the cheapest plan that fits; adjust usage and it re-picks
Your usage
💡 $7 per 1,000 requests (about $0.007 per call); base price covers up to 10 results
💡 Multi-step research queries; $12/1k standard or $15/1k Deep-Reasoning
💡 $1 per 1,000 pages, per content type; full-page text for LLM context
💡 Scheduled (cron-style) searches billed as requests at $15/1k
💡 Fixed-effort modes from $0.012 (Minimal) to $1.00 (X-high) per run
Compare Plans at Your Usage
Monthly Estimate
Pay-as-you-go
$800.00
per month
Cost Breakdown
Annual
$9,600.00
Why Pay-as-you-go — $800.00/mo
- Pay-as-you-go at $800.00/mo.
- Free Tier looks like the step up at $0.00, but it includes only 20K req/mo — it can't serve your 100K.
- How we got there: 0 req/mo (Deep Search requests) × 0 $/req (Deep Search variant) = 0 $/mo.
- How we got there: 0 runs/mo (Agent runs) × 0 $/run (Agent effort mode) = 0 $/mo.
- Search requests (100K req/mo × $0.007) is 88% of your bill — the lever that matters most.
Budget range
Plan for usage swings, not just today's estimate.
Conservative
$400.00
50K req/mo/mo
Expected
$800.00
100K req/mo/mo
Aggressive
$1,600.00
200K req/mo/mo
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Get StartedExa plans at a glance
| Plan | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Free | Developers trying the API |
| Pay-as-you-go | Usage-based | Production usage, no seats, no minimum |
| Enterprise | Usage-based | High-volume and regulated teams |
Prices shown are list rates as of July 2026. Enter your usage above for an all-in estimate including overages and add-ons.
About this Exa calculator
This calculator estimates your Exa cost from publicly available pricing. Actual costs may vary with your specific agreement, volume discounts, and usage patterns — always verify on the provider's official pricing page for the most current rates.
Exa pricing — frequently asked questions
How much does the Exa search API cost? ▼
Exa standard Search is $7 per 1,000 requests (about $0.007 per call) for results with up to 10 items. Deep Search is $12-15 per 1k requests, Contents is $1 per 1k pages, and Monitors is $15 per 1k requests.
Does Exa have a free tier? ▼
Yes. The free tier covers up to 20,000 requests per month. New accounts also receive $10 in free credits after onboarding, and accounts with a payment method on file receive $7 in free credits at the start of each calendar month. The monthly credits expire at month-end and do not roll over.
How is the Exa Agent endpoint priced? ▼
Agent uses effort auto by default, where compute and tool usage scale to the task and are metered as Agent Compute Units ($0.10/ACU) plus per-search ($0.005) and per-enrichment fees. You can instead pick a fixed-effort mode — Minimal $0.012, Low $0.025, Medium $0.10, High $0.50, or X-high $1.00 per request — for predictable pricing.
Does Exa charge extra for more search results? ▼
Yes. The base price covers up to 10 results. Returning more than 10 results adds a per-additional-result charge of $1 per 1k requests on Search, Deep Search, Deep-Reasoning Search, Monitors, and Answer.
Is this Exa pricing calculator free and accurate? ▼
Yes — it's completely free with no signup. It uses the latest publicly available Exa pricing (verified July 2026). Actual costs may vary with volume discounts or enterprise terms — always confirm on Exa's official pricing page.