SERP API
Exa Search API
AI search engine API over its own web index, priced per request.
Plans
Values that apply to one plan. "Not stated" means the official pages do not say; it is not an estimate.
| Plan | Price | Included | Extra usage | Concurrency | Rate limit | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter (Free), Fast / Auto SearchFree plan | Free6 |
Not stated9 |
Not recorded |
10 per second10 |
Pricing pageChoose the plan on the page | |
| Developer (Pay as you go), Fast / Auto SearchPay as you go | Not recorded |
Not recorded |
25 per second15 |
Pricing pageChoose the plan on the page | ||
| Starter (Free), Instant SearchFree planInstant Search endpoint. The page states its price only; what its results contain and how fast it answers, compared with Fast / Auto Search, are not stated. | Free6 |
Not stated9 |
Not recorded |
10 per second10 |
Pricing pageChoose the plan on the page | |
| Developer (Pay as you go), Instant SearchPay as you goInstant Search endpoint. The page states its price only; what its results contain and how fast it answers, compared with Fast / Auto Search, are not stated. | Not recorded |
Not recorded |
25 per second15 |
Pricing pageChoose the plan on the page |
Applies to every plan
Recorded for the product or the provider; a plan-level value or a listed exception replaces it.
- Billing of failed requests
- Not stated3
Appears in comparisons
Collection notes
Search is priced per request with up to 10 results; each additional result adds $1 per 1k requests. Contents, Deep Search, Agent and Monitors endpoints are not modelled. Startup and education grants are excluded.
Sources and notes
Each number points to the provider's own sentence, as it appears on the page on the date shown.
Base price, with up to 10 results (per 1k requests) $4 $7 $12 $15 $1 (per 1k pages) $15 $5
How the value follows from the source: Priced per request; one search is one request with up to 10 results.
Billing of failed requests is not stated.
Web search tool calls for agents Webpage text and highlights Configurable latency: 180ms to 1s
Configurable latency from 180 ms to 1 s.
Starter Free $10 credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus. No payment method required
The $10 onboarding bonus is one-time and not counted.
Free $10 credits per month
Use beyond the free credit without a payment method is not described.
10 Search Queries Per Second (QPS)
Endpoint Instant Search Fast / Auto Search Deep Search Deep-Reasoning Search
How the value follows from the source: Fast / Auto Search, the second endpoint of the table: $7 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results.
Everything in starter, plus: PAYGO usage-based billing
How the value follows from the source: Developer includes everything in Starter, including the $10 monthly credit.
Up to 25 Search QPS
Access to all endpoints
How the value follows from the source: Instant Search, the first endpoint of the table: $4 per 1,000 requests with up to 10 results. Developer includes everything in Starter, which has access to all endpoints.