Exa

Exa is a search API designed for AI agents and developers. According to the page, it offers search across the public web and private information with latency options ranging from Lite (450ms) and Auto (1s) to Deep (about 10s). It provides search categories including Full Web, News, Companies, Research, People, and Financials, along with a Contents API that returns token-efficient highlights, an Agent API, a Monitors API, Websets, and an Exa Library and Integrations. The page also describes enterprise security and compliance measures including SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA with a BAA available, and zero data retention. The website states it is used by more than 500,000 developers and lists customers such as Cognition and HubSpot.

Key features

• Search API with Lite, Auto, and Deep latency options
• Search categories including Full Web, News, Companies, Research, People, and Financials
• Contents API with token-efficient highlights extracted from web pages
• Structured outputs and grounded citations for deep research
• Enrichments extracting structured data across 70M+ companies
• Agent API and Monitors API
• Websets and FindAll for list-building queries
• MCP Server and API Playground
• SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA (BAA available) compliance
• Zero data retention for queries and results

Best suited for

• Developers building AI agents that need real-time web data
• Teams conducting deep research with grounded citations
• Sales and go-to-market teams building lead lists and company enrichment
• Coding agents needing search across docs and repositories
• Enterprises with security and compliance requirements

Pricing

Not stated on the website