{
  "id": "exa-api",
  "name": "Exa API",
  "category": "apis",
  "summary": "Search and retrieval API built for AI agents, backed by Exa's own continuously updated web index and search models.",
  "description": "Search, content retrieval and research endpoints. Per Exa's llms.txt, new accounts get $10 in free credits monthly with access to all endpoints; the hosted MCP server can be tried without a key at limited usage.",
  "url": "https://exa.ai",
  "docs": "https://exa.ai/docs",
  "tags": [
    "web-search",
    "retrieval",
    "research",
    "neural-search"
  ],
  "pricing": "freemium",
  "status": "active",
  "agent_access": {
    "llms_txt": "https://exa.ai/llms.txt",
    "mcp_endpoint": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
    "auth": "api-key"
  },
  "related": [
    "exa-mcp-server",
    "tavily-api",
    "parallel-api"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://exa.ai",
    "https://exa.ai/llms.txt"
  ],
  "added": "2026-10-02",
  "updated": "2026-10-02",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-02",
  "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
  "maintainer": "Exa",
  "longform": [
    {
      "type": "comparison",
      "id": "web-search-apis",
      "title": "Web search APIs for agents",
      "url": "https://indexagentica.com/compare/web-search-apis/",
      "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/longform/compare/web-search-apis.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "stack",
      "id": "research-agent",
      "title": "Research agent stack",
      "url": "https://indexagentica.com/stacks/research-agent/",
      "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/longform/stacks/research-agent.json"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "html": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/exa-api/",
    "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/exa-api.md",
    "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/exa-api.json",
    "source": "https://github.com/Drudley/indexagentica/blob/main/content/apis/exa-api.json"
  }
}