Aimed at teams running research agents at scale; per-request pricing from about a penny to a dollar keeps costs predictable if effort is chosen carefully.
Kenning's take
What it does
Exa Agent is an API that runs deep web research tasks, such as company briefs, building lists of entities and filling in data about them. It divides large jobs among subagents and mixes frontier and cheaper models to keep costs down. Developers pick an effort level for a fixed price per request or let it scale automatically.
- Deep research and list-building
- Entity enrichment, including contact details
- Structured outputs via a schema
- Fixed-price effort levels
- Third-party data via Exa Connect
Who it suits. Developers building finance, sales and research agents that need web research at scale.
Key facts
- Category
- Developer tools
- Part of
- Exa
- Made by
- Exa Labs Inc.
- Released
- 16 June 2026
- How to get it
- Through the Exa API and API Playground with an Exa account
- Works on
- API
- Free plan
- covered by Exa free monthly credits ($10)
- API price
- Minimal $0.012, low $0.025, medium $0.10, high $0.50, x-high $1.00 per request; email enrichment $0.02, phone $0.07
FAQ
When was Exa Agent released?
Exa released Exa Agent on 16 June 2026.
How much does Exa Agent cost?
Fixed effort levels cost $0.012 to $1.00 per request, or auto mode is billed by usage.
Facts from the maker's own pages and the sources listed. Checked 2026-10-11.
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