Exa vs LightOn
ExaAI Agents Sidekicks
From $7 per 1,000 searchesPublished price
LightOnAI Infrastructure
Exa AI Agents Sidekicks AI-native search for applications and agents. | LightOn AI Infrastructure Deploy enterprise AI with complete data control. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | AI Agents Sidekicks | AI Infrastructure |
| What it is | Exa is an AI-native search engine and API for applications and agents that need fresh web results, structured extraction, and research workflows. | European AI company building sovereign LLM infrastructure and models for enterprises with private deployments. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | From $7 per 1,000 searches Usage-based API pricing: Search $7 / 1,000 requests, Contents $1 / 1,000 pages, Deep Search $12-15 / 1,000 requests, Monitors $15 / 1,000 requests. Agent modes $0.012-$1.00 per re… | LightOn's current public materials do not expose a dependable numeric starting price for its commercial offering. Commercial pricing is treated as sales-led or quote-based. |
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Tiered plans |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2021 | 2016 |
| Team size | 51-200 employees | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Paris, France |