Exa vs Tavily
ExaAI Agents Sidekicks
From $7 per 1,000 searchesPublished price
TavilyAI Infrastructure
From $30 / moPublished price
Exa AI Agents Sidekicks AI-native search for applications and agents. | Tavily AI Infrastructure Search infrastructure built for AI agents. | |
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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. | Tavily provides search and research APIs built specifically for LLM apps and AI agents that need current web results and extracted context. |
| 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… | From $30 / mo Vendor pricing. Free plan: 1,000 API credits/mo, no card required. Lowest paid tier Researcher $30/mo ($25/mo billed annually); Startup $100/mo ($83/mo annual, ~15,000 searches).… |
| 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 | 2023 |
| Team size | 51-200 employees | Not available |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | New York, NY |