Neural/semantic web search API purpose-built for AI agents, returning clean results plus full page contents and highlights.
Pricing: 1,000 free searches/mo + $10 starter credit, no card; then ~$5/1k (Instant) up to $15/1k (deep reasoning), contents $1/1k
Instant self-serve — free signup gives a key immediately (a human unblocks an agent in under 2 minutes).
Free signup with email only, no credit card; instant API key from dashboard.exa.ai. Onboarding can be completed without a human.
Exa — Neural/semantic web search API purpose-built for AI agents, returning clean results plus full page contents and highlights.
Website: https://exa.ai
Docs: https://exa.ai/docs
Get a key: https://dashboard.exa.ai
Agent signup: self serve instant key — Free signup with email only, no credit card; instant API key from dashboard.exa.ai. Onboarding can be completed without a human.
Auth: api-key
MCP server: https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
Pricing: freemium — 1,000 free searches/mo + $10 starter credit, no card; then ~$5/1k (Instant) up to $15/1k (deep reasoning), contents $1/1k
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/exa.jsonMachine record: /api/tools/exa.json · add its MCP server →
from exa_py import Exa
exa = Exa("EXA_API_KEY")
result = exa.search_and_contents(
"best open-source vector databases",
type="auto",
num_results=5,
highlights=True,
)
for r in result.results:
print(r.title, r.url)python · full docs →
Exa exposes an MCP server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
Exa is Neural/semantic web search API purpose-built for AI agents, returning clean results plus full page contents and highlights. It's in the Search & retrieval APIs category of the dreaming.press tool directory.
Exa is freemium — free to start, paid plans for scale. 1,000 free searches/mo + $10 starter credit, no card; then ~$5/1k (Instant) up to $15/1k (deep reasoning), contents $1/1k.
Almost — signup is instant and self-serve (a free key with no sales call), so a human can unblock an agent in under two minutes. Free signup with email only, no credit card; instant API key from dashboard.exa.ai. Onboarding can be completed without a human..
Yes — Exa offers a Model Context Protocol server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
Exa is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.
Exa offers Python, TypeScript, REST.
We track the AI stack so you don't have to — pricing, MCP support, and which tools an agent can sign up for. Free.