Exa alternatives
10 tools that do a similar job to Exa in data & research.
Alternatives listed
10
Free options
None
Open source
None
The alternatives
Tavily
Free plan
Search API that returns answers agents can use directly.
Jina AI
Free plan
Embeddings, rerankers and a URL-to-markdown reader endpoint.
Apify
Free plan
Marketplace of ready-made scrapers plus a platform to run them.
Firecrawl
Free plan
Turns any website into clean markdown your model can read.
Perplexity
Free plan
Answer engine that cites its sources instead of guessing.
Browse AI
Free plan
Point at a page, get a monitored scraper without code.
Connected Papers
Free plan
Visual graph of what a paper cites and what cites it.
Consensus
Free plan
Search engine that answers from peer-reviewed studies.
Deepnote
Free plan
Collaborative notebooks with an AI analyst alongside the cells.
Elicit
Free plan
Literature review across research papers, with extracted findings.
Side by side
| Tool | Pricing | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Exa (current) | Free plan | Search API built for agents rather than for humans. |
| Tavily | Free plan | Search API that returns answers agents can use directly. |
| Jina AI | Free plan | Embeddings, rerankers and a URL-to-markdown reader endpoint. |
| Apify | Free plan | Marketplace of ready-made scrapers plus a platform to run them. |
| Firecrawl | Free plan | Turns any website into clean markdown your model can read. |
| Perplexity | Free plan | Answer engine that cites its sources instead of guessing. |
| Browse AI | Free plan | Point at a page, get a monitored scraper without code. |
| Connected Papers | Free plan | Visual graph of what a paper cites and what cites it. |
| Consensus | Free plan | Search engine that answers from peer-reviewed studies. |
| Deepnote | Free plan | Collaborative notebooks with an AI analyst alongside the cells. |
| Elicit | Free plan | Literature review across research papers, with extracted findings. |
Head to head
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