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Exa API Pricing Calculator (2026): What Your Monthly Searches Cost

Exa pricing, checked Nov 9, 2026 (exa.ai/pricing and its pricing docs): Exa is pay as you go with no subscription. Lite search is $4 per 1,000 requests ($0.004 each, up to 10 results), Auto search $7 per 1,000, Deep Search $12 per 1,000 on the pricing page ($12–15 in the docs), and each result above 10 adds $1 per 1,000 results. The free tier gives $10 of credits that resets on the first of every month (up to 2,500 Lite searches), plus a one-time $10 bonus for completing onboarding. switch402 /v1/search is $0.008 per successful call. Honest answer: Exa Lite and Auto cost less per search than switch402 at every volume; switch402 costs less only than Deep Search, which is a different, multi-step product. switch402's difference is no account, API key or prepaid balance. Enter your searches to see your Exa bill next to switch402.

Your Exa bill
$0.00
a month for 2,500 searches
Exa per search
$0.004
before the free credit
switch402 /v1/search
$20.00
a month, $0.008 per successful call
Exa costs less by
$20.00
at this volume

At this volume and search type Exa is the cheaper option. switch402 is for agents that want no account, API key or prepaid balance: each search is paid on its own in USDC on Base over x402.

Exa is pay as you go with no subscription or minimum spend. Each result above 10 adds $1 per 1,000 results; AI page summaries and Contents ($1 per 1,000 pages) are billed on top and not included here. Deep Search is listed at $12 per 1,000 on the pricing page and $12–15 in the pricing docs. Sources: exa.ai/pricing, exa.ai/docs/admin/pricing, checked Nov 9, 2026. switch402: $0.008 USDC on Base per successful call, from its live API quote.

  • No signup or API key

    Your agent pays per call over x402.

  • No monthly commitment

    Nothing to cancel, no unused credits.

  • Pay only for successful calls

    Charged only after a provider returns content; errors are never charged.

  • Automatic failover

    If a provider fails, the call goes to the next healthy one.

If every provider fails you get a 502 and are not charged.

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All seven side by side: scraping API pricing compared at 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 pages.

Migrate in a few lines

Live: POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape with {"url": "..."} returns the page as markdown. $0.008 USDC on Base per call over x402, charged only on success.

# Unpaid request: returns HTTP 402 with the x402 payment requirements
curl -i -X POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'user-agent: my-agent/1.0' \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'
# Pay $0.008 USDC on Base with any x402 client and retry (see the other tabs).

FAQ

Is switch402 web search live?
Yes. POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/search with {"q": "...", "limit": 10} returns up to 10 ranked results (title, URL, snippet) for $0.008 USDC on Base per call, paid over x402 and charged only when at least one result comes back.
How much does Exa cost?
Per exa.ai/pricing, checked Nov 9, 2026: Lite search $4 per 1,000 requests, Auto search $7 per 1,000 (Instant and Fast are legacy types at $4 and $7), Deep Search $12 per 1,000 on the pricing page ($12–15 in the pricing docs), Contents $1 per 1,000 pages, Answer $5 per 1,000 and Monitors $2 per 1,000. The base price covers up to 10 results; each extra result is $1 per 1,000 results.
Is Exa free?
Up to a point. Per its pricing docs, the free tier gives $10 of credits that resets on the first of every month, enough for up to 2,500 Lite searches, with no payment method; completing onboarding adds a one-time $10 bonus.
Is switch402 cheaper than Exa?
No for Lite ($0.004) or Auto ($0.007) search: both cost less per search than switch402's $0.008, and Exa's $10 monthly free credit lowers the bill further. switch402 costs less than Deep Search ($0.012), but Deep Search does multi-step research that switch402 /v1/search does not. Choose switch402 for search without an account, API key or prepaid balance, paid per call in USDC over x402, not for a lower price than Exa.
Does Exa charge for more than 10 results?
Yes. The base price includes up to 10 results; each result above 10 adds $1 per 1,000 results. AI page summaries add $1 per 1,000 pages. switch402 returns at most 10 results per search.
Where do the numbers come from?
Exa's public pricing page (exa.ai/pricing) and pricing docs (exa.ai/docs/admin/pricing), checked Nov 9, 2026, plus switch402's live /v1/search terms at $0.008. Prices can change; check the sources before you decide.
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