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Exa
Named in 47 of 50 AI answers across 1 category in September 2026. Best position: Web search and scraping APIs for AI, 94% answer share, ranked #1, named first in 8%.
94%
Best share Web search and scraping APIs for AI
What Exa is
Exa provides a search API for developers building AI agents. It gives those agents access to public web and private information, helping them retrieve relevant material for their tasks.
The API searches an index of public web and private information and returns relevant excerpts through highlights. It can provide structured outputs and grounded citations. Developers can use the same API for fast results or deeper research.
By category
First edition
| Category | Rank | Answer share | Named first | Models | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web search and scraping APIs for AIAI infra | #1 of 17 | 8% | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro | new |
What the models said
“Building a research/copilot agent: choose Tavily for simplicity, or Exa if retrieval quality and semantic discovery are the priority.”
“If you are building a specialized deep-research agent that needs conceptual understanding, go with Exa.”
“Choose Exa if you’re doing semantic research and want cleaner extracted content from relevant pages.”
“If you want the best flexible system, use Exa for discovery + Firecrawl for extraction, with browser automation added only for genuinely interactive sites.”
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