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Exa

AI PAYMENT-READY

payment-ready until 2026-09-10

AI-native semantic/neural web search API. Pay-per-query via x402 for agents without API keys.

Pay from $0.007 per request in USDC on Base / Solana, settled onchain via the x402 protocol, no signup, no API key needed.

BASE URL https://api.exa.ai │ WEBSITE https://exa.ai │ ENDPOINTS 1 │ NETWORK Base / Solana │ ASSET USDC │ MEMBER SINCE 2026-01-20 │ MONITORED SINCE 2026-04-15

VERDICT

ranking generation 3

solid 91/100 #26 of 104 in AI by measured score

What the score read on this service: status online, 100% uptime 30d, 2592ms response p95, x402 compliance 14 of 14, $0.007 price against the category. Each of those is measured, and each is published in full below.

The score comes from our own monitoring, never from reviews, operator claims, or a language model: reliability, x402 compliance, price against the category, a deterministic risk flag, and a small on-chain traction term, weighted by ranking generation 3. It is not placement anyone can buy: the paid verify tier is reported beside it and is not one of its inputs. Every component below stays published and read-only.

It is a score inside AI, and only there: price and speed are scored against the whole category field, every listing in it that carries no danger flag, the scored service included, which here means 104 listings, this one among them. That set is wider than the 104 the position above is counted against, because a listing we have measured too little of to rank still sits in the field the price and the speed are normalized over. The same service in a different field would read differently. The same engine answers GET /api/v1/best, and asked for a different pool (the whole directory, or another filter) it returns a different number for this service under this same ranking generation. Neither is more correct: they answer different questions, and the methodology states which is which.

Bands on the 0 to 100 measured score: strong at 93 and above, solid from 75, mixed from 55, weak below 55. Price and speed are scored against the whole category field, every listing in it that carries no danger flag, the scored service included, so the score places a service in its own field.

ALTERNATIVES IN AI

Other AI services in this directory, ordered by the same measured score. The figures are ours: 30-day uptime from our own probes, 30-day settlement volume read on-chain (a conservative undercount, and null where we cannot measure it, never a zero).

Ranked alternative x402 services in the same category, with band, measured score, 30-day uptime and 30-day on-chain settlement volume
SERVICE	BAND	SCORE	UPTIME 30D	VOL 30D
Otto AI	strong	99	100%	---
Japan Furigana API	strong	97	99.1%	---
BridgeNode	strong	97	99.3%	---
Spraay Gateway	strong	96	100%	---
Agent402.tools	strong	96	98.5%	---

5 of 103 other ranked services in AI · see the whole category

ASSESSMENT

updated 38m ago

The parts the verdict above is computed from, each with its proof. Click any chip. Measured values stay read-only; unknown is honest, and an unknown is never counted as a zero.

reliability 100%

uptime 24h: 100%
uptime 7d: 100%
uptime 30d: 100%
uptime 90d: 100%
response p95: 2592ms
avg response: 858ms
total checks: 7,372

Measured on the unpaid 402 handshake, not the paid call. A service can 402 correctly and still fail after payment.

compliance A (14/14)

14 of 14 x402 conformance checks pass. Full checklist below.

jump to compliance checklist

price $0.007 (p36 in AI)

price (min): $0.007
category percentile (min): p36 in AI
endpoints / prices: 1 / 1
model: flat
stability: 100%

risk clean

No deterministic risk flag. Risk fires only on an exact blocklist match, or a reserved-brand name with a mismatched verified payTo. Never from low uptime, a high price, or a model guess.

domain age: -
registrar: -
hosting: custom
domain created: ---

Identity facts, not a risk score.

traction ---

This service settles on a network x402-list does not measure yet, so on-chain volume is not counted here. Shown as unmeasured, not zero.

CHANGES

10 in 30d

Payout, price, and schema changes detected on this service's x402 wire. A payout rotation at an unchanged price shows up here even when nothing else moves. Full feed at /changes.

changes schema changed 20m ago (10 in 30d)

schema changed · 20m ago

schema removed POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"D6ZhtNQ5nT9ZnTHUbqXZsTx5MH2rPFiBBggX4hY1WePM","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"BENrLoUbndxoNMUS5JXApGMtNykLjFXXixMtpDwDR9SP","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema changed · 1h ago

schema removed POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"Hc3sdEAsCGQcpgfivywog9uwtk8gUBUZgsxdME1EJy88","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"D6ZhtNQ5nT9ZnTHUbqXZsTx5MH2rPFiBBggX4hY1WePM","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

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schema removed POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"BENrLoUbndxoNMUS5JXApGMtNykLjFXXixMtpDwDR9SP","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"Hc3sdEAsCGQcpgfivywog9uwtk8gUBUZgsxdME1EJy88","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema changed · 2h ago

schema removed POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"BFK9TLC3edb13K6v4YyH3DwPb5DSUpkWvb7XnqCL9b4F","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema changed · 3h ago

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"BFK9TLC3edb13K6v4YyH3DwPb5DSUpkWvb7XnqCL9b4F","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema changed · 3h ago

schema removed POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"Hc3sdEAsCGQcpgfivywog9uwtk8gUBUZgsxdME1EJy88","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"D6ZhtNQ5nT9ZnTHUbqXZsTx5MH2rPFiBBggX4hY1WePM","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

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schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"Hc3sdEAsCGQcpgfivywog9uwtk8gUBUZgsxdME1EJy88","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema changed · 4h ago

schema removed POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"Hc3sdEAsCGQcpgfivywog9uwtk8gUBUZgsxdME1EJy88","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"GVJJ7rdGiXr5xaYbRwRbjfaJL7fmwRygFi1H6aGqDveb","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema changed · 5h ago

schema removed POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"BFK9TLC3edb13K6v4YyH3DwPb5DSUpkWvb7XnqCL9b4F","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"Hc3sdEAsCGQcpgfivywog9uwtk8gUBUZgsxdME1EJy88","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

schema changed · 5h ago

schema added POST /search exact solana:5eykt4usfv8p8njdtrepy1vzqkqzkvdp EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v USDC 2 60 {"acceptId":"solana-usdc-mainnet","breakdown":{"search":0.006999999999999999},"feePayer":"BFK9TLC3edb13K6v4YyH3DwPb5DSUpkWvb7XnqCL9b4F","name":"USD Coin","totalUsd":0.006999999999999999,"version":"2"}

see all changes for this service

WHAT IT DOES

ai-derived

No AI synthesis has been produced for this service yet.

ENDPOINTS

Service endpoints with HTTP method, path, description, pricing, and network
METHOD	PATH	DESCRIPTION	PRICE	NETWORK	ASSET	402 CHANNEL
POST	/search	Semantic/neural web search	$0.007	Base/Solana	USDC	header

1 endpoints

REQUEST / RESPONSE EXAMPLE

An unpaid request to POST /search returns HTTP 402 with the payment terms. Settle onchain via your facilitator, then retry with the X-Payment header.

// request

curl -i -X POST 'https://api.exa.ai/search'

// 402 response (captured by monitor) · 1 payload · click to expand

[
  {
    "error": "Payment required to access this resource",
    "accepts": [
      {
        "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
        "extra": {
          "name": "USD Coin",
          "version": "2",
          "acceptId": "legacy",
          "totalUsd": 0.006999999999999999,
          "breakdown": {
            "search": 0.006999999999999999
          }
        },
        "payTo": "0x6d6E695b09861467c7d462f5AAF31cF3540B9192",
        "amount": "7000",
        "scheme": "exact",
        "network": "eip155:8453",
        "maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
      },
      {
        "asset": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v",
        "extra": {
          "name": "USD Coin",
          "version": "2",
          "acceptId": "solana-usdc-mainnet",
          "feePayer": "BENrLoUbndxoNMUS5JXApGMtNykLjFXXixMtpDwDR9SP",
          "totalUsd": 0.006999999999999999,
          "breakdown": {
            "search": 0.006999999999999999
          }
        },
        "payTo": "12Ec2cJmfR1C9uwejzxcuMhUgEC7wDrLgm1wBvvR5w9E",
        "amount": "7000",
        "scheme": "exact",
        "network": "solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp",
        "maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
      }
    ],
    "resource": {
      "url": "https://api.exa.ai/search",
      "mimeType": "application/json",
      "description": "Exa /search endpoint"
    },
    "extensions": {
      "bazaar": {
        "info": {
          "input": {
            "body": {
              "type": "auto",
              "query": "example search query",
              "numResults": 10
            },
            "type": "http",
            "method": "POST",
            "bodyType": "json"
          },
          "output": {
            "type": "json",
            "example": {
              "results": [
                {
                  "url": "https://example.com",
                  "score": 0.99,
                  "title": "Example"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "required": [
            "input"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "input": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "type",
                "bodyType",
                "body",
                "method"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "body": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "required": [
                    "query"
                  ],
                  "properties": {
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Search type: auto, keyword, neural, deep-lite, deep, deep-reasoning"
                    },
                    "query": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Search query"
                    },
                    "contents": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "description": "Content fields to include: text, highlights, summary"
                    },
                    "numResults": {
                      "type": "number",
                      "description": "Number of results to return (max 10 for x402)"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "type": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "const": "http"
                },
                "method": {
                  "enum": [
                    "POST"
                  ],
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "bodyType": {
                  "enum": [
                    "json",
                    "form-data",
                    "text"
                  ],
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "additionalProperties": false
            },
            "output": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "type"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "example": {
                  "type": "object"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "agentkit": {
        "info": {
          "uri": "https://api.exa.ai/search",
          "nonce": "e8aca78434bc05c139f412ca47ce60f6",
          "domain": "api.exa.ai",
          "version": "1",
          "issuedAt": "2026-09-03T20:41:01.436Z",
          "resources": [
            "https://api.exa.ai/search"
          ],
          "statement": "Verify your agent is backed by a real human to access Exa"
        },
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "required": [
            "domain",
            "address",
            "uri",
            "version",
            "chainId",
            "type",
            "nonce",
            "issuedAt",
            "signature"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "uri": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uri"
            },
            "type": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "nonce": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "domain": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "address": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "chainId": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "version": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "issuedAt": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date-time"
            },
            "notBefore": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date-time"
            },
            "requestId": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "resources": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "uri"
              }
            },
            "signature": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "statement": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "expirationTime": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date-time"
            }
          }
        },
        "_options": {
          "mode": {
            "type": "free-trial",
            "uses": 100
          },
          "network": "eip155:480",
          "statement": "Verify your agent is backed by a real human to access Exa"
        },
        "supportedChains": [
          {
            "type": "eip191",
            "chainId": "eip155:480"
          },
          {
            "type": "eip1271",
            "chainId": "eip155:480"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "x402Version": 2
  }
]

OVER TIME

All charts use the 30d selector; each series spans only the dates it has data for. Every series is also served as JSON at /api/v1/services/exa/price, /scores, /volume and /buyers. On-chain volume and distinct buyers are measured over the service's settlement address and are a conservative undercount (only settlements that reach a measured facilitator are counted). The on-chain series roll up hourly, so the latest day can be up to about an hour behind; distinct buyers are counted per payout address, so a service that settles to more than one address is an upper bound.

UPTIME

30d UPTIME 100%

RESPONSE TIME

AVG RESP 858ms

PRICE (captured 402, USD)

SUB-SCORES (uptime + x402 compliance)

checklist grew 11->14 on 2026-07-28; a step here is a metric change, not a regression

PILLARS OVER TIME (measured)

price percentile in AI

site signals present (of 6)

Measured site and economics pillars from the assessment history, so the latest value shown elsewhere on this page reads as a point on a trend rather than a permanent state.

VOLUME (on-chain settlement, USD)

This service settles on a network x402-list does not measure yet, so on-chain volume is not counted here. Shown as unmeasured, not zero.

DISTINCT BUYERS

This service settles on a network x402-list does not measure yet, so distinct on-chain buyers are not counted here. Shown as unmeasured, not zero.

COMPLIANCE

14/14 checks pass · grade A

last 402 captured 2026-09-03 · last up 2026-09-03

402 payload captured
accepts[] array present
payTo address recoverable
payTo at accepts[0].payTo (conformant shape)
payTo is a valid on-chain address
atomic price declared
atomic price in a sane range
asset (token) address declared
network resolves to CAIP-2
payment scheme declared
served over HTTPS
declares the current x402 version (2)
EIP-712 domain parameters present on every EVM entry
x402 v2 envelope delivered in the payment-required header

SITE PILLARS

homepage reachable
openapi doc
pricing page
llms.txt
robots.txt
terms page

recent checks (18) live · click to expand

TIME STATUS RESP CAUSE

20:59:02 UTC ● SLOW 1599ms

20:53:00 UTC ● OK 429ms

20:47:08 UTC ● SLOW 1831ms

20:41:01 UTC ● SLOW 1431ms

20:35:00 UTC ● OK 604ms

20:29:04 UTC ● SLOW 1815ms

20:23:01 UTC ● SLOW 1531ms

20:17:01 UTC ● OK 1152ms

20:11:01 UTC ● OK 1115ms

20:05:01 UTC ● OK 1261ms

19:59:02 UTC ● SLOW 2112ms

19:53:03 UTC ● SLOW 3075ms

19:47:00 UTC ● OK 235ms

19:41:00 UTC ● OK 815ms

19:35:01 UTC ● SLOW 1423ms

19:28:00 UTC ● OK 503ms

19:22:01 UTC ● SLOW 1856ms

19:16:02 UTC ● SLOW 2379ms

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