# Exa | Search API for AI Agents — Real-Time Web Data

Search API for AI agents that need real-time web data, deep research, and structured content from one endpoint.

- Status: ✓ On-chain verified
- Category: [Data APIs](https://x402looker.com/category/data-apis/)
- Website: https://api.exa.ai

## What it does

Search API for AI agents that need real-time web data, deep research, and structured content from one endpoint. Try our API for free.

Audience: ai-agents, developers. Tags: api, data.

## Pricing

- Pricing model: per-request
- Price hint: $0.01/request
- Accepted tokens: USDC
- Chain: solana
- Facilitator: coinbase

## How agents pay

1. The agent sends a plain request and receives an HTTP 402 response describing the price and payment requirements.
2. The agent signs a payment payload for the exact amount on solana and attaches it to a retried request.
3. The facilitator verifies and settles the payment, then the service returns the paid response.

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## Facet hubs

- Chain hub: [Solana services](https://x402looker.com/chain/solana/)
- Facilitator profile: [Coinbase](https://x402looker.com/facilitator/coinbase/)
- Price band: [Micro ($0.01 or less per request)](https://x402looker.com/price-band/micro/)

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Last updated: 2026-09-23
Last checked: 2026-09-28 — lapsed (unreachable at the last two weekly checks). Weekly automated check, not continuous monitoring.