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Tavily vs Exa

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Tavily compared with Exa
DetailTavilyExa
What it doesThe real-time search engine for AI agents Search API for AI agents that need real-time web data, deep research, and structured content
StageNot given Growing
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelfreemium freemium
PricingFree tier with 1,000 API credits monthly, pay-as-you-go at $0.008 per credit, subscription plans starting with Project tier, and custom enterprise pricing. Not given
Key features
  • Real-time web search with reranked results
  • Content extraction with structured output for LLMs
  • Deep research agent endpoint
  • Website crawling and content extraction
  • Site mapping and URL discovery
  • Built-in security and PII protection
  • Intelligent caching and indexing
  • Integration with leading LLM providers
  • 70 million enriched company records with CEO and founding year data
  • Multiple search verticals including companies, people, code, and research
What makes it different
  • State-of-the-art search quality on multiple benchmarks
  • Fastest on the market with 180ms median latency
  • Enterprise-grade reliability with 99.99% uptime SLA
  • Trusted by over 3 million developers
  • Highest accuracy across FRAMES, Tip-of-Tongue, and Seal0 retrieval benchmarks
  • Sub-180ms latency faster than any other search provider
  • Specialized models trained for semantic natural-language queries
  • World's largest independent vector database with 100 billion documents
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)79 no change since last check79 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)2938
Citation Flow (Majestic)4352
Referring domains (Majestic)67107352

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