Exa Search alternatives
16 web search MCP servers from other publishers do the same job as Exa Search. The closest match comes first, then the best rated, with at most two per publisher.
Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
No reviews yetgateway-ready5.0kFreeWeb search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API.
No reviews yetgateway-ready173210/wkFreeSearch 6.3M+ live jobs from companies' own career pages, plus resume tailoring & cover letters.
No reviews yetgateway-ready316FreeWeb search with quality scores; web pages are read on your computer by the local server.
No reviews yetgateway-ready256FreeReal-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.5k34k/wkFreeMCP server for advanced web search using Tavily
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.4k26k/wkFreeMCP server for web search operations
No reviews yetlocal · npm39k118/wkFreeReal-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.5k23k/wkFreeBrave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
No reviews yetlocal · npm1.5k17k/wkFreeMCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading
No reviews yetlocal · npm1.3k13k/wkFreeZotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.
No reviews yetgateway-ready411.9k/wkFreeSearch, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi5.1kFreeVisit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…
No reviews yetgateway-ready1.5kFreeFast discovery search and self-hosted web research for MCP agents.
No reviews yetlocal · mixed22984/wkFreeYellow Pages local business search and full business listings, as structured JSON.
No reviews yetgateway-ready10231/wkFreeSearch Wikipedia, read summaries and full text, target sections, find nearby pages, list languages.
No reviews yetgateway-ready3608/wkFree
Exa Search alternatives by what you need
Open source Exa Search alternatives (15)
Published under an open licence such as MIT or Apache-2.0.
Exa, Search1API, Workopia — Job Search, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Tavily, Search, Perplexity API Platform, Brave Search and 7 more below.
Hosted Exa Search alternatives (8)
Nothing to install: a remote endpoint you add by URL. Also callable through the mcp.market gateway.
Exa, Search1API, Workopia — Job Search, Nimrod, Zoteus, Brave, HasData Yellow Pages, Wikipedia.
Local Exa Search alternatives (8)
A package you install and run on your own machine, so your data stays on your computer.
Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Tavily, Search, Perplexity API Platform, Brave Search, SearXNG Search, Zotero MCP, Tinysearch.
Safest Exa Search alternatives (12)
Graded A: passed every check the scanner runs on the latest release.
Exa, Search1API, Nimrod, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Tavily, Search, Perplexity API Platform, Brave Search and 4 more below.
Exa Search and its alternatives compared
| Server | Grade | Rating | Licence | Runs | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exa Search(this one) | A88 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.2k |
| Exa | A88 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.0k |
| Search1API | A96 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 173 |
| Workopia — Job Search | B77 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 316 |
| Nimrod | A90 | No reviews yet | Not stated | Hosted | 256 |
| Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) | A94 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.5k |
| Tavily | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.4k |
| Search | A94 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 39k |
| Perplexity API Platform | A89 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.5k |
| Brave Search | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 1.5k |
| SearXNG Search | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 1.3k |
| Zoteus | A98 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 41 |
| Zotero MCP | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 5.1k |
| Brave | A97 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 1.5k |
| Tinysearch | B82 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 229 |
| HasData Yellow Pages | A100 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 10 |
| Wikipedia | A93 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Hosted | 3 |