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Exa vs Free Search
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
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No-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (88 and 83 out of 100). Exa is hosted and callable through the gateway; Free Search runs on your own machine. Exa has noticeably more public adoption.
| Exa | Free Search | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A88/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 5.0k | 80 |
| Downloads / week | – | – |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 2 | 1 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-22 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |