
Independent web search and agent grounding API built on the Ahrefs index
Independent web search and agent grounding API built on the Ahrefs index

12 alternatives to Exa (Metaphor Systems), matched by what they do.
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| ● | Exa (Metaphor Systems) | exa.ai | 0 | 0 (0%) | Freemium | Global | 4.7 | Profile |
| 1 | Yep.com | yep.com | 155.83K | 9.17K (+6.2%) | Free | China | 4.3 | Compare |
| 2 | Jina AI | jina.ai | 280.78K | -55.67K (-16.5%) | Freemium, Paid | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 3 | LangSearch | langsearch.com | 2K | 190 (+10.5%) | Freemium | India | 4.3 | Compare |
| 4 | Bocha AI Search | bochaai.com | 36.22K | -331 (-0.9%) | Paid, Free | China | 4.4 | Compare |
| 5 | Algolia | algolia.com | 689.97K | -85.54K (-11%) | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 6 | Pinecone | pinecone.io | 286.73K | -128.88K (-31%) | Freemium, Paid, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.8 | Compare |
| 7 | Octen | octen.ai | 11.65K | 828 (+7.6%) | Free Trial, Paid | Singapore | 4.4 | Compare |
| 8 | Qdrant | qdrant.io | 72.99K | -45.42K (-38.4%) | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | India | 4.6 | Compare |
| 9 | You.com | you.com | 948.35K | 61.92K (+7%) | Freemium | United States | 4.4 | Compare |
| 10 | Tavily | tavily.com | 990K | -8.34K (-0.8%) | Contact for Pricing | China | 4.6 | Compare |
| 11 | TinyFish | tinyfish.ai | 1.12M | 749.57K (+199.7%) | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.4 | Compare |
| 12 | Semantic Scholar | semanticscholar.org | 8.2M | 450.65K (+5.8%) | Free | United States | 4.8 | Compare |

Independent web search and agent grounding API built on the Ahrefs index
Independent web search and agent grounding API built on the Ahrefs index

Search foundation built from embeddings, rerankers, and reader APIs
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