BasedTools records 17,641 monthly visits with +73.7% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. Exa records 1,062,574 monthly visits with +16.8% growth and Freemium, Contact for Pricing pricing.
A curated directory and search engine for discovering AI tools and products
Web search API and crawler built for AI agents
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | basedtools.ai | exa.ai |
| Pricing Model | Free | Freemium, Contact for Pricing |
| Monthly Visits | 17.64K (17,641) | 1.06M (1,062,574) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +7.49K (+73.7%) | +152.79K (+16.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (37.5%) | 🇺🇸 United States (45.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 6.9K | 602.54K |
| User Rating | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
A curated directory and search engine for discovering AI tools and products
Thousands of AI products grouped into practical categories such as chatbots, education assistants, legal tools, video generation and design utilities so you can start from a use case.
A dedicated "Launching Today" area rotates freshly added and newly released AI tools, making the directory useful for spotting new products early.
Intent-based search helps you jump straight to a tool instead of paging through category lists.
Founders can submit their own AI tool for consideration, which keeps the catalog growing with indie launches as well as established names.
Web search API and crawler built for AI agents
Run natural-language or keyword queries against a large independent web index with filters for domain, date and category.
Return cleaned page text and AI-extracted highlights so agents receive the most relevant excerpts instead of entire pages.
Choose fast, balanced or deep search modes so an assistant can answer instantly or run longer grounded research.
Extract structured outputs such as company details, people and other entities for list building and data pipelines.
Free / Open-sourceWeb data API that turns any site into clean, AI-ready content
Free / Open-sourceWeb data API that turns any site into clean, AI-ready content
SpecialistOne API key for agent-grade web search, fetch, browsing and automation
The real-time web access layer for AI agents and deep research
Search and inference APIs that give AI models real-time web data
SpecialistWeb data infrastructure for scraping, proxies, and AI-ready datasets
SpecialistWeb data infrastructure for scraping, proxies, and AI-ready datasets
SpecialistAI search and retrieval platform for modern apps and commerce
A curated AI tools directory with 5,000+ listings
A curated AI tools directory with 5,000+ listings
SpecialistSearch foundation built from embeddings, rerankers, and reader APIs
SpecialistSearch foundation built from embeddings, rerankers, and reader APIs
A hand-curated directory for discovering AI tools and resources
A hand-curated directory for discovering AI tools and resources
SpecialistReal-time B2B people and company data for AI agents
Free / Open-sourceTurn any website into structured JSON with a prompt instead of selectors
Free / Open-sourceTurn any website into structured JSON with a prompt instead of selectors
Discover AI tools and learn AI fundamentals in one searchable hub
Discover AI tools and learn AI fundamentals in one searchable hub
