Catalogue / Payable API
Exa Search and Contents API (x402)
Payable API operated by Exa.
1 of 1 scheduled checks passed0 missed1 monitored operationFreshLimited evidence · under 1 day
docs: exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guideapi base: api.exa.ai
Monitoring evidence
| Operation | Latest result | History | Response time | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Documentation x402 guide |
OK HTTP 200 · cloudflare:SCL |
1 / 1 passed 0 missed · under 1 day of history |
— | Fresh every 1 day |
Trust profile
What the operator says about payment, identity, reputation, settlement and disputes. "Not stated" means their pages are silent, not that the mechanism is absent.
- Payment rails
- x402:basex402:solanax402:arcx402:circle-gatewayx402 with USDC on Base, Solana or Arc, or batched through Circle Gateway (Base, World Chain, Arc). Source: exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guide, retrieved 2026-10-16.
- Identity
- No account neededx402 requests need no API key; including a key bypasses x402. Source: exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guide, retrieved 2026-10-16.
- Reputation
- Not statedNo reputation mechanism described. Source: exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guide, retrieved 2026-10-16.
- Settlement
- Per call, on-chainPer-request payment; Gateway payments are batched and need a Gateway balance. Source: exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guide, retrieved 2026-10-16.
- Disputes
- Not statedFailed settlement returns 402 with no results; no dispute or refund process described. Source: exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guide, retrieved 2026-10-16.
Operator statements
| Topic | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| pricing | POST /search from US$0.004 (instant) to US$0.015 (deep-reasoning) per request; POST /contents US$0.001 per page. Only /search and /contents accept x402. | exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guide retrieved 2026-10-16 · unverified |
| rate limit | Unpaid discovery requests: 5 per 60 seconds per IP. Paid requests: 10 per second per wallet. x402 results are capped at 10. | exa.ai/docs/reference/x402-guide retrieved 2026-10-16 · unverified |
What this evidence does not show
- Limited evidence: monitored for under 1 day (less than 30).
- No availability check: only documentation or schema pages are monitored for this service.
- Checks run from varying Cloudflare locations; response times include network distance from that location.
- Trust profile entries are the operator's own statements, not verified by us. A value of none_stated (shown as "Not stated") means the sources reviewed are silent, not that the mechanism is absent.
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/services/svc_exa_search