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SerpKite vs Exa

Exa is a neural search engine over its own index. SerpKite is Google's results page for agents. They answer different questions.

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This page compares our product with others, so weigh it accordingly. Competitor prices are public list prices verified on vendor pages on 2026-09-28; features come from vendor docs. Where we couldn't verify something, the table shows a dash. Spot an error? Email [email protected] and we'll fix it.

Summary

The short version

Exa is great at semantic queries ("companies like X", "papers about Y") and claims 180 ms–1 s latency, at $7.00 per 1k. SerpKite answers the question "what does Google show for this?" at $1.00 → $0.60 per 1k.

Choose Exa if…

  • Your queries are semantic descriptions rather than keywords.
  • Sub-second latency matters more than Google parity.
  • You want page contents from a curated index in one call.

Choose SerpKite if…

  • You need Google's ranking, local results, news or shopping.
  • Cost per query matters: $0.80 vs $7.00 at entry.
  • You want no query logs by default (results cached ≤ 24 h, no identity).

Differences

What actually differs

Source

Exa: its own neural index. SerpKite: Google's results page.

Price

Exa: $7.00 per 1k. SerpKite: $1.00 → $0.60 per 1k with no expiry.

Latency

Exa claims 180 ms–1 s. SerpKite targets p50 ≤ 1.2 s for /v1/search.

Features

Feature comparison

Feature comparison
SerpKite Exa
Real Google results Own index
Google web + core verticals News, Images, Maps, Shopping, Scholar…
ChatGPT / Perplexity / Gemini answers Planned
Bing / DDG / Brave / Yandex Planned (Q1 2027)
Markdown output
Resolved final URLs (post-/goto) Guaranteed n/a
Page content in the same call include_content
Async batch + webhooks 50% off
Official SDKs TypeScript, Python, Go; LangChain and CrewAI tools TS, Python, Go Python, JS
Official MCP server
Credits never expire
Spend caps and per-key limits
Failed / empty results free Incl. empty-200 detection
Public status with latency p50 / p95
No query logs / DPA SerpKite: No query logs · results cached ≤ 24 h, no identity Default
Legal shield No (honest policy)
SOC 2 Planned

Check = yes, cross = no, dash = not verified. SerpKite rows marked "Planned" are on the roadmap, not live.

Price

Price per 1,000 Google searches

Price per 1,000 searches
SerpKite Exa
Free tier 2,500 on signup + 1,000/mo, no card $10/mo
Entry, ~$50 pack $ per 1k searches $0.80 $7.00
~100k searches / month $ per 1k $0.60 $7.00
~1M searches / month $ per 1k $0.60 $7.00
Best public list price $ per 1k $0.60
Credit expiry Never Not stated

Public list prices for Google web search, verified on vendor pages on 2026-09-28. "Entry" is the ~$50 pack or plan (SerpKite also has a $10 pack at $1.00 per 1k). SerpKite's self-serve packs stop at 500K credits; larger volumes are quoted on request. Expiring credits raise the effective price if you don't use them in time. See SerpKite pricing.

Verdict

Our take

Use Exa for semantic discovery; use SerpKite when you need Google. Some agents use both as separate tools.

Try it

One request to compare for yourself

curl https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"best espresso machine 2026","country":"us","format":"markdown"}'

1 credit per page of 10 results, SERP features included. Run it in the playground without signing up.

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