Question 1

Exa vs Tavily — which is better for AI agents?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the query class. Exa is strong at academic, semantic, and page-content retrieval; Tavily is strong at RAG (search + scrape + rank in one call). On plain web/news, a cheaper engine often matches both — which is why GroundRoute routes per query instead of betting on one.

Question 2

Is Exa or Tavily cheaper?

Accepted Answer

$7.00 vs $8.00 on list pricing (verify at publish).

Question 3

Can I use both Exa and Tavily?

Accepted Answer

Yes — GroundRoute routes each query to whichever clears the quality bar for less, caches repeats, and gives you one schema across both. You keep half the cache savings and never pay more than direct.

Exa vs Tavily: which search API for your agent?

Pick Exa if… pick Tavily if… or route both

Don't pick one — route to the cheapest that clears your bar.