vs. research APIs
StartupKit vs Exa
Web search API for agents — real-time results with page contents. Pay-as-you-go credits. New accounts get $20 free; free tier adds $10/mo.
Details verified on Exa's pricing page on September 2, 2026.
Side by side
StartupKit
Exa
Price
Free (1 project). Pro $28/mo (unlimited projects)
$7 / 1k searches
Agent tooling
MCP server (16 tools), CLI (npx startupkit), agent handoff prompt + skill
MCP server for their search/scrape API
Research
Structured data: DataForSEO, Google Trends, NameBio, Appfigures, SERP, registrars
Real-time web search with token-efficient page contents; Deep Search with structured outputs and citations; Answer endpoint, monitors, and an agent API; Has an MCP server for agent integration
Launch
/kit listing page in every scaffold: paste-ready copy, brand assets, 15-directory tracker
None
Projects
1 free forever, unlimited on Pro
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What Exa does well
- Real-time web search with token-efficient page contents
- Deep Search with structured outputs and citations
- Answer endpoint, monitors, and an agent API
- Has an MCP server for agent integration
Where StartupKit picks up
- Returns web pages, not market data: no search volume, CPC, or keyword gaps
- No domain availability, registrar, or NameBio sale history
- No app store rankings or download estimates
- No SaaS kit, no deploy pipeline, no launch tooling
Structured market data, not web pages
Returns web pages, not market data: no search volume, CPC, or keyword gaps No domain availability, registrar, or NameBio sale history No app store rankings or download estimates No SaaS kit, no deploy pipeline, no launch tooling. StartupKit adds the rest of the lifecycle: research your agent can compute against, a production SaaS kit, and launch tooling.