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Exa vs Firecrawl

Two search & web data tools for AI agents, side by side. Facts come from each tool's own site.

Exa

exa.ai

Search API built for AI agents, with real-time web data and deep research.

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Firecrawl

firecrawl.dev

Turns websites into clean, LLM-ready data with crawl, scrape, and search APIs.

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Exa compared with Firecrawl
ExaFirecrawl
What it doesSearch API built for AI agents, with real-time web data and deep research.Turns websites into clean, LLM-ready data with crawl, scrape, and search APIs.
In their wordsExa | Search API for AI Agents, Real-Time Web DataFirecrawl | Web Data API for AI Agents
Open sourceNoYes
Websiteexa.aifirecrawl.dev
Link checked2026-10-162026-10-16

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