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The best Exa alternatives for people search APIs: GetProspect, QuickEnrich and AnyAPI, by our benchmark of October 27, 2026.

People search API alternatives

Exa is #17 of the 42 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: People lookup API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 people
1GetProspect, $49 monthly, Starter90.193$0 extra per 1,000. The $49 monthly price covers any number of people.
2QuickEnrich, $29 monthly, Starter88.880$0.000056
3AnyAPI, top-up from $10, Manual top-up81.981$0.005
4Leadscart, $29 monthly78.980$0.000056
5MillionPhones, $300 monthly, Pro 40,000 credits/mo77.077$0.75
6GetLeads, $497 monthly, Unlimited76.362$0.083
7graph8, $99 monthly74.879$0.000023
8LeadMagic, $499 monthly, Professional72.580$0.499
9RouterGrowth, $39 monthly72.372$0.374
10NeuralVerge, $50 monthly, Base72.288$2.00
11Prospeo, $99 monthly70.374$0.792
12Snov.io, $39 monthly, Starter68.951$0.00075
13Context.dev, $500 monthly, Scale68.066$0.50
14LeadFuze, $250 monthly, Starter, for the United States only65.733$0.00012
15Hunter, $299 monthly, Scale65.564$1.196
16Companies House, free, for the United Kingdom only64.828$0.00
18The Swarm, $500 monthly, Premium 100060.066$10.00
19Renidly, $290 pack59.339$2.90
20Tomba, $199 monthly, Pro58.925$0.995
21OneShot, top-up from $0.01, Card via Stripe Checkout58.165$0.02
22Village, $1 monthly58.159$3.00
23DiscoLike, $99 monthly, Starter57.671$3.50
24PeopleSearch.im, $50 pack, Scale57.492$27.778
25Coldlytics, $49 monthly, Starter55.21$0.196
26CompanyEnrich, $149 monthly, Pro50.371$5.96
27Instantly, $94 monthly50.391
28Factori, $300 monthly, for the United States only47.06$0.00014
29Bytemine, top-up from $0.5042.132$10.00
30People Data Labs, $98 monthly41.371$280.00
31Diffbot, $299 monthly41.254$29.90
32Sumble, $99 monthly, Pro41.234$10.00
33Argorant, $449 monthly, Scale 100,000 credits a month39.213$4.49
34Woodpecker, $10 monthly36.145$20.00
35Signalbase, €99 monthly35.418$0.557
36Kendo, $17 monthly33.135
37Voila Norbert, $499 monthly31.318$9.98
38Listar, top-up from €1031.229$56.265
39Smartlead, $94 monthly, Pro27.642
40Bigdata.com, $50 monthly, Pro27.27
41Anymail Finder, $499 monthly25.88$19.96
42AgentData, $99 monthly17.74

Company discovery API alternatives

Exa is #11 of the 65 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: Company discovery API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 companies
1GetProspect, $49 monthly92.7100$0 extra per 1,000. The $49 monthly price covers any number of companies.
2Hunter, $49 monthly, Starter83.573$0.00023
3PeopleSearch.im, $5 pack80.294$0 extra per 1,000. The plan's price covers any number of companies.
4AnVendor, $99 pack, Small78.877$0 extra per 1,000. The plan's price covers any number of companies.
5Skrapp, $349 monthly78.798$0.058
6QuickEnrich, $399 monthly77.752$0 extra per 1,000. The $399 monthly price covers any number of companies.
7graph8, $99 monthly77.098$0.000023
8LeadMagic, $499 monthly76.798$0.05
9Prospeo, $49 monthly70.990$0.98
10AnyAPI, top-up from $10, Manual top-up69.896$1.445
12JobsPipe, top-up from $9.80, Credit pack without an account62.381$1.96
13GetLeads, $497 monthly, Unlimited62.261$0.083
14Signalbase, €99 monthly60.697$0.557
15TechnologyChecker, $89 monthly, Pro59.979$0.089
16Extruct, $149 monthly, Pro57.687$0.298
17OneShot, top-up from $0.01, Card via Stripe Checkout56.973$0.10
18NinjaPear, $49 monthly56.729$0.392
19Village, $1 monthly56.781$3.00
20Bright Data, top-up, Pay as you go56.489$0.02
21The Companies API, $295 monthly, Scaleup54.846$1.18
22Argorant, $49 monthly54.640$0.00038
23Bloomberry, $299 monthly, Pro54.696$46.00
24Instantly, $97 monthly, Supersonic credits52.586$38.80
25Findymail, $399 monthly, Business Plus51.152$1.33
26SerpKite, $10 pack50.41$0.10
27AI Ark, $119 monthly49.636$0.397
28DiscoLike, $99 monthly48.769$3.50
29Diffbot, $299 monthly48.165$29.90
30TheirStack, $400 monthly47.568$24.00
31The Swarm, $500 monthly, Premium 100047.338$10.00
32CompanyEnrich, $149 monthly, Pro46.961$2.98
33Sumble, $99 monthly, Pro46.854$10.00
34Xverum, $1 monthly46.426$0.45
35Captapi, $9 monthly45.82$0.09
36Coresignal, $49 monthly, Mini45.580$196.00
37PredictLeads, pay as you go, 10,001-100,000 API Calls45.037$10.00
38Lusha, $49.90 monthly, Starter44.862$4.99
39Tomba, $199 monthly42.811$0.199
40Hirebase, $249 monthly42.438$4.98
41Perigon, $250 monthly41.650$0.50
42People Data Labs, $100 monthly41.454$100.00
43Parsers VC, $19 monthly, Starter40.346$9.50
44Omkar Cloud, $16 monthly37.11$0.0016
45Listar, top-up from €1037.032$22.506
46Jobven, $199 monthly, Growth36.51$3.98
47Scoris, €19 pack, for 8 countries only33.88$0.0043
48PrismCrawl, $5 pack, Micro33.41$0.015
49ReefAPI, $15 monthly, Pro monthly32.52$0.015
50LeadIQ, $204.25 monthly31.936$129.00
51Bytemine, top-up from $0.5029.95$10.00
52Nimble, pay as you go26.92$0.15
53DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go25.93$1.20
54Bigdata.com, $50 monthly22.99
55Autom, $50 pack18.32
56Ujeebu, $12 pack17.21
57Annuaire des Entreprises, free, Open access, for France only0.00$0.00. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
58Clair, $30 monthly0.00We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
59Companies House, free, for the United Kingdom only0.00$0.00. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
60ExploreYC, $50 monthly, Pro0.00$0.033. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
61freehire, $29 monthly0.00$0.0000056. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
62GLEIF, free0.00$0.00. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
63INSEE, free, Accès public, for France only0.00$0.00. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
64RouterGrowth, top-up from $100.00We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
65Scale SERP, $29 monthly0.00We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.

Web search API alternatives

Exa is #3 of the 37 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: Web search API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 searches
1browserfoundry by keirolabs, $10 pack, Starter Pack64.578$0.25
2Context.dev, $300 monthly60.758$0.60
4Desearch, top-up60.173$1.00
5ContextFetch, top-up from $10, Pay as you go60.084$3.00
6Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Scale59.372$2.00
7Search1API, $499 monthly, Enterprise57.867$2.994
8Serpex, top-up from $557.672$0.80
9Parallel, top-up, Pay as you go57.484$5.00
10Hyperbrowser, $30 monthly, Startup56.886$5.00
11treg, top-up from $10, Top-up of $10 to $4956.153$0.04
12Spider Cloud, top-up from $1, Pay as you go55.758$1.00
13Valyu, $29 monthly55.151$2.90
14ScrapingDuck, €49 monthly53.877$0.368
15Octen, top-up from $5, Base53.235$1.00
16Social Fetch, $29 monthly53.158$1.611
17Linkup, top-up, Pay as you go51.140$5.00
18Liner, top-up51.049$1.00
19You.com, top-up, Pay as you go50.449$5.00
20Bulkgrid, $79 monthly50.353$1.58
21Geekflare, $349 monthly50.349$0.698
22LLMLayer, top-up50.349$2.00
23ScrapeGraphAI, $500 monthly49.644$4.00
24BestSearch, top-up, Pay as you go48.462$4.00
25Browserbase, $20 monthly, Developer47.277$20.00
26Nimble, pay as you go46.473$5.00
27CrawlerData, $50 pack, Starter45.640$1.00
28Browserless, $35 monthly44.577
29AnySearch, $3 pack43.747$3.00
30Surf, top-up from $2040.853
31Bigdata.com, $50 monthly36.949
32JigsawStack, $27 monthly36.453
33WaterCrawl, €9 monthly29.456
34Geonode, $3.90 monthly26.427
35Notte, $20 monthly19.023
36LangSearch, free0.00$0.00. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
37WebSearchAPI.ai, $189 monthly, Pro0.00We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.

News API alternatives

Exa is #32 of the 62 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: News API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 searches
1The New York Times, free89.290$0.00
2Scrappa, $25 pack, Basic82.599$0.291
3SerpScraper.dev, $39 monthly76.669$0.13
4ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly75.098$0.50
5ScrapeUnblocker, €299 monthly72.699$0.765
6PerceptLayer, $399 pack72.098$0.798
7SerpKite, $300 pack69.783$0.60
8Marketaux, $49 monthly68.894$0.163
9Litescrape, top-up from $1068.394$0.15
10PrismCrawl, $10 pack, Lite68.099$0.27
11StockData, $49 monthly68.096$0.163
12SerpBase, $3 monthly67.499$0.30
13AnswerLine, top-up from $1, Starter67.095$0.20
14treg, top-up from $1067.099$0.484
15AnyCrawler, $200 monthly66.7100$1.333
16TheNewsAPI, $49 monthly, Standard, monthly65.892$0.163
17DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go63.799$0.60
18SERPHouse, $29.99 monthly, Basic63.699$0.75
19FlashData, top-up from $10, Pay as you go63.099$1.00
20Ujeebu, $299 monthly62.397$0.498
21Serply, $375 pack62.199$0.75
22Serper, $375 pack61.999$0.75
23Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic61.094$0.76
24GNews, €249.99 monthly, Enterprise60.977$0.375
25GDELT, free60.841$0.00
26Octen, top-up from $560.699$3.00
27GloryCloud, $300 monthly58.999$1.00
28XCrawl, $499 monthly, Scale58.790$0.416
29API League, $199 monthly58.470$1.061
30API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request58.299$8.00
31Currents API, $150 monthly, Professional, monthly58.279$0.50
33NewsAPI.org, $449 monthly, Business57.398$1.796
34Scavio, $30 monthly57.399$4.286
35World News API, $39 monthly57.295$2.60
36Pullbay, $9 monthly, Hobby56.897$5.00
37Finlight, $99 monthly56.674$1.98
38XMLStock, top-up56.370$0.298
39Clair, $30 monthly55.5100$10.00
40NewsData.io, $349.99 monthly, Professional55.297$7.00
41AllNewsAPI, $9 monthly54.466$0.06
42Autom, $375 pack54.278$0.75
43Pushbuild, top-up53.898
44NewsAPI.ai (Event Registry), $400 monthly52.998$8.00
45ValueSERP, $240 monthly52.883$1.20
46Webz.io, top-up, Scale52.677$5.00
47Syften, $119.95 monthly52.288$11.995
48JustSerpAPI, $5 monthly51.594
49SearchCans, $99 pack51.567$0.75
50lobstr.io, $20 monthly50.892$200.00
51Scale SERP, $199 monthly50.283$3.98
52DataBlue, $59 monthly50.069$1.639
53Nimble, pay as you go48.994$3.00
54NewsMesh, $199 monthly48.768$0.796
55SerpWow, $499 monthly, BigData46.781$9.98
56ScraperAPI, $299 monthly, Business45.366$2.492
57Novada, $20 monthly, $2044.453$1.20
58Zenserp, $499.99 monthly42.050$1.00
59Perigon, $25 monthly, Individual41.580$25.00
60NewsCatcher, top-up, Individual36.163
61AskNews, top-up, Pay as you go29.727$25.00
62mediastack, $249.99 monthly26.126$1.00

Web scraping API alternatives

Exa is #15 of the 77 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: Web scraping API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 pages
1WebScraping.AI, $29 monthly, Personal85.593$0.116
2ScraperAPI, $299 monthly, Business85.193$0.10
3Scrappey, top-up, Pay As You Go85.193$0.113
4AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $1084.293$0.20
5FineData, $399 monthly, Team L83.894$0.08
6Geonode, $100 pack, Try Unlimited, $100 for 48 hours83.398$0.20
7Scrapestack, $79.99 monthly, Professional82.793$0.08
8Scrappa, $10 pack82.789$0.303
9Bulkgrid, $79 monthly76.893$0.79
10Scrapeless, $49 monthly, Growth76.693$0.90
11FetchFox, $10 monthly, Monthly subscription76.399$1.00
12Serpex, top-up from $5075.893$0.65
13Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Scale74.489$1.00
14WebcrawlerAPI, $499 monthly, Business72.195$1.00
16DataBlue, $299 monthly71.288$1.04
17API Ninjas, $299 monthly70.892$0.03
18Context.dev, $500 monthly, Scale69.5100$1.00
19Nimble, pay as you go68.993$1.00
20HasData, $249 monthly, Growth 3M68.593$0.083
21Notte, $20 monthly68.399
22Spider Cloud, top-up from $1, Pay as you go68.393$0.10
23ScrapingAnt, $49 monthly, Startup68.093$0.098
24Thunderbit, $120 monthly, Pro67.978$1.00
25Ujeebu, $12 pack, Mini67.893$0.24
26StealthASF, $17 monthly, Hobby67.693$0.243
27Decodo, $19 monthly, $1967.493$0.50
28Scraping Robot, top-up, Business67.292$1.80
29ScrapeOwl, $29 monthly, Bootstrap67.093$0.116
30Valyu, top-up from $10, Pay-as-you-go66.378$1.25
31ContextFetch, $199 monthly, Startup65.638$0.796
32ScrapingBypass, $129 pack, Advanced Plan (1-Month Plan)65.693$0.129
33Hyperbrowser, $30 monthly, Startup65.2100$1.00
34LLMLayer, top-up, Pay as you go65.293$1.00
35Scrapio, $79 monthly65.292$0.79
36Anakin, top-up from $10, Business top-up65.193$0.89
37Geekflare, $349 monthly, Business64.993$0.349
38Microlink, €39 monthly, Pro · 46,000 requests / month64.899$0.954
39Parallel, top-up64.873$1.00
40ScrapeUnblocker, pay as you go64.894$1.125
41Browserless, $200 monthly, Starter64.292$0.556
42AnyCrawl, $99 monthly63.798$0.66
43ScrapeGraphAI, $500 monthly, Pro Plan63.798$0.667
44Spidra, $249 monthly, Pro63.684$1.992
45OpenGraph.io, $25 monthly, Developer63.388$0.50
46Social Fetch, $29 monthly, Starter63.3100$1.611
47Tabstack, $10 monthly, Starter63.096$1.00
48Novada, $20 monthly62.494$1.30
49PhantomJsCloud, $10 monthly60.893$0.022
50WaterCrawl, €19 monthly60.793$0.713
51Zenscrape, $99.99 monthly, Medium60.493$0.10
52LucidExtractor, $149 monthly, Business60.186$1.49
53crawlbrulee, €399 monthly, ultra59.793$0.898
54ScrapeOps, $29 monthly59.192$0.116
55Supadata, $297 monthly58.478$0.99
56Urlbox, $432 monthly, Lo-Fi (120,000 renders a month)58.193$3.60
57You.com, top-up58.172$1.00
58Anchor Browser, $50 monthly57.395$5.00
59PagePixels, $59.99 monthly57.187$1.9997
60ScreenshotOne, $259 monthly56.693$5.18
61Steel, top-up from $1055.999$5.00
62Parsera, $169 monthly, Business55.699
63apipick, $5 pack55.177$2.00
64WebSearchAPI.ai, $189 monthly54.393$3.78
65Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic53.859$0.76
66Rayobyte, top-up53.292$1.80
67ScreenshotAPI, $175 monthly52.799$1.75
68WebScrapingAPI, $149 monthly, Advanced51.893
69AnySearch, $3 pack50.760$3.00
70The Drive AI, top-up, Pro50.284$10.00
71PageBolt, $199 monthly48.866$1.99
72MrScraper, $19 monthly, Scraper Starter47.650
73API League, $7 monthly42.712$0.467
74Surf, top-up from $2042.256$6.00
75browserfoundry by keirolabs, $99.99 monthly40.943
76NewsAPI.ai (Event Registry), $400 monthly33.24$0.40
77World News API, $39 monthly, Reporter26.79$5.20

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