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Elastic Cloud vs Exa pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: Elastic Cloud: www.elastic.co/pricing/serverless-search, Exa: exa.ai/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

These services do not bill on a shared metric, so a like-for-like cost is unlisted.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Elastic Cloud and Exa aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionElastic CloudExa
Freeno tier$0 / moFree · 10 vendor credits / mo
EntryunlistedIngest VCU$0 base + usagePay as you go
MidunlistedSearch VCUno tier
TopunlistedEgressContact salesCustom

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureElastic CloudExa
Tightest limitunlisted10 search requests per secondFree tier

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.