# Exa web search free through August 31 on AI Gateway and eve

By Steven Van · 2026-08-12

Exa web search is now free on AI Gateway through August 31, and it's now the default web search for eve agents.

Exa web search is free on [Vercel](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/vercel>)'s AI Gateway through August 31, and it's now the default web search tool for eve agents. It works with any AI Gateway model, with no separate Exa API key needed.

When a model calls the tool, AI Gateway routes the request to Exa's Search API and returns web results and extracted page content, with support for domain filters, date filters, and token-efficient excerpts. eve's built-in web\_search tool now uses Exa by default whenever the model is served through AI Gateway. Developers using the AI SDK can pass gateway.tools.exaSearch() to the tools parameter of a generateText call. [Read the announcement](<https://vercel.com/changelog/exa-web-search-free-through-august-31-on-ai-gateway-and-eve>).

[![](<https://assets.vercel.com/image/upload/contentful/image/e5382hct74si/3NXsC97mJivzokeZBZPpHg/936eb2f8b7c12189b498f52c1d05a39b/exa_web_search_available_for_free_until_august_24_og_card_2_.jpg>)](<https://vercel.com/changelog/exa-web-search-free-through-august-31-on-ai-gateway-and-eve>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://vercel.com/changelog/exa-web-search-free-through-august-31-on-ai-gateway-and-eve>)

[Read Exa web search free through August 31 on AI Gateway and eve on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/vercel-exa-web-search-free-through-august-31-on-ai-gateway-and-eve>)

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