Exa vs GraphCast / WeatherNext
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Exa
Web search and retrieval API built for AI agents and apps
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GraphCast / WeatherNext
Google DeepMind's machine-learning weather models that forecast the gl...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.7 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
| Capability | — | |
| Value for money | — | |
| Ease of use | — | |
| ASEAN readiness | — | |
| API quality | — | |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 20,000 search requests per month on the free plan; startup and education grants of $1,000 in free API credits also available | GraphCast code and weights are open on GitHub; WeatherNext datasets are accessible via Google Earth Engine and BigQuery. |
| Paid from | API search billed at $7 per 1,000 requests (as of March 2026 pricing update) | Usage-based via Google Cloud / Vertex AI for WeatherNext API access |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2021 | 2023 |
| Maker | — | Google DeepMind |
| Verdict | Exa earns its credibility through customer names, not just claims: Cursor, Notion AI, Cognition and OpenRouter all use it in production, and a $250M Series C at a $2.2B valuation (May 2026, led by a16z) backs that up. Th... |
What this is for: Fast, accurate ML-based global weather forecasting for research and operational meteorology. Who this is for: Meteorologists, climate researchers, and developers building forecasting products. Availab... |
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