Exa MCP Server vs Kagi MCP Server

Exa MCP Server

MCP Servers

Kagi MCP Server

MCP Servers

Tagline

Exa MCP Server

Exa MCP for web search and web crawling

Kagi MCP Server

Official Kagi Search MCP server: search and extract the web from any MCP-compatible agent.

Pricing

Exa MCP Server

Freemium· Free tier · from $4 USD/mo

Kagi MCP Server

Paid· Free: $0 USD · Team: $4 USD per user/month · Enterprise: $21 USD per user/month

Lowest paid tier

Exa MCP Server

$4 USD per user/month · Team

captured 2026-10-27

Kagi MCP Server

$4 USD per user/month · Team

captured 2026-10-27

Free trial

Exa MCP Server

Yes

Kagi MCP Server

Not listed

API

Exa MCP Server

Yes

Kagi MCP Server

Yes

Open source

Exa MCP Server

Yes · MIT

Kagi MCP Server

Yes · MIT

GitHub stars

Exa MCP Server

5,199

checked 2026-10-29

Kagi MCP Server

552

checked 2026-10-29

Last GitHub push

Exa MCP Server

2026-10-28

Kagi MCP Server

2026-10-28

First commit

Exa MCP Server

2024-11

Kagi MCP Server

2024-12

Model used

Exa MCP Server

Exa neural search index (in-house)

Kagi MCP Server

—

Best for

Exa MCP Server

—

Kagi MCP Server

Engineers using Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or other MCP clients who already pay for Kagi and want their agent to search and read the web through Kagi's cleaner index instead of a generic SERP API.

Not for

Exa MCP Server

—

Kagi MCP Server

Hobbyists who want a free web-search MCP, or teams that need summarizer/FastGPT tools today, or shops that require an on-prem search stack with no third-party API dependency.

Editorial score

Exa MCP Server

—

Kagi MCP Server

—

Use cases

Exa MCP Server

Web search for AI agentsContent fetchingMulti-step researchList-buildingAdvanced search with filters

Kagi MCP Server

agent web search groundingClaude Code documentation lookupdeep-research pipelinesURL to Markdown extraction for RAGnews and video search from an LLMKagi lens-scoped queries in agentscitation gathering for research assistantscoding agent error-message lookups

Pros

Exa MCP Server

• Exa MCP Server is available as a hosted endpoint, removing the need for local installation.
• The web search tool returns clean, ready-to-use content for any topic.
• The web fetch tool provides full webpage content as clean markdown.
• The agent tool supports multi-step research, list-building, enrichment, and structured output.
• The hosted server allows anonymous usage with rate limits.

Kagi MCP Server

• Official, first-party MCP server maintained by Kagi (not a community wrapper)
• Two clean tools that cover the 90% agent case: search and full-page Markdown extraction
• Both hosted (mcp.kagi.com) and local (uvx/Docker) deployment modes
• Documented setup recipes for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Smithery
• MIT-licensed Python code, easy to fork or audit
• Rides Kagi's ad-free, spam-de-boosted index rather than generic SERP APIs
• Supports Kagi lenses and filters so agents can scope searches to news, docs, etc.

Cons

Exa MCP Server

• Anonymous usage of the hosted server is subject to rate limits.
• The Exa Agent tool requires authentication via OAuth or an API key.

Kagi MCP Server

• Requires a paid Kagi API key with pay-per-use billing; not usable free
• FastGPT and Universal Summarizer tools are currently absent (rewrite in progress)
• Python + uv toolchain assumption raises the bar vs. a single-binary MCP server
• Small surface area: no built-in caching, batching, or spend controls beyond Kagi's invoice cap
• Hosted endpoint means your queries and Bearer token traverse Kagi infra, not a concern for everyone but worth noting for regulated workloads

Website

Exa MCP Server

github.com

Kagi MCP Server

github.com

Editorial score: rule-based, 0–10, from AI-assisted profile inputs (see /methodology) — not a user rating; “—” means unscored. “Not listed” means we have no record of it, not that it is absent. GitHub figures and prices carry the date they were checked or captured; prices are shown as published, unconverted.