9%
4% YoY
#2
Summary
- Exa ranks #2 within the Search & Research AI category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
- As of October 2026, 9% of organizations who have a vendor in the Search & Research AI category use Exa: up 4 percentage points from last year.
- Exa has the highest adoption among micro-SMB companies (10%), compared to small-to-medium businesses (9%), mid-market (7%), and enterprise (6%).
- Exa key capabilities include semantic search APIs, real-time web crawling, and AI-powered content retrieval, supporting developers building intelligent search applications.
Are businesses buying Exa?
Key stats
9%
4% YoY
Mid-Market, 42%
8%
47%
#2
#1
Adoption Rates by company size
| Company size | Adoption rate |
|---|---|
| SMB | 9% |
| Mid-market | 7% |
| Enterprise | 6% |
About Exa
Exa is an AI infrastructure platform that provides search and retrieval capabilities for AI applications, enabling developers to integrate web-scale knowledge into language models.
About this data
These insights come from Ramp’s procurement and renewal data, built on real-world transactions observed across our platform. Figures represent aggregated observations from Ramp Procurement and Renewals activity.
| Date | New adopter share | Competitor switch rate | Dominant FTE segment | Adoption rate (Enterprise) | Adoption rate (Mid-Market) | Adoption rate (SMB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 8% | 47% | Mid-Market, 42% | 6% | 7% | 9% |
| Aug 2026 | 7% | 47% | Mid-Market, 43% | 6% | 7% | 9% |
| Jul 2026 | 6% | 46% | Mid-Market, 42% | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Jun 2026 | 5% | 48% | Mid-Market, 41% | 5% | 6% | 8% |
| May 2026 | 4% | 50% | Mid-Market, 40% | 6% | 6% | 8% |
| Apr 2026 | 4% | 51% | Mid-Market, 38% | 6% | 6% | 7% |
| Mar 2026 | 4% | 52% | Mid-Market, 38% | 7% | 5% | 7% |
| Feb 2026 | 7% | 53% | Mid-Market, 40% | 6% | 5% | 7% |
| Jan 2026 | 6% | 57% | Mid-Market, 43% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Dec 2025 | 7% | 59% | Mid-Market, 42% | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Nov 2025 | 5% | 64% | Mid-Market, 41% | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Oct 2025 | 6% | 66% | Mid-Market, 38% | 4% | 4% | 5% |
| Sep 2025 | 7% | 67% | Mid-Market, 35% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Aug 2025 | 5% | 71% | Mid-Market, 43% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Jul 2025 | 2% | 70% | Mid-Market, 41% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Jun 2025 | 2% | 71% | Mid-Market, 37% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| May 2025 | 6% | 65% | SMB, 52% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Apr 2025 | 3% | 66% | SMB, 50% | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Mar 2025 | 1% | 61% | Mid-Market, 58% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Feb 2025 | 2% | 62% | Mid-Market, 57% | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Jan 2025 | 1% | 75% | SMB, 50% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Dec 2024 | 1% | 80% | SMB, 64% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Nov 2024 | 2% | 67% | SMB, 57% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Oct 2024 | — | 100% | SMB, 55% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
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