Exa searches the web and returns pages: titles, URLs and text. Monocrawl returns the platform records themselves, like a TikTok profile’s followers, an Instagram post’s likes or a Reddit thread’s comments, across 70+ platforms.
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Monocrawl vs Exa
Exa is web search for AI. Monocrawl returns platform data as records with named fields your code and agents can use directly.
| Feature | MonocrawlPlatform records | EExaWeb search for AI |
|---|---|---|
| Data | ||
| What comes back | Records with named fields | Pages: title, URL and text1 |
| Followers, likes, comments | As named fields | Not in its result fields1 |
| Social | ||
| X posts | Profile, post and search endpoints | Tweet search category being deprecated2 |
| TikTok, Instagram, Reddit posts | Direct endpoints, from 1 credit | Through a partner agent, at $0.02 a credit3 |
| Monitoring | ||
| Alerts | Email, Slack, Discord or webhook | Webhook delivery4 |
Built in
Monitors, agent access and templates come with every plan and use the same credits.
Put an endpoint on a schedule. Monocrawl checks it, finds what changed and sends the alert to email, Slack, Discord or your webhook.
See what you can monitorRedditLead
Someone wants a Notion alternative
r/Notion · “I'm switching to Google Docs until i find a good Notion alternative”
Real posts, recorded 23 Sept 2026
Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or VS Code over MCP. Your agent can find and call any endpoint with the same key.
$npx --yes monocrawl-mcp@latestSet up MCPStart from a template for a common job, add your inputs and run it from the dashboard or the API.
Browse templatesFailed calls cost nothing and cached repeats are free. Every endpoint’s cost is published before you call it.
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Note the social and shopping questions your searches answer today, and the numbers you pull from the pages.
Search the platform catalogue, or ask your AI agent to find the endpoint over MCP.
Call the endpoint and read followers, likes, prices or ratings straight from data.
Pricing
Each endpoint’s cost is published and the credits work on every platform, so you can price a feature before you build it.
TikTok profile1 creditInstagram profile1 creditYouTube profile1 creditX profile1 credit
Threads profile1 credit$0/ month
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Questions
For social and platform data, yes. Instead of web pages, you get records with named fields, like followers, likes, comments, prices and ratings, from 70+ platforms.
Search is $7 per 1,000 requests for up to 10 results, and page contents are $1 per 1,000 pages per content type. Social posts through its partner agent are $0.02 a credit, 2 credits plus 1 per result. Monocrawl publishes one price per endpoint.
Exa’s changelog says its tweet search category is being deprecated. Monocrawl has X profile, post and search endpoints.
Yes. Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or VS Code over MCP, and your agent can find and call any endpoint with your key.
Yes. Monocrawl monitors watch the data, like a follower count, a price or new posts, and alert you by email, Slack, Discord or webhook.
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