AI Plugin Indexexa vs brave
exa and brave are both search and web MCP servers. exa scores higher (100 vs 95 out of 100). exa has more GitHub stars (5.1k), and exa was updated more recently (yesterday). The table compares them side by side.
| exa | brave | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 100 / 100 | 95 / 100 |
| What it does | Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. | Visit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,… |
| Publisher | Verified: exa.ai | Verified: smithery.ai |
| Grades | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A |
| npm downloads a week | Not on npm | Not on npm |
| Runs | Remote | Remote |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT |
| GitHub stars | 5,142 | 1,510 |
| Last commit | 19 Oct 2026 | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Listed since | 19 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Install exa | Install brave |
Questions
Is exa or brave more popular?
exa has more GitHub stars: 5,142.
Can I use exa and brave together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several MCP servers at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.