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Actionbook vs Exa:
Search what an index can't

What makes Actionbook different

Live, not an index

Pages that block crawlers or aren't indexed return nothing from Exa. Actionbook opens the page live and searches it the moment it renders, fresh every time.

Behind your login

Your LinkedIn, your CRM, the dashboard you open every morning. Exa stops at the login wall; in your own logged-in session, Actionbook searches what is inside.

Inside your subscription

The journals and terminals you pay for: WSJ, FT, Bloomberg, research portals. Exa only sees the paywall. Actionbook searches what your subscription already unlocks.

More than search

When your agent needs to do more than search, Actionbook acts on the page: click through, log into a portal, or run a multi-step workflow.

What Actionbook can reach

Actionbook goes beyond the public index, into the private, real-time pages behind your logins and paywalls, the ones Exa never sees.

The leads only your login can see

Actionbook opens your saved Sales Navigator search and pulls the matching leads into a clean list: names, titles, companies. Not a stale public-database export.

linkedin.comyour session

The analytics no index can reach

Actionbook searches your account's insights live, reach, engagement, what is working, straight from your logged-in session. Real-time numbers for your agent, never a stale index.

your accountin-account analytics

The report behind your paywall

The report sits behind a paywall you already pay for. Actionbook searches inside your subscription and surfaces the exact figures and findings you need, not the whole document.

wsj.com · your subscription

Feature comparison
Actionbook vs Exa

Actionbook
Exa
How it gets the result
Searches the live page directly
Returns from a public index
Crawler-blocked / unindexed pages
Searches them on the spot
Nothing to return
Behind login
Searches it in your own authorized session
No access
Inside your subscription
Searches what your subscription unlocks
No access
Acts on the page
Clicks, fills forms, navigates pages
No

When to use each tool

Use Exa when you need

  • High-volume search across the public web
  • Public-content RAG pipelines
  • Broad crawling where no login is needed

Exa is strong for the open, public web.

Use Actionbook when you need

  • Results behind a login or paywall
  • What only your account can see, live
  • Your Sales Navigator, analytics, or subscriptions

Actionbook searches the web you're authorized to see.

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Exa searches what everyone can see.Actionbook searches what only you can.

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