Websets FAQ

Websets is a tool meant to solve sourcing for knowledge workers. Here are a few major use cases: Recruiters: source potential candidates for any role (we all know Linkedin search is broken after all) Sales teams: source companies and points of contact that match your ICP. Watch hours of outbound research be done in minutes Investors: whether you’re looking for your next target or doing diligence, Websets can be a powerful tool. Find companies, financial statements, reports and news. Researchers: find research papers, reports, news and more. No matter what you’re researching. Founder: find competitors, tweet ideas, candidates, potential customers, potential investors and more. And more! We’ve seen thousands of different use cases.

Websets helps you find lists of entities (e.g. companies, people, research papers) that match the specific criteria you provide. It’s not an all-purpose Q&A engine, so stick to queries aimed at listing out or filtering by certain attributes. Websets can find people, companies, financial reports, research papers, articles, news, blogposts, tweets, reddit threads, Github repos, the list goes on.

Too many restrictive criteria. If your search is very narrow (e.g., “Companies in Antarctica that raised $1B in seed funding in 2025”), it may be impossible to find matches. You can try removing or broadening certain criteria and searching again. Asking questions not meant for Websets (e.g. if you’re asking open ended questions such as “How’s the European economy doing in 2025?” or specific questions such as “What’s an EGOT?”

You can request anywhere from 1 to 1000+ results (depending on your plan and credit balance). However: Large requests (1000+ results) can take about an hour or more to complete. Websets stops automatically if it can’t find your requested number of matching items before hitting its search limit (50× your requested size or 50,000 max).

Yes. On the results page, you can manually delete any entries that you don’t want to keep. If you see that the results aren’t what you need, you can also refine your criteria and try again.

Free: 5 websets up to 10 results, with limited features Subscription Core plan: $200/month - 20,000 credits per month Pro plan:$800/month - 100,000 credits per month 10 credit = 1 all-green result in a generated webset. For example, if you generate a webset of 50 perfect matches, that uses 500 credits. Credits are also used for special features such as custom columns, requesting emails/contact information & alerts. Topping up credits: If you run out, you can contact your point person to purchase additional credits manually.

Large requests (especially 1000+ results) can take up to ~1 hour. This is normal because Websets scans a large volume of data. The more criteria, the tougher it is to find those results. These types of searches are narrower and can take longer as well You can monitor the progress in the left-hand panel, where you’ll see the job’s status and any partial progress.

Websets runs using the Exa API - a powerful search engine that combines keyword and semantic search methods to find precise criteria. Websets collects and aggregates data from publicly available sources (e.g., company websites, press releases). It can validate different criteria using different data sources. This ensures that we can find more matches, more accurately. The tool surfaces the references (links) used, so you can check exactly which sources informed each match.10

Absolutely. You can revise your original query or tweak the criteria from the Search More button on the lower left hand side. You would then run a new Webset which would consume new credits based on how many all-green results you generate.

Contact your account representative or point person if you need help, additional credits, or have feedback about your results, or [email protected].