diff --git a/apps/sim/tools/exa/answer.ts b/apps/sim/tools/exa/answer.ts
index f6d395751..6811b1718 100644
--- a/apps/sim/tools/exa/answer.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/tools/exa/answer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import type { ExaAnswerParams, ExaAnswerResponse } from '@/tools/exa/types'
 import type { ToolConfig } from '@/tools/types'
 
+const logger = createLogger('ExaAnswerTool')
+
 export const answerTool: ToolConfig<ExaAnswerParams, ExaAnswerResponse> = {
   id: 'exa_answer',
   name: 'Exa Answer',
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ export const answerTool: ToolConfig<ExaAnswerParams, ExaAnswerResponse> = {
           return { cost: response.costDollars.total, metadata: { costDollars: response.costDollars } }
         }
         // Fallback: $5/1000 requests
+        logger.warn('Exa answer response missing costDollars, using fallback pricing')
         return 0.005
       },
     },
diff --git a/apps/sim/tools/exa/find_similar_links.ts b/apps/sim/tools/exa/find_similar_links.ts
index ad117aed8..f9df0ac12 100644
--- a/apps/sim/tools/exa/find_similar_links.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/tools/exa/find_similar_links.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import type { ExaFindSimilarLinksParams, ExaFindSimilarLinksResponse } from '@/tools/exa/types'
 import type { ToolConfig } from '@/tools/types'
 
+const logger = createLogger('ExaFindSimilarLinksTool')
+
 export const findSimilarLinksTool: ToolConfig<
   ExaFindSimilarLinksParams,
   ExaFindSimilarLinksResponse
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ export const findSimilarLinksTool: ToolConfig<
           return { cost: response.costDollars.total, metadata: { costDollars: response.costDollars } }
         }
         // Fallback: $5/1000 (1-25 results) or $25/1000 (26-100 results)
+        logger.warn('Exa find_similar_links response missing costDollars, using fallback pricing')
         const resultCount = response.similarLinks?.length || 0
         return resultCount <= 25 ? 0.005 : 0.025
       },
diff --git a/apps/sim/tools/exa/get_contents.ts b/apps/sim/tools/exa/get_contents.ts
index 1539f1042..ac98cb802 100644
--- a/apps/sim/tools/exa/get_contents.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/tools/exa/get_contents.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import type { ExaGetContentsParams, ExaGetContentsResponse } from '@/tools/exa/types'
 import type { ToolConfig } from '@/tools/types'
 
+const logger = createLogger('ExaGetContentsTool')
+
 export const getContentsTool: ToolConfig<ExaGetContentsParams, ExaGetContentsResponse> = {
   id: 'exa_get_contents',
   name: 'Exa Get Contents',
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ export const getContentsTool: ToolConfig<ExaGetContentsParams, ExaGetContentsRes
           return { cost: response.costDollars.total, metadata: { costDollars: response.costDollars } }
         }
         // Fallback: $1/1000 pages
+        logger.warn('Exa get_contents response missing costDollars, using fallback pricing')
         return (response.results?.length || 0) * 0.001
       },
     },
diff --git a/apps/sim/tools/exa/research.ts b/apps/sim/tools/exa/research.ts
index 080e36440..f70afad6f 100644
--- a/apps/sim/tools/exa/research.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/tools/exa/research.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const researchTool: ToolConfig<ExaResearchParams, ExaResearchResponse> =
         }
 
         // Fallback to estimate if cost not available
+        logger.warn('Exa research response missing costDollars, using fallback pricing')
         const model = params.model || 'exa-research'
         return model === 'exa-research-pro' ? 0.055 : 0.03
       },
diff --git a/apps/sim/tools/exa/search.ts b/apps/sim/tools/exa/search.ts
index 4457ce280..debf244cc 100644
--- a/apps/sim/tools/exa/search.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/tools/exa/search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import type { ExaSearchParams, ExaSearchResponse } from '@/tools/exa/types'
 import type { ToolConfig } from '@/tools/types'
 
+const logger = createLogger('ExaSearchTool')
+
 export const searchTool: ToolConfig<ExaSearchParams, ExaSearchResponse> = {
   id: 'exa_search',
   name: 'Exa Search',
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ export const searchTool: ToolConfig<ExaSearchParams, ExaSearchResponse> = {
         }
 
         // Fallback: estimate based on search type and result count
+        logger.warn('Exa search response missing costDollars, using fallback pricing')
         const isDeepSearch = params.type === 'neural'
         if (isDeepSearch) {
           return 0.015