Exa 3.0 search API tops Perplexity, Brave and Parallel on 8 benchmarks

Exa released Exa 3.0, an upgrade to its web search API for AI agents with a larger embedding model and a cheaper Exa Lite tier at $4 per 1,000 requests. Exa claims its Auto mode leads Perplexity, Brave and Parallel on all 8 benchmarks it ran itself, including 91.8% on BrowseComp and 42.0% on ATLAS.

• Exa Lite costs $4 per 1,000 requests; Auto costs $7 vs $5 for rivals
• Dynamic Highlights uses 95% fewer tokens and carries no extra charge
• ATLAS lead: 42.0% vs 37.2% for Perplexity
• Exa's index covers over 2 trillion URLs and serves 100 billion pages