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title: "Exa vs Parallel: Enrichment Compared 2026 | Openbenchmarks"
description: "Exa vs Parallel for company enrichment: field yield, accuracy, match rate, latency and cost on the same 282 human-reviewed companies. Open source."
url: https://openbenchmarks.com/company-enrichment/exa-vs-parallel
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company enrichment · head-to-head

# Exa vs Parallel

Company enrichment, measured head-to-head on the same 282 human-reviewed companies: **Parallel** currently leads on both measured accuracy axes. Every scored field judged against human-reviewed Ground Truth; latency and cost measured beside accuracy. Not vendor claims.

\[01\] axis by axis

## Exa or Parallel — measured winner per axis

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| Axis | Exa | Parallel | Measured winner |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Correct data end to end** (correct field yield) | 60.4% | 86.0% | **Parallel** |
| **Right when returned** (accuracy when present) | 76.2% | 89.4% | **Parallel** |
| **Companies resolved** (resolution rate) | 100.0% | 99.7% | **Exa** |
| **Speed** (median latency) | 8,143 ms | 21,317 ms | **Exa** |
| **Cost (cohort, self-serve rates)** (estimated cost) | $4.23 | $14.10 | **Exa** |

Contact/person data, intent data, and integrations are not measured here — this is the company-firmographic slice only. [Full leaderboard, methodology, and per-company evidence →](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-enrichment) 

route by constraint 

There is no single “best” company enrichment API — the independent benchmark points to a different provider depending on the axis your workflow is constrained by. Every leader below is measured on 282 human-reviewed companies:

* CRM data you can trust end to end → People Data Labs highest enrichment success rate · 89.0%
* Few wrong values written — right when returned → Apollo highest field accuracy · 92.6%
* Fill the most fields per company → CompanyEnrich highest field coverage · 95.5%
* Find the most companies overall → Predict Leads highest company match rate · 100.0%
* Real-time enrichment in product or agent flows → CompanyEnrich lowest median latency · 250 ms
* Budget-constrained backfills → Nimble lite lowest estimated cost · $0.31 cohort

Full provider comparison, methodology, and per-company evidence: [the company enrichment benchmark →](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-enrichment) 

\[02\] faq

## Exa vs Parallel — common questions

### Exa vs Parallel: which has better company data?

On measured correct field yield (of the fields that could be filled correctly, how many were), Parallel leads: Exa 60.4% vs Parallel 86.0%, judged field-by-field against human-reviewed Ground Truth on the same 282-company cohort. On accuracy of returned fields, Parallel leads (76.2% vs 89.4%).

### Is Exa or Parallel cheaper for company enrichment?

At public entry self-serve rates for the full 282-company cohort: Exa $4.23 vs Parallel $14.10 — Exa is cheaper. Free allowances and volume discounts excluded; weigh cost against yield, since cheap wrong data costs more downstream.

### Which is faster, Exa or Parallel?

Median request latency: Exa 8,143 ms vs Parallel 21,317 ms — Exa is faster. Latency matters for real-time enrichment in product or agent flows; for batch backfills it usually doesn't.

### Where does this comparison data come from?

The independent company-enrichment benchmark on this site: both providers received the same 282 company domains, responses were normalized to one contract, and GPT-5.6 judged each scored field against human-reviewed Ground Truth. No vendor pays for inclusion or rank; every judgment is public and reproducible.

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