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title: "Fastest Company News API for AI Agents, Independently Benchmarked, 2026 | Openbenchmarks"
description: "Fastest Company News API for AI Agents: Exa instant leads 11 web search APIs at 386 ms median search time, benchmarked on 300 company-news questions in 2026."
url: https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/fastest-company-news-api-for-ai-agents
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independently benchmarked · 300 questions · updated Oct 21, 2026

# Fastest Company News API for AI Agents, 2026

Fastest Company News API for AI Agents: Exa instant leads 11 web search APIs at 386 ms median search time, benchmarked on 300 company-news questions in 2026.

**What this page compares.** This page ranks measured results from company-news factual lookup (web search APIs and news indexes).

**How to read the result.** The ranking uses measured time. The score stays beside it. 4 configurations below 80% of the best score are left out, so nothing ranks on speed or price alone.

\[01\] measured ranking

## Company-news factual lookup, web search APIs and news indexes, ranked by median search time

Every row ran the same 300 questions. Provider names link to the official docs for the configuration measured.

| Rank | Provider | Type | Accuracy | Answer recall @5 | Median search time | $ / 1k queries | $ / 1k correct | Result tokens | Accuracy / 1k tokens | List price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Exa instant](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search) type=instant | Web search | **97.7%** | 97.3% | 386 ms | $7.00 | $7.17 | 2,128 | 45.9 | [$7.00 / 1k queries](https://exa.ai/pricing?tab=api) |
| 2 | [Firecrawl](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/search) firecrawl-search | Web search | **95.3%** | 96.7% | 471 ms | $5.00 | $5.24 | 678 | 141 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing) |
| 3 | [Exa fast](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search) type=fast | Web search | **99.3%** | 99.3% | 569 ms | $7.00 | $7.05 | 1,987 | 50.0 | [$7.00 / 1k queries](https://exa.ai/pricing?tab=api) |
| 4 | [SERP](https://rapidapi.com/herosAPI/api/google-search74) limit=10 | Web search | **96.0%** | 95.0% | 578 ms | $3.00 | $3.13 | 497 | 193 | [$3.00 / 1k queries](https://rapidapi.com/herosAPI/api/google-search74/pricing) |
| 5 | [Brave Search llm-context](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/llm-context) count=10 | Web search | **94.0%** | 94.7% | 590 ms | $5.00 | $5.32 | 2,064 | 45.6 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) |
| 6 | [Brave Search web](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/web-search) count=10 · result\_filter=web | Web search | **93.3%** | 91.7% | 613 ms | $5.00 | $5.36 | 817 | 114 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) |
| 7 | [You highlights](https://docs.you.com/) extraction\_mode=highlights | Web search | **90.7%** | 89.7% | 614 ms | $5.00 | $5.51 | 2,837 | 32.0 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://you.com/docs/administration/billing) |
| 8 | [You highlights core](https://docs.you.com/) extraction\_mode=highlights · knowledge=core | Web search | **92.0%** | 89.7% | 815 ms | $5.00 | $5.43 | 2,862 | 32.1 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://you.com/docs/administration/billing) |
| 9 | [Nimble standard](https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/search/search) search\_depth=standard · full\_content=false · focus=general | Web search | **93.0%** | 94.3% | 822 ms | $5.00 | $5.38 | 2,730 | 34.1 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing) |
| 10 | [Linkup fast](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/endpoints/search/overview) depth=fast · outputType=searchResults | Web search | **96.7%** | 94.7% | 1.2 s | $5.00 | $5.17 | 3,022 | 32.0 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/pricing) |
| 11 | [Nimble lite](https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/search/search) search\_depth=lite · full\_content=false · focus=general | Web search | **94.3%** | 93.7% | 1.6 s | $1.10 | $1.17 | 860 | 110 | [$1.10 / 1k queries](https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing) |
| 12 | [Perplexity low](https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/search-post) search\_context\_size=low | Web search | **97.3%** | 98.3% | 1.6 s | $5.00 | $5.14 | 476 | 205 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing) |
| 13 | [Tavily basic](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/search) search\_depth=basic | Web search | **87.7%** | 87.7% | 1.7 s | $8.00 | $9.13 | 1,639 | 53.5 | [$8.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits) |
| 14 | [Linkup standard](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/endpoints/search/overview) depth=standard · outputType=searchResults | Web search | **92.0%** | 90.3% | 2.1 s | $5.00 | $5.43 | 2,983 | 30.8 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/pricing) |
| 15 | [TinyFish](https://docs.tinyfish.ai/search-api) free · 30 req/min cap | Web search | **92.0%** | 90.7% | 2.3 s | $0 | $0 | 441 | 208 | [$0 / 1k queries](https://www.tinyfish.ai/pricing) |
| 16 | [Tavily advanced](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/search) search\_depth=advanced | Web search | **93.0%** | 92.7% | 4.2 s | $16.00 | $17.20 | 2,210 | 42.1 | [$16.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits) |
| 17 | [Context](https://docs.context.dev/search/overview) numResults=10 · highlights maxCharacters=1200 | Web search | **98.0%** | 98.3% | 14.0 s | $4.40 | $4.49 | 1,972 | 49.7 | [$4.40 / 1k queries](https://www.context.dev/pricing) |

\[02\] how it was measured

## How the ranking was measured

* Every API received the same natural-language question about a recent company event, one search per question, up to 10 results.
* Each answer is a single verifiable value pinned to an official wire or newsroom URL, fixed before any vendor ran.
* Accuracy is whether the returned results let the same answering model extract the correct value.
* Latency is the search request time. Cost is the recorded list price for the calls made, per 1,000 queries and per 1,000 correct answers.
* The runner and published data are open in [openbenchmarks-labs/company-news ↗](https://github.com/openbenchmarks-labs/company-news) and [openbenchmarks/OB-News-Websearch ↗](https://huggingface.co/datasets/openbenchmarks/OB-News-Websearch). The full methodology is on the [Company News Search Benchmark →](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news#methodology)

\[03\] faq

## Questions answered by this comparison

### Which provider leads fastest Company News API for AI Agents?

Exa instant leads this table at 386 ms median search time, on 300 company-news questions.

### How was this measured?

Every API received the same natural-language question about a recent company event, one search per question, up to 10 results. Each answer is a single verifiable value pinned to an official wire or newsroom URL, fixed before any vendor ran. Accuracy is whether the returned results let the same answering model extract the correct value. Latency is the search request time. Cost is the recorded list price for the calls made, per 1,000 queries and per 1,000 correct answers.

### How should speed and cost be read beside the score?

Exa instant recorded 386 ms median search time and $7.00 per 1,000 queries. The most accurate configuration is rarely the fastest or the cheapest, so each is reported in its own column.

### Do vendors pay to be ranked?

No. Inclusion and rank do not depend on vendor payments. Every API used the same questions, answering model and scoring.

### What does this page not test?

This page ranks measured results from company-news factual lookup (web search APIs and news indexes).

\[04\] related comparisons

## Related pages

* [Company News Search Benchmark: full leaderboard and methodology →](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news)
* [Most Accurate Company News API](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/most-accurate-company-news-api)
* [Fastest Company News API](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/fastest-company-news-api)
* [Cheapest Company News API](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/cheapest-company-news-api)
* [Most Accurate Web Search API for Company News](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/most-accurate-web-search-api-for-company-news)
* [Fastest Web Search API for Company News](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/fastest-web-search-api-for-company-news)
* [Cheapest Web Search API for Company News](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/cheapest-web-search-api-for-company-news)
* [Every company news comparison →](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/comparisons)

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