Web search APIs for company news
Query in, ranked web results out. These endpoints search the open web rather than a curated index, and are ranked here against each other with the news indexes held out, so the comparison is between substitutes.
Measured on the same questions, the strongest dedicated news index, Seltz (scope=news), reaches 58.3%. Every endpoint below beats it, which is why the two are ranked apart.
News index APIs for company news · Most accurate · Fastest · Cheapest · Full company news board · Web search API benchmark
Web search APIs for company news, all metrics
19 endpoints, ranked by $ / 1k correct on 300 questions.
| Rank | Vendor | Endpoint & configuration | $ / 1k correct | Accuracy | AR@1 | AR@5 | Latency | Snippet tokens | Total $ | Official docs | Cost per 1,000 queries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TinyFishweb search | GET api.search.tinyfish.aifree · 30 req/min cap | Free30 req/min cap | 92.0% | 74.3% | 90.7% | 2.62s | 441 | Free | Official docs | $0free · 30 req/min, 500/hour |
| 2 | Parallelweb search | POST /v1/searchmode=fast | $1.16 | 86.0% | 44.3% | 79.0% | 942ms | 1,839 | $0.30 | Official docs | $1 / 1kmode=fast · 10 results |
| 3 | Parallelweb search | POST /v1/searchmode=turbo | $1.40 | 71.3% | 45.3% | 66.0% | 348ms | 1,853 | $0.30 | Official docs | $1 / 1kmode=turbo · 10 results |
| 4 | Nimbleweb search | POST /v2/searchsearch_depth=lite · full_content=false · focus=general | $1.46 | 75.3% | 64.0% | 75.3% | 3.15s | 413 | $0.33 | Official docs | $1.1 / 1ksearch_depth=lite · full_content=false |
| 5 | SERPgoogle search | GET google-search74.p.rapidapi.comlimit=10 | $3.13 | 96.0% | 78.0% | 95.0% | 751ms | 497 | $0.90 | Official docs | $3 / 1kPro overage $0.003/request |
| 6 | Perplexityweb search | POST /searchsearch_context_size=low | $5.14 | 97.3% | 91.7% | 98.3% | 1.38s | 476 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1kSearch API · POST /search |
| 7 | Linkupweb search | POST /v1/searchdepth=fast · outputType=searchResults | $5.17 | 96.7% | 79.0% | 94.7% | 1.57s | 3,022 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1kdepth=fast · searchResults |
| 8 | Firecrawlweb search | POST /v2/search | $5.24 | 95.3% | 77.7% | 96.7% | 510ms | 678 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1k2 credits / 10 results |
| 9 | Brave Searchweb search | POST /res/v1/llm/contextcount=10 | $5.32 | 94.0% | 81.0% | 94.7% | 601ms | 2,064 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1kSearch plan · LLM Context |
| 10 | Parallelweb search | POST /v1/searchmode=basic | $5.36 | 93.3% | 55.0% | 92.0% | 1.68s | 2,330 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1kmode=basic · 10 results |
| 11 | Brave Searchweb search | GET /res/v1/web/searchcount=10 · result_filter=web | $5.36 | 93.3% | 79.3% | 91.7% | 630ms | 817 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1k |
| 12 | Nimbleweb search | POST /v2/searchsearch_depth=standard · full_content=false · focus=general | $5.38 | 93.0% | 86.3% | 94.3% | 861ms | 2,730 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1ksearch_depth=standard · full_content=false |
| 13 | Linkupweb search | POST /v1/searchdepth=standard · outputType=searchResults | $5.43 | 92.0% | 67.3% | 90.3% | 2.55s | 2,983 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1kdepth=standard · searchResults |
| 14 | Youweb search | POST /v1/searchextraction_mode=highlights · knowledge=core | $5.43 | 92.0% | 67.3% | 89.7% | 889ms | 2,862 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1khighlights · knowledge=core · same Web Search price assumption |
| 15 | Youweb search | POST /v1/searchextraction_mode=highlights | $5.51 | 90.7% | 72.0% | 89.7% | 628ms | 2,837 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1khighlights included in Web Search |
| 16 | Exaweb search | POST /searchtype=fast | $7.05 | 99.3% | 95.0% | 99.3% | 652ms | 1,987 | $2.10 | Official docs | $7 / 1ktype=fast · up to 10 results |
| 17 | Exaweb search | POST /searchtype=instant | $7.17 | 97.7% | 80.0% | 97.3% | 398ms | 2,128 | $2.10 | Official docs | $7 / 1ktype=instant · up to 10 results |
| 18 | Tavilyweb search | POST /searchsearch_depth=basic | $9.13 | 87.7% | 82.0% | 87.7% | 1.88s | 1,639 | $2.40 | Official docs | $8 / 1k1 credit · $0.008 PAYG |
| 19 | Tavilyweb search | POST /searchsearch_depth=advanced | $17.20 | 93.0% | 65.0% | 92.7% | 4.29s | 2,210 | $4.80 | Official docs | $16 / 1k2 credits · $0.008 PAYG |
$ / 1k correct is $ / 1k queries divided by extracted-answer accuracy. Ranked by $ / 1k correct. Cost per 1,000 queries is the published PAYG list price, linked to the vendor pricing page. Not promotional packs or volume discounts. TinyFish Search is free with a 30 requests/min cap — $0 is not unlimited throughput.
News index APIs for company news, same questions
Measured on the identical question set with the same judge, ranked separately because it is a different mechanism.
| Rank | Vendor | Endpoint & configuration | $ / 1k correct | Accuracy | AR@1 | AR@5 | Latency | Snippet tokens | Total $ | Official docs | Cost per 1,000 queries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seltznews index | POST /v1/searchscope=news | $8.57 | 58.3% | 44.3% | 60.0% | 403ms | 2,919 | $1.50 | Official docs | $5 / 1k |
| 2 | Autoboundcompany news events | POST /v1/companies/enrichdomain · signal_types=news · signal_subtypes · limit=10 | $120.76 | 30.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% | 146ms | 879 | $10.87 | Official docs | $9.5 / 1k creditsStarter $19 / 2,000 · 2 credits/signal |
| 3 | PredictLeadscompany news events | GET /api/v3/companies/{domain}/news_eventsLLM category pick · categories[] · limit=10 | $193.52 | 20.7% | 14.0% | 20.0% | 398ms | 484 | $12.00 | Official docs | $40 / 1k$0.04 / credit · 1 credit/request |
| 4 | Datahyenacompany news events | GET /v1/companies/timelinedomain · include=funding|acquisitions|exec_moves | $716.07 | 5.3% | 5.3% | 6.7% | 187ms | 22 | $11.45 | Official docs | $50 / 1k credits$25 / 500 credits · 1 credit/record |
$ / 1k correct is $ / 1k queries divided by extracted-answer accuracy. Ranked by $ / 1k correct. Cost per 1,000 queries is the published PAYG list price, linked to the vendor pricing page. Not promotional packs or volume discounts. TinyFish Search is free with a 30 requests/min cap — $0 is not unlimited throughput.
Web search APIs for company news
What is the best web search API for company news?
Exa (type=fast), at 99.3% correct on 300 company-news lookups — the highest of any endpoint measured, on either mechanism. Exa (type=instant) follows at 97.7%. The strongest dedicated news index reaches 58.3% on the identical questions, so a general web search API is the more accurate choice for this task.
What counts as a general web search API here?
An endpoint that takes a query and searches the open web, returning ranked results the caller reads. Curated news indexes are measured on the same questions but ranked separately, because they are a different mechanism.
How are these endpoints made comparable?
Every endpoint receives the identical user query, may return at most 10 results, and is scored by one judge against ground truth pinned to official sources. Nothing is rewritten per vendor. 300 questions, one run.
Why do some vendors appear more than once?
Several expose more than one search depth or mode, and those behave differently enough on speed and cost to be worth separating. Each endpoint is its own row, with its request configuration shown beside it.