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title: "Best Web Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search, Independently Benchmarked, 2026 | Openbenchmarks"
description: "Best Web Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search: Parallel basic leads 12 search APIs at 46.5% F1, benchmarked on 45 company search tasks in 2026."
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independently benchmarked · 45 questions · updated Oct 2, 2026

# Best Web Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search, 2026

Best Web Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search: Parallel basic leads 12 search APIs at 46.5% F1, benchmarked on 45 company search tasks in 2026.

**What this page compares.** This page ranks measured results from 2 boards: multi-turn company search (search only) and multi-turn company search (search and page fetch).

**How to read the result.** The table ranks every complete run by its score on the same questions. Latency and cost are shown beside it and not blended into the score.

\[01\] measured ranking

## Multi-turn company search, search only, ranked by F1

Every row ran the same 45 questions. Provider names link to the official docs for the configuration measured.

| Rank | Provider | F1 | Precision | Recall | Median task time | Median cost / task | Median task tokens | List price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Parallel basic](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-basic | **46.5%** | 88.7% | 34.4% | 67.6 s | $1.12 | 303,467 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 2 | [Exa deep](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search) exa-deep | **45.4%** | 83.2% | 33.7% | 89.5 s | $0.72 | 153,061 | [$12.00 / 1k queries](https://exa.ai/pricing?tab=api) |
| 3 | [Parallel advanced](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-advanced | **44.2%** | 87.6% | 32.0% | 83.4 s | $0.62 | 159,733 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 4 | [Exa instant](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search) exa-instant | **43.3%** | 82.6% | 32.2% | 49.8 s | $0.65 | 152,622 | [$7.00 / 1k queries](https://exa.ai/pricing?tab=api) |
| 5 | [Linkup fast](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/endpoints/search/overview) linkup-fast | **41.1%** | 82.8% | 30.3% | 64.2 s | $0.92 | 259,642 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/pricing) |
| 6 | [Tavily advanced](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/search) tavily-advanced | **41.1%** | 83.7% | 29.8% | 92.2 s | $1.03 | 237,706 | [$16.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits) |
| 7 | [Linkup standard](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/endpoints/search/overview) linkup-standard | **40.6%** | 84.0% | 29.7% | 72.3 s | $0.94 | 249,382 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/pricing) |
| 8 | [You](https://docs.you.com/) extraction\_mode=highlights | **38.6%** | 79.3% | 28.3% | 48.2 s | $0.97 | 264,016 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://you.com/docs/administration/billing) |
| 9 | [You](https://docs.you.com/) extraction\_mode=highlights · knowledge=core | **38.1%** | 80.9% | 27.4% | 47.6 s | $0.90 | 244,245 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://you.com/docs/administration/billing) |
| 10 | [Parallel fast](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-fast | **38.0%** | 79.9% | 27.5% | 53.9 s | $0.46 | 119,953 | [$1.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 11 | [Perplexity](https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/search-post) search\_context\_size=low | **37.8%** | 79.3% | 26.8% | 48.9 s | $0.33 | 66,928 | $5.00 / 1k queries |
| 12 | [Tavily basic](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/search) tavily-basic | **36.5%** | 82.5% | 25.7% | 63.0 s | $0.61 | 142,692 | [$8.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits) |
| 13 | [Parallel turbo](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-turbo | **34.7%** | 80.0% | 24.8% | 46.4 s | $0.42 | 110,844 | [$1.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 14 | [Nimble](https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/search/search) search\_depth=standard · full\_content=false · focus=general | **30.7%** | 70.3% | 21.3% | 53.0 s | $0.47 | 109,000 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing) |
| 15 | [Firecrawl](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/search) firecrawl | **30.4%** | 77.3% | 20.7% | 75.0 s | $0.28 | 50,596 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing) |
| 16 | [Brave Search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/web-search) brave | **28.0%** | 66.9% | 19.3% | 43.5 s | $0.27 | 49,005 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) |
| 17 | [TinyFish](https://docs.tinyfish.ai/search-api) tinyfish | **26.6%** | 64.7% | 17.9% | 64.2 s | $0.21 | 51,091 | [$0 / 1k queries](https://www.tinyfish.ai/pricing) |
| 18 | [Nimble](https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/search/search) search\_depth=lite · full\_content=false · focus=general | **25.3%** | 62.8% | 17.6% | 67.9 s | $0.23 | 53,219 | [$1.10 / 1k queries](https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing) |
| 19 | [Seltz](https://docs.seltz.ai/) seltz-companies | **14.5%** | 40.0% | 9.4% | 55.2 s | $1.75 | 500,633 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://seltz.ai/pricing) |
| 20 | [SERP](https://rapidapi.com/herosAPI/api/google-search74) serp | **0.4%** | 0.7% | 0.3% | 31.4 s | $0.10 | 10,890 | [$3.00 / 1k queries](https://rapidapi.com/herosAPI/api/google-search74/pricing) |

### Multi-turn company search, search and page fetch, ranked by F1

| Rank | Provider | F1 | Precision | Recall | Median task time | Median cost / task | Median task tokens | List price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Exa deep](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search) exa-deep | **48.2%** | 89.4% | 36.0% | 95.8 s | $0.68 | 147,079 | [$12.00 / 1k queries](https://exa.ai/pricing?tab=api) |
| 2 | [Perplexity](https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/search-post) search\_context\_size=high | **46.6%** | 87.7% | 34.7% | 53.9 s | $0.50 | 121,239 | $5.00 / 1k queries |
| 3 | [Exa instant](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search) exa-instant | **44.9%** | 85.9% | 33.5% | 52.5 s | $0.65 | 156,796 | [$7.00 / 1k queries](https://exa.ai/pricing?tab=api) |
| 4 | [Parallel basic](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-basic | **42.3%** | 81.3% | 31.3% | 68.6 s | $1.09 | 304,826 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 5 | [Parallel advanced](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-advanced | **42.2%** | 87.6% | 30.1% | 80.9 s | $0.60 | 152,116 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 6 | [Linkup standard](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/endpoints/search/overview) linkup-standard | **42.0%** | 90.7% | 30.5% | 81.0 s | $0.91 | 254,078 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/pricing) |
| 7 | [Tavily advanced](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/search) tavily-advanced | **41.0%** | 89.4% | 29.1% | 92.6 s | $0.90 | 208,974 | [$16.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits) |
| 8 | [Linkup fast](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/endpoints/search/overview) linkup-fast | **39.9%** | 85.3% | 28.6% | 68.0 s | $0.90 | 246,395 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/pricing) |
| 9 | [Parallel fast](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-fast | **39.3%** | 82.3% | 28.2% | 55.1 s | $0.44 | 119,278 | [$1.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 10 | [You](https://docs.you.com/) extraction\_mode=highlights | **38.5%** | 85.2% | 26.9% | 45.6 s | $0.86 | 241,834 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://you.com/docs/administration/billing) |
| 11 | [You](https://docs.you.com/) extraction\_mode=highlights · knowledge=core | **38.5%** | 78.2% | 28.3% | 48.5 s | $0.89 | 250,679 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://you.com/docs/administration/billing) |
| 12 | [Tavily basic](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/search) tavily-basic | **38.1%** | 81.2% | 27.8% | 62.0 s | $0.61 | 141,892 | [$8.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits) |
| 13 | [Parallel turbo](https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference/search/search) parallel-turbo | **36.0%** | 83.6% | 25.0% | 48.1 s | $0.41 | 108,358 | [$1.00 / 1k queries](https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/pricing) |
| 14 | [Firecrawl](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/search) firecrawl | **33.2%** | 83.3% | 22.7% | 82.1 s | $0.29 | 55,069 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing) |
| 15 | [Nimble](https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/search/search) search\_depth=standard · full\_content=false · focus=general · extract formats=\[markdown\] | **31.3%** | 73.2% | 21.7% | 59.2 s | — | 117,345 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing) |
| 16 | [TinyFish](https://docs.tinyfish.ai/search-api) tinyfish | **30.2%** | 70.9% | 20.9% | 63.4 s | $0.22 | 53,654 | [$0 / 1k queries](https://www.tinyfish.ai/pricing) |
| 17 | [Brave Search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/web-search) brave | **29.4%** | 73.5% | 20.4% | 45.1 s | $0.28 | 54,482 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing) |
| 18 | [Nimble](https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/search/search) search\_depth=lite · full\_content=false · focus=general · extract formats=\[markdown\] | **27.1%** | 68.5% | 18.7% | 72.0 s | — | 58,732 | [$1.10 / 1k queries](https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing) |
| 19 | [Seltz](https://docs.seltz.ai/) seltz-companies | **16.3%** | 49.5% | 10.2% | 60.1 s | $1.74 | 502,391 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://seltz.ai/pricing) |
| 20 | [SERP](https://rapidapi.com/herosAPI/api/google-search74) serp | **0.0%** | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.4 s | $0.10 | 11,051 | [$3.00 / 1k queries](https://rapidapi.com/herosAPI/api/google-search74/pricing) |

\[02\] how it was measured

## How the ranking was measured

* A research agent searches over several turns to list every company that matches a set of constraints, on the same questions for every API.
* Answers are scored against a fixed list of correct companies: precision, recall and F1.
* Search-only rows combine search results; search-and-fetch rows can also read pages.
* Median task time, task tokens and median cost per task are reported beside the score.
* The runner and published data are open in [openbenchmarks-labs/multi-turn-company-search ↗](https://github.com/openbenchmarks-labs/multi-turn-company-search) and [openbenchmarks/OB-Company-Websearch ↗](https://huggingface.co/datasets/openbenchmarks/OB-Company-Websearch). The full methodology is on the [Multi-Turn Company Search Benchmark →](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search#methodology)

\[03\] faq

## Questions answered by this comparison

### Which provider leads best Web Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search?

Parallel basic leads this table at 46.5% F1, on 45 company search tasks.

### How was this measured?

A research agent searches over several turns to list every company that matches a set of constraints, on the same questions for every API. Answers are scored against a fixed list of correct companies: precision, recall and F1\. Search-only rows combine search results; search-and-fetch rows can also read pages. Median task time, task tokens and median cost per task are reported beside the score.

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

Parallel basic recorded 67.6 s median task time and $1.12 median cost per task. 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 2 boards: multi-turn company search (search only) and multi-turn company search (search and page fetch).

\[04\] related comparisons

## Related pages

* [Multi-Turn Company Search Benchmark: full leaderboard and methodology →](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search)
* [Best Web Search API for Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/best-web-search-api-for-company-search)
* [Best Search API for Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/best-search-api-for-company-search)
* [Best Search API for Multi-Turn Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/best-search-api-for-multi-turn-search)
* [Best Search API for Agentic Company Research](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/best-search-api-for-agentic-company-research)
* [Best Search API for Research Agents](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/best-search-api-for-research-agents)
* [Best Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/best-search-api)
* [Every multi-turn company search comparison →](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/comparisons)

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