Cheapest web search API for company search
Ranked on the multi-hop search task of the web search benchmark. Each question combines three or four constraints. Rankings do not transfer from factual lookup or hard retrieval.
SERP (RapidAPI) (serp) has the lowest cost per agent run at $0.103 on this run.
Cheapest at this job. Read Cost / agent run. That is the measured run, not a vendor quote.
Most accurate · Fastest · Cheapest · Full benchmark
Ranking, sorted by cost / agent run
| Provider | Endpoint & configuration | F1 | Precision | Recall | Exact set | Median time | Mean turns | Cost / agent run | Measured on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERP (RapidAPI) | GET google-search74.p.rapidapi.comserp | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 0.7 ± 1.3 | 0.3 ± 0.4 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 31.4 s | 7.8 | $0.103 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Brave Search | GET /res/v1/web/searchbrave | 28.0 ± 1.7 | 66.9 ± 8.5 | 19.3 ± 0.5 | 0.7 ± 1.3 | 43.5 s | 8.0 | $0.269 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Firecrawl | POST /v2/searchfirecrawl | 30.4 ± 1.1 | 77.3 ± 4.4 | 20.7 ± 0.7 | 2.2 ± 0.0 | 75.0 s | 7.9 | $0.278 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Exa | POST /search type=instantexa-instant | 43.3 ± 1.0 | 82.6 ± 3.8 | 32.2 ± 0.5 | 3.0 ± 1.3 | 49.8 s | 7.3 | $0.601 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Parallel | POST /v1/search mode=advancedparallel-advanced | 40.8 ± 1.1 | 86.7 ± 2.0 | 29.2 ± 1.3 | 2.2 ± 0.0 | 87.4 s | 7.3 | $0.614 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Exa | POST /search type=deepexa-deep | 45.4 ± 2.0 | 83.2 ± 3.0 | 33.7 ± 1.4 | 1.5 ± 1.3 | 89.5 s | 7.4 | $0.656 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Linkup | POST /v1/search depth=fastlinkup-fast | 41.1 ± 1.7 | 82.8 ± 1.0 | 30.3 ± 1.5 | 0.7 ± 1.3 | 64.2 s | 7.4 | $0.837 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Linkup | POST /v1/search depth=standardlinkup-standard | 40.6 ± 0.9 | 84.0 ± 7.9 | 29.7 ± 1.4 | 1.5 ± 2.6 | 72.3 s | 7.3 | $0.837 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Tavily | POST /search search_depth=advancedtavily-advanced | 41.1 ± 2.3 | 83.7 ± 4.2 | 29.8 ± 1.7 | 2.2 ± 0.0 | 92.2 s | 7.4 | $0.910 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Parallel | POST /v1/search mode=basicparallel-basic | 41.4 ± 3.0 | 84.7 ± 6.1 | 29.9 ± 2.6 | 2.2 ± 0.0 | 69.1 s | 7.3 | $1.008 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Seltz | POST /v1/search scope=companiesseltz-companies | 14.5 ± 0.9 | 40.0 ± 3.1 | 9.4 ± 0.7 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 55.2 s | 7.3 | $1.508 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
F1, precision, recall, and exact-set accuracy are percentages reported as mean ± sample SD across three independent runs; each run aggregates all 45 questions. SD is measured in percentage points. Median time is the median end-to-end time across all runs for each vendor.
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| Provider | Endpoint & configuration | F1 | Precision | Recall | Exact set | Median time | Mean turns | Cost / agent run | Measured on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERP (RapidAPI) | GET google-search74.p.rapidapi.comserp | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 33.4 s | 7.8 | $0.103 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Brave Search | GET /res/v1/web/searchbrave | 29.4 ± 1.6 | 73.5 ± 5.8 | 20.4 ± 0.9 | 1.5 ± 1.3 | 45.1 s | 8.0 | $0.273 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Firecrawl | POST /v2/searchfirecrawl | 33.2 ± 2.1 | 83.3 ± 0.8 | 22.7 ± 1.8 | 1.5 ± 1.3 | 82.1 s | 7.9 | $0.294 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Parallel | POST /v1/search mode=advancedparallel-advanced | 42.4 ± 1.1 | 89.2 ± 2.1 | 30.0 ± 1.3 | 2.2 ± 0.0 | 83.9 s | 7.4 | $0.599 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Exa | POST /search type=instantexa-instant | 44.9 ± 0.9 | 85.9 ± 2.5 | 33.5 ± 0.9 | 5.2 ± 1.3 | 52.5 s | 7.5 | $0.606 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Exa | POST /search type=deepexa-deep | 48.2 ± 2.1 | 89.4 ± 1.2 | 36.0 ± 2.2 | 2.2 ± 2.2 | 95.8 s | 7.5 | $0.639 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Tavily | POST /search search_depth=advancedtavily-advanced | 41.0 ± 1.3 | 89.4 ± 6.0 | 29.1 ± 0.7 | 2.2 ± 0.0 | 92.6 s | 7.3 | $0.813 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Linkup | POST /v1/search depth=fastlinkup-fast | 39.9 ± 1.3 | 85.3 ± 3.6 | 28.6 ± 1.3 | 0.7 ± 1.3 | 68.0 s | 7.3 | $0.822 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Linkup | POST /v1/search depth=standardlinkup-standard | 42.0 ± 1.8 | 90.7 ± 2.0 | 30.5 ± 2.0 | 3.0 ± 3.4 | 81.0 s | 7.5 | $0.846 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Parallel | POST /v1/search mode=basicparallel-basic | 42.0 ± 4.0 | 87.0 ± 7.6 | 30.2 ± 3.2 | 3.0 ± 1.3 | 71.7 s | 7.2 | $0.949 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
| Seltz | POST /v1/search scope=companiesseltz-companies | 16.3 ± 1.5 | 49.5 ± 2.4 | 10.2 ± 1.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 60.1 s | 7.5 | $1.530 | 45 questions135 agent runs |
F1, precision, recall, and exact-set accuracy are percentages reported as mean ± sample SD across three independent runs; each run aggregates all 45 questions. SD is measured in percentage points. Median time is the median end-to-end time across all runs for each vendor.
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What is the cheapest web search API for company search?
SERP (RapidAPI) (serp) has the lowest cost per agent run at $0.103 on this board.