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title: "Fastest Search API for Company Search, Independently Benchmarked, 2026 | Openbenchmarks"
description: "Fastest Search API for Company Search: You leads 6 search APIs at 47.6 s median task time on 45 company search tasks, independently benchmarked in 2026."
url: https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/fastest-search-api-for-company-search
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# Fastest Search API for Company Search, 2026

Fastest Search API for Company Search: You leads 6 search APIs at 47.6 s median task time on 45 company search tasks, independently benchmarked 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 ranking uses measured time. The score stays beside it. 9 configurations below 80% of the best score are left out, so nothing ranks on speed or price alone.

\[01\] measured ranking

## Multi-turn company search, search only, ranked by median task time

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 | [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) |
| 2 | [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) |
| 3 | [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 |
| 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 | [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) |
| 6 | [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) |
| 7 | [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) |
| 8 | [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) |
| 9 | [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) |
| 10 | [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) |
| 11 | [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) |

### Multi-turn company search, search and page fetch, ranked by median task time

| Rank | Provider | F1 | Precision | Recall | Median task time | Median cost / task | Median task tokens | List price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [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) |
| 2 | [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) |
| 3 | [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 |
| 4 | [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) |
| 5 | [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) |
| 6 | [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) |
| 7 | [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) |
| 8 | [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) |
| 9 | [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) |
| 10 | [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) |

\[02\] 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 fastest Search API for Company Search?

You leads this table at 47.6 s median task time, 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?

You recorded 47.6 s median task time and $0.90 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)
* [Fastest Web Search API for Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/fastest-web-search-api-for-company-search)
* [Most Accurate Web Search API for Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/most-accurate-web-search-api-for-company-search)
* [Most Accurate Search API for Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/most-accurate-search-api-for-company-search)
* [Search API with the Best Recall](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/search-api-with-the-best-recall)
* [Most Accurate Web Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/most-accurate-web-search-api)
* [Fastest Web Search API for Multi-Turn Company Search](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/fastest-web-search-api)
* [Every multi-turn company search comparison →](https://openbenchmarks.com/multi-turn-company-search/comparisons)

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