{"slug": "exa-3-0-search-api-tops-perplexity-brave-and-parallel-on-8-benchmarks", "title": "Exa 3.0 Search API Tops Perplexity, Brave and Parallel on 8 Benchmarks", "summary": "Exa released Exa 3.0, a search API upgrade that adds a larger embedding model, a new Exa Lite tier priced at $4 per 1,000 requests, and a feature called Dynamic Highlights. Exa reports that Exa 3.0 leads Perplexity, Brave and Parallel on 8 benchmarks, all of which Exa ran itself.", "body_md": "Exa 3.0 is a search API upgrade from Exa. It adds a larger embedding model, Exa Lite at $4 per 1,000 requests, and Dynamic Highlights, and leads 8 benchmarks Exa ran itself.\n\nThe post [Exa 3.0 Search API Tops Perplexity, Brave and Parallel on 8 Benchmarks](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/20/exa-3-0-search-api-lite/) appeared first on [MarkTechPost](https://www.marktechpost.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exa-3-0-search-api-tops-perplexity-brave-and-parallel-on-8-benchmarks", "canonical_source": "https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/20/exa-3-0-search-api-lite/", "published_at": "2026-10-20 08:12:21+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-20 08:19:19.499519+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-search", "ai-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Exa", "Exa 3.0", "Exa Lite", "Perplexity", "Brave", "Parallel", "MarkTechPost"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exa-3-0-search-api-tops-perplexity-brave-and-parallel-on-8-benchmarks", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exa-3-0-search-api-tops-perplexity-brave-and-parallel-on-8-benchmarks.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exa-3-0-search-api-tops-perplexity-brave-and-parallel-on-8-benchmarks.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exa-3-0-search-api-tops-perplexity-brave-and-parallel-on-8-benchmarks.jsonld"}}