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Comparing Perplexity Search API, Exa, Parallel Search API
| Attribute | Perplexity Search API | Exa | Parallel Search API |
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| What it is | Perplexity's Search API returns ranked web results with snippets and filters for agents to use as a search tool. | Exa is a web search API for AI agents with page contents, deep search and an open-source hosted MCP server. | Parallel offers web Search, Extract and Task APIs built on its own web index, returning LLM-optimized excerpts. |
| Category | Integration | Integration | Integration |
| Type | API | API | API |
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| Pricing | Paid$5 per 1K requests; Fast Search $1 per 1K.As of | FreemiumSearch from $4/1K requests; Contents $1/1K pages; free $10 credits/month.As of | FreemiumSearch $0.001-0.005/request; Extract $0.001; $5 free credits/month.As of |
| License | License not yet reviewed | License not yet reviewed | License not yet reviewed |
| Layers | Search / browse | Search / browse | Search / browse |
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