The company describes the index as an independent benchmark for search providers and says Exa 3.0 required the fewest search queries per task.
The release says agents using Exa can make 20% to 50% fewer search queries per task than competing providers while reaching higher accuracy. It also claims that DeepSeek Search needs 1.5 times as many queries as Exa. Exa 3.0 includes a larger embedding model, Dynamic Highlights that the company says use 95% fewer tokens than full-page text, and billions of added documents across products, local businesses, flights, events, sports, and weather.
Dynamic Highlights are generally available, according to Exa, and the company directs users to its API dashboard and documentation. The post does not reproduce the benchmark's scores, task set, provider configuration, pricing comparison, or methodology. Its performance and cost claims therefore cannot be independently established from this source alone.