Exa API benchmark
Passed every retrieval attempt and recorded the lowest median latency in all three cases on this machine.
Primary source ranked first every time.
Each task ran three times. A pass required at least five valid results, 80% snippet coverage, and an expected primary source within the top five.
- Cases
- 3/3
- Median range
- 130-171 ms
- Snippets
- 100%
- Date fields
- 33%
- Average results
- 10
- Observed cost
- Covered by signup credit
Queries we sent and results we received
The page shows the first repetition for readability. The downloadable JSON contains every ranked result from all three repetitions.
01Retrieve the official release schedule and current LTS status.Median 145 ms · P95 202 ms
Find the current Node.js release lines and identify which releases are LTS. Prefer current primary sources from the Node.js project.- Node.js Releasesnodejs.org
- nodejs/Releasegithub.com2015-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Node.js — End-Of-Lifenodejs.org
- Node.js — Evolving the Node.js Release Schedulenodejs.org
- Node.jsnodejs.org
02Retrieve the maintained runner-image inventory from GitHub.Median 130 ms · P95 1,575 ms
Find the current GitHub-hosted Actions runner images and their included software. Prefer current primary sources from GitHub.- GitHub Actions runner imagesgithub.com
- GitHub-hosted runnersdocs.github.com
- Windows 11 arm64 VS2026 image generally available - GitHub Changeloggithub.blog2026-08-20T17:52:38.000Z
- No way to choose a specific runner version in GitHub hosted runnersgithub.com2024-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- How to use GitHub Actions Runner Images in a self hosted runner?stackoverflow.com2024-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
03Retrieve the official supported-version and release-policy pages.Median 171 ms · P95 1,868 ms
Find the PostgreSQL versions currently supported by the PostgreSQL project and the official support policy. Prefer current primary sources.- Versioning Policywww.postgresql.org
- PostgreSQL: Versioning Policywww.postgresql.org
- PostgreSQL: Security Informationwww.postgresql.org
- PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source databasewww.postgresql.org2026-08-23T05:26:06.000Z
- PostgreSQL: Release Noteswww.postgresql.org
What it took to get API access
These are dated observations from our account setup, separated from provider documentation and universal product claims.
Email verification code and a short product onboarding wizard
- The onboarding wizard asked about agent, language, and use case
- No payment form appeared
- The full run was covered by signup credit
Same protocol, three repetitions per task.
We used English queries, provider-default geography, ten requested results, a 30-second timeout, and the provider's native Search endpoint. Results were normalized to title, URL, snippet, and publication date before evaluation.
node scripts/search-agent-bench/run-exa.mjs --label launch-v1Credential supplied only through EXA_API_KEY.- Minimum results
- 5
- Source threshold
- Top 5
- Snippet threshold
- 80%
- Case pass rate
- 2 of 3
What this report does not prove
Date metadata appeared on one third of normalized results. Lower observed latency here is not a global performance or reliability claim. It also does not establish global reliability, semantic answer quality, or autonomous integration success.