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Exa vs Brave Search API

EXExavsBRBrave Search API
ExaBrave Search API
33%
67%

Leading: Brave Search API (66.7%)

Insufficient data
This matchup has 3 decisive cases (minimum 30 required for publication).

Statistics

MetricValue
Exa wins1
Brave Search API wins2
Abstains (no tool)1
Other tool chosen342
Decisive cases3
Exa win rate (unweighted)33.3%
95% CI6.1% - 79.2%
Exa win rate (weighted)33.3%

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Per-model breakdown

ModelTierExaBrave Search APINoneOtherA rate
GPT 5.4 MiniMid10020100%
DeepSeek V4 ProFrontier010200%
MiMo V2.5 ProFrontier010190%
Claude Haiku 4.5Small00014n/a
Claude Opus 4.8Frontier00021n/a
Claude Sonnet 4.6Frontier00021n/a
DeepSeek R1 0528Frontier00120n/a
DeepSeek V4 FlashMid00021n/a
Devstral 2 2512Mid00013n/a
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmall00016n/a
GLM 5.2Frontier00021n/a
GPT 5.3 CodexFrontier00021n/a
GPT 5.5Frontier00021n/a
Kimi K2.7 CodeFrontier00021n/a
Llama 4 MaverickFrontier00012n/a
Llama 4 ScoutSmall00012n/a
MiniMax M3Frontier00020n/a
Mistral Small 4Mid00021n/a
Qwen3 Coder NextMid0008n/a

Per-prompt breakdown

PromptTierExaBrave Search APINoneOtherA rate
ai-agent-applicationIntermediate0211120%
ai-agent-applicationBeginner100116100%
ai-agent-applicationAdvanced000114n/a