Inference
Vals AI

Web Search Index

Comparing native provider search against independent web-search tools on legal-research and finance-analysis tasks

ModelsModels with a result.8
Top resultBest result on this test.48.5%Claude Fable 5 Exa
Top-3 spreadPoints from first to third.3.2 pts
UpdatedDate the source changed the results.16 Jul 2026

Result and cost

020406080100$0.3$1$3$10$30RESULTUS DOLLARS PER TASK · LOG SCALE

Results

8 results
#ModelResultThe score from the source.CostUS dollars to run one task.TimeTime to run one task.
01Claude Fable 5 ExaExa48.5%$3.486 min
02Claude Fable 5Native46.9%$4.0312 min
03GPT-5.6 Sol ExaExa45.2%$13.329 min
04GPT-5.6 SolNative43.6%$1.175 min
05Gemini 3.5 Flash ExaExa41.4%$1.183 min
06Grok 4.5 ExaExa38.7%$0.7492 min
07Gemini 3.5 FlashNative37.0%$0.3964 min
08Grok 4.5Native35.5%$1.012 min