Pricing
Simple, predictable pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you ship. No overage fees, ever.
Starter
500,000 searches / month
$49/ month
$0.10 per 1,000 searches
Choose StarterRenews automatically at $49/month plus applicable tax until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Console → Billing.
- Up to 50M articles / month
- 90-day searches: ≈ 416 / month
- All reviewed publishers
- Commercial use (keep source attribution)
- Email support
- Most popular
Growth
2,000,000 searches / month
$149/ month
$0.07 per 1,000 searches
Choose GrowthRenews automatically at $149/month plus applicable tax until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Console → Billing.
- Up to 200M articles / month
- 90-day searches: ≈ 1,665 / month
- All reviewed publishers
- Commercial use (keep source attribution)
- Email support
Scale
4,000,000 searches / month
$279/ month
$0.07 per 1,000 searches
Choose ScaleRenews automatically at $279/month plus applicable tax until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Console → Billing.
- Up to 400M articles / month
- 90-day searches: ≈ 3,330 / month
- All reviewed publishers
- Commercial use (keep source attribution)
- Email support
Business
9,990,000 searches / month
$599/ month
$0.06 per 1,000 searches
Choose BusinessRenews automatically at $599/month plus applicable tax until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Console → Billing.
- Up to 999M articles / month
- 90-day searches: ≈ 8,318 / month
- All reviewed publishers
- Commercial use (keep source attribution)
- Email support
Free $0
3,000 searches / month · every reviewed publisher · non-commercial use · no credit card.
Enterprise
More than 10M searches / month · volume pricing · contract, purchase orders and invoicing · named contact.
USD list price; local price confirmed at checkout. In the US and Canada, sales tax is added at checkout; elsewhere VAT or GST is included. Paddle shows the total before you pay.
- Reviewed sources
- 1,800+
- Countries
- 90+
- Languages, last 30 days
- 60
Coverage figures from our latest /v1/stats snapshot.
Compare
Compare every plan
| Plans | Free$0/ monthStart free | Starter$49/ monthChoose | Growth$149/ monthChoose | Scale$279/ monthChoose | Business$599/ monthChoose | EnterpriseCustomContact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | ||||||
| Searches | 3,000 / month | 500,000 / month | 2,000,000 / month | 4,000,000 / month | 9,990,000 / month | Custom |
| Results per searchpage_size up to 100 on every plan | Up to 100 | Up to 100 | Up to 100 | Up to 100 | Up to 100 | Up to 100 |
| Articles you can retrieveSearches × 100 results | 300K / month | 50M / month | 200M / month | 400M / month | 999M / month | Custom |
| List price per 1,000 searchesUSD, monthly billing | $0 | $0.10 | $0.07 | $0.07 | $0.06 | Contract |
| Yearly billing | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Contract |
| Overage feesAt your limit requests return 429 | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Data | ||||||
| Recent news (last 30 days)1 search each | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Searches older than 30 days+20 searches per extra day | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| 90-day searches covered1,201 searches each | ≈ 2 / month | ≈ 416 / month | ≈ 1,665 / month | ≈ 3,330 / month | ≈ 8,318 / month | Contract |
| Reviewed publishers | All sources | All sources | All sources | All sources | All sources | All sources |
| Phrases and AND / OR / NOT | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Country, language, category, domain, author filters | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Story de-duplication and trust score | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Incremental sync (indexed_from) | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Article fieldsTitle, description, excerpt, link, image, publisher, time, language, country | Metadata + excerpt | Metadata + excerpt | Metadata + excerpt | Metadata + excerpt | Metadata + excerpt | Metadata + excerpt |
| Developer | ||||||
| REST API with OpenAPI spec | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| MCP server for AI agents | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Usage headers on every responseX-Credits-Charged, X-Credits-Remaining | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Rate limitOne gateway limit, no per-plan throttling | Same for all | Same for all | Same for all | Same for all | Same for all | Same for all |
| Billing and support | ||||||
| Commercial useSee Terms and Acceptable Use | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Credit card required | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Invoice |
| Local currency and tax via Paddle | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included |
| Cancel anytimeAccess continues to the end of the period | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Contract |
| Support | Docs | Named contact | ||||
| Contract, PO and invoicing | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
Every plan
Included in every plan, Free too
Every plan searches the same publishers with the same filters and tools. Pick a plan by volume.
Every reviewed publisher
All sources, countries and languages on every plan, Free included.
Up to 100 results per search
One search returns a full page. No per-article charge.
Boolean search and filters
Phrases, AND / OR / NOT, plus country, language, category, domain and author.
De-duplication and trust score
Keep one article per story and rank by publisher trust.
MCP server and OpenAPI
Connect AI agents in minutes, or generate a client from the spec.
No overage fees
At your limit, requests return 429. You are never billed extra.
Usage
How searches are counted
One price unit, no per-article fees. Each search returns up to 100 results. Only searches that reach back more than 30 days use extra quota.
| Request | Uses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Search within the last 30 daysReturns up to 100 results | 1 search | 0.01 credit |
| Search that finds nothingStill a successful search | 1 search | 0.01 credit |
| Article lookup by IDGET /v1/articles/{id} | 1 search | 0.01 credit |
| Next page of resultsEach page is its own search | 1 search | 0.01 credit |
| Each started day older than 30 daysAdded to that search | +20 searches | +0.2 credit |
| Errors, stats and other endpoints4xx / 5xx and non-article routes | Free | 0 credit |
- 7 days1 search
- 30 days1 search
- 31 days21 searches
- 60 days601 searches
- 90 days1,201 searches
- 1 year6,701 searches
Each started day older than 30 days adds 0.2 credit. Bars use a square-root scale.
Value
More searches for every dollar
Billable units per $1 at each provider’s published monthly list price, for plans priced near ours. Units differ by provider, so check what one unit returns.
| Provider and plan | Chart | Per $1 | Articles per unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| News Search APIEvery paid plan | 10,000searches | Up to 100 | |
| TheNewsAPIPro · $79/mo | 9,494requests | Up to 100 | |
| GNewsEnterprise · €249.99/mo | 3,000requests per €1 | Up to 100 | |
| NewsAPI.orgBusiness · $449/mo | 557requests | Up to 100 | |
| NewsData.ioBasic · $199.99/mo | 100credits | Up to 50 | |
| NewsAPI.ai20K plan · $220/mo | 91tokens | Up to 100 |
News Search API: 10,000 searches per $1 on every paid plan, versus 9,494 for the next best (TheNewsAPI Pro). Daily quotas × 30. GNews is priced in euros and shown per €1 without conversion. Competitor prices as of 6 Nov 2026; may have changed. Prices, quotas and articles per unit read from each provider’s pricing page; history depth and content fields differ between providers.
What counts as one search?
Every successful search or article lookup counts as one search, including searches that return no results. One search returns up to 100 articles, so you never pay per article. Each further page is a new search. Errors cost nothing.
How do searches older than 30 days work?
The last 30 days are included in every search. Each started day before that adds 0.2 credit, which equals 20 searches. A 90-day window uses 1,201 searches from your quota and a 31-day window uses 21. Narrow the date range to use less.
How do quotas work?
Your allowance covers a UTC calendar month and unused searches do not roll over. Yearly plans get the same monthly allowance, reset on the 1st of each month. Every response shows what it cost in X-Credits-Charged and what is left in X-Credits-Remaining.
What if I go over?
We don’t charge overages. Requests return HTTP 429 until your allowance resets, and you can upgrade anytime to keep going. Your bill never exceeds the plan price.
How does yearly billing work?
Yearly plans are billed once a year and cost less than twelve monthly payments; the billing switch above shows the saving. You get the same monthly allowance as the monthly plan.
Which currency will I pay in, and is tax included?
Paddle, our Merchant of Record, shows the price in your local currency and calculates sales tax, VAT or GST for your country. The prices on this page are Paddle’s estimate for your location; checkout confirms the exact amount before you pay.
How do upgrades and downgrades work?
Choose a plan on this page, or select Change plan in Console → Billing. Checkout shows your current and new price before you confirm. Upgrades and downgrades take effect immediately: for an upgrade, Paddle charges the prorated difference for the rest of the billing period; for a downgrade, Paddle credits the unused part of your current plan against your next bill (this credit is not paid out as a refund). Cancelling takes effect at the end of your paid period.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Select Cancel subscription in Console → Billing. Your plan stays active until the end of the period you’ve paid for, you won’t be charged again, and then you move to Free.
Do you offer refunds?
Please see our Refund Policy.
Can I use the data commercially?
All paid plans include commercial use. Free is for non-commercial use only. See the Terms and Acceptable Use.
What article data do I get?
Each result includes the title, description, a short excerpt, a link to the original publisher, image URL, author, publish time, language, country, categories, a trust score and a story ID for de-duplication. Readers follow the link to the publisher for the full story.
What does Enterprise include?
Volume beyond our largest plan, quotas and rate limits set for your account, contract terms, purchase orders and invoicing, 365-day log retention, and an uptime commitment you can request. Contact us to talk it through.
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