Pricing

Simple, predictable pricing

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  • Starter

    500,000 searches / month

    $49/ month

    $0.10 per 1,000 searches

    Choose Starter

    Renews 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
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    Growth

    2,000,000 searches / month

    $149/ month

    $0.07 per 1,000 searches

    Choose Growth

    Renews 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 Scale

    Renews 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 Business

    Renews 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.

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Enterprise

More than 10M searches / month · volume pricing · contract, purchase orders and invoicing · named contact.

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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.

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Feature comparison of all plans
PlansFree$0/ monthStart freeStarter$49/ monthChooseGrowth$149/ monthChooseScale$279/ monthChooseBusiness$599/ monthChooseEnterpriseCustomContact
Volume
Searches3,000 / month500,000 / month4,000,000 / month9,990,000 / monthCustom
Results per searchpage_size up to 100 on every planUp to 100Up to 100Up to 100Up to 100Up to 100
Articles you can retrieveSearches × 100 results300K / month50M / month400M / month999M / monthCustom
List price per 1,000 searchesUSD, monthly billing$0$0.10$0.07$0.06Contract
Yearly billingNot includedIncludedIncludedIncludedContract
Overage feesAt your limit requests return 429NoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Data
Recent news (last 30 days)1 search eachIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Searches older than 30 days+20 searches per extra dayIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
90-day searches covered1,201 searches each≈ 2 / month≈ 416 / month≈ 3,330 / month≈ 8,318 / monthContract
Reviewed publishersAll sourcesAll sourcesAll sourcesAll sourcesAll sources
Phrases and AND / OR / NOTIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Country, language, category, domain, author filtersIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Story de-duplication and trust scoreIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Incremental sync (indexed_from)IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Article fieldsTitle, description, excerpt, link, image, publisher, time, language, countryMetadata + excerptMetadata + excerptMetadata + excerptMetadata + excerptMetadata + excerpt
Developer
REST API with OpenAPI specIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
MCP server for AI agentsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Usage headers on every responseX-Credits-Charged, X-Credits-RemainingIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Rate limitOne gateway limit, no per-plan throttlingSame for allSame for allSame for allSame for allSame for all
Billing and support
Commercial useSee Terms and Acceptable UseNot includedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Credit card requiredNoYesYesYesInvoice
Local currency and tax via PaddleNot includedIncludedIncludedIncludedNot included
Cancel anytimeAccess continues to the end of the periodIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedContract
SupportDocsEmailEmailEmailNamed contact
Contract, PO and invoicingNot includedNot includedNot includedNot includedIncluded

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.

RequestUsesCredits
Search within the last 30 daysReturns up to 100 results1 search0.01 credit
Search that finds nothingStill a successful search1 search0.01 credit
Article lookup by IDGET /v1/articles/{id}1 search0.01 credit
Next page of resultsEach page is its own search1 search0.01 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 routesFree0 credit
Cost of one search by date range1 credit = $0.01 · 1 search = 0.01 credit
  1. 7 days1 search
  2. 30 days1 search
  3. 31 days21 searches
  4. 60 days601 searches
  5. 90 days1,201 searches
  6. 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 planChartPer $1Articles per unit
News Search APIEvery paid plan10,000searchesUp to 100
TheNewsAPIPro · $79/mo9,494requestsUp to 100
GNewsEnterprise · €249.99/mo3,000requests per €1Up to 100
NewsAPI.orgBusiness · $449/mo557requestsUp to 100
NewsData.ioBasic · $199.99/mo100creditsUp to 50
NewsAPI.ai20K plan · $220/mo91tokensUp 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.

FAQ

Pricing questions, answered

Still unsure? Ask the team or read the quickstart.

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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