# 5 FreeNewsApi alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 10, 2026.

The best alternatives to FreeNewsApi for news APIs: Scrappa, Hydrafetch and SerpScraper.dev, by our benchmark. FreeNewsApi's website is freenewsapi.io.

## News API alternatives

[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/free#25-pack), [Hydrafetch](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/free#99-monthly) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/free#39-monthly) are the best [news API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our [FreeNewsApi plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/freenewsapi/free), we compare each FreeNewsApi plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

- [Dataify, free, Qishu program](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataify/free-qishu-program): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Hydrafetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/free): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [ReefAPI, free, POST /news-intel/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/free-post-news-intel-v1-search): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Scrappa, free, GET /api/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/free): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [SerpScraper.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/free): $0.00 per 1,000 searches

Compare every news API plan: [News API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/news-api-pricing)

## See also

- [Dataify alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/dataify-alternatives)
- [Hydrafetch alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/hydrafetch-alternatives)
- [ReefAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/reefapi-alternatives)
- [Scrappa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrappa-alternatives)
- [SerpScraper.dev alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/serpscraper-dev-alternatives)