# Algolia, free: Hacker News comment API

> It enables developers to access HN data programmatically using a REST API.

Algolia's Hacker News comment API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 comments. It returns both key fields we check: Comment and Commenter.
Algolia limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
Half of the 23 plans we rank by price cost $0.045 per 1,000 comments or less. This plan has the lowest price per 1,000 comments of the 23 plans.
[Algolia](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/algolia/free/llms.txt), [ProLevelMax](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/prolevelmax/top-up/llms.txt) and [ScrapingIsNotACrime](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best Hacker News comment API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/algolia/free
- [Best Hacker News comment API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-hacker-news-comment-api.txt)
- Get it: https://hn.algolia.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-comment-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/{id}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://hn.algolia.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-comment-api-pricing
- Sold by: Algolia (https://www.algolia.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-comment-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Comment: ✓
- Commenter: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 90.7
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 100
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 100

## Price

- $ per 1,000 comments: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: It enables developers to access HN data programmatically using a REST API.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2.78

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.46 s

## The call

- You send: id
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/items/{id}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, comment ID, reply to, commenter, text, created at, replies

## Algolia's plans (1)

- [Algolia, free](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/algolia/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete

## Algolia's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/v1/items/{id}`: [Algolia, free](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/algolia/free/llms.txt)

## Algolia's APIs (2)

- [Algolia: Hacker News comment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/algolia/free/llms.txt)
- [Algolia: Hacker News search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/algolia/free-get-api-v1-search/llms.txt)
- [Algolia: Hacker News search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/v1/search_by_date](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/algolia/free-get-api-v1-search-by-date/llms.txt)

## Algolia: Hacker News comment API alternatives

- [ProLevelMax, free](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/prolevelmax/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapingIsNotACrime, free](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Scrappa, free](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [AnyAPI, free trial key](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://hn.algolia.com/about?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-comment-api-pricing
- https://hn.algolia.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-comment-api-pricing
- https://www.algolia.com/policies/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-comment-api-pricing