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ReplyNodes pricing: Hacker News comment API

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$0.00per 1,000 commentsWe haven't run ReplyNodes through our Hacker News comment API benchmark yet.This plan is free. We rank 28 plans for Hacker News comment APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.014 per 1,000 comments or less. See the best free Hacker News comment API plan.Scrollhound's $39 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 comments. Scrollhound's $39 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many comments as Scrollhound's rate limit allows.Scrollhound's $25 pack covers any number of comments. Scrollhound's $25 pack costs less up front than Scrollhound's $39 monthly plan.Algolia, Hacker News and ProLevelMax are the best Hacker News comment API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
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Plan: Free one of ReplyNodes's 3 plans
Call: GET /v1/hackernews/item/{id} ReplyNodes's only call for this API
API: Hacker News comment API one of ReplyNodes's 14 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • Returns neither of the 2 fields on our checklist: Comment and Commenter.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 credits once, enough for about 166 pages. Calls stop once your credits run out.
  • One call. You send id to GET /v1/hackernews/item/{id}. You can also send depth. The call returns the story's comments.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ReplyNodes: Hacker News comment API alternatives

ReplyNodes alternatives: other Hacker News comment API providers by price

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 comments.

This planReplyNodes, freeAlgolia, freeHacker News, freeProLevelMax, freeAnyAPI, free trial key
$ per 1,000 comments$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness0%100%100%100%100%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough forabout 166 pages, oncenot publishednot publishedabout 666 pagesabout 33 pages, once
Freshnessunknownunknownunknownliveunknown
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract, no credit card requiredanyoneanyonenew users, one per person: $1 when you verify your email and $1 more after your first successful run, no card requiredanyone 18 or over, with no account, for business or professional use, not in an embargoed jurisdiction or on a restricted-party list

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

  1. api.replynodes.com/v1/capabilities
  2. docs.replynodes.com/reference
  3. replynodes.com
  4. replynodes.com/pricing
  5. replynodes.com/terms

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Comment, not in the answer
  • Commenter, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 comments$0.00
Perpage, size not stated
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 52 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchFetch a single Hacker News item and its comment tree.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use dataYour use of retrieved data remains subject to the applicable source's terms. [...] You agree not to use the Service to: Retrieve or use data for unlawful, infringing, defamatory, or fraudulent purposes, Engage in spam, fake engagement, or artificial amplification, Violate the terms, policies, or community standards of any third-party data source, Attempt to circumvent rate limits, security controls, or access restrictions, Reverse engineer, resell, or gain unauthorized access to the Service or other accounts.
Plan
Pay$0
You get500 credits
Enough forabout 166 pages, once
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendid. Optional: depth
MethodGET
Path/v1/hackernews/item/{id}
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract, no credit card required
The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, next cursor

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