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Parse pricing and alternatives: Hacker News search API

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100% complete: all 4 key fields we checkSee the 4 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesWe rank 9 plans by price. AnyAPI's pay as you go plan costs the least per 1,000 searches: $1.50.
Plan: Free one of Parse's 6 plans
Call: GET /scraper/1ad7a614-cdcd-4bd0-87e6-2cc68e58d555/search_posts Parse's only call for this API
API: Hacker News search API one of Parse's 52 APIs

About this item

  • Live. Parse searches Hacker News when you call the API.
  • All 4 key fields we check. Text, Links and tags, Engagement, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 200 credits, enough for 200 calls.
  • One call. You send query to GET /scraper/1ad7a614-cdcd-4bd0-87e6-2cc68e58d555/search_posts. You can also send page, limit, sort_by and timeframe. The call returns the stories Hacker News finds for the query.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Parse: Hacker News search API alternatives

The table starts with Parse's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to Parse's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

Parse, $1,000 monthlyScrapingIsNotACrime, $5 pack
$ per 1,000 searches$10.00$3.333
Completeness100%100%
Billingmonthlypay first
Pay$1,000$5
Enough for100,000 calls a month1,500 pages
Freshnesslivelive
Who can get itanyone of legal age to enter into the Terms of Service, or acting for an organization they have the legal authority to bindanyone

Hacker News search API pricing: plans compared

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-31.

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  2. docs.parse.bot/errors
  3. docs.parse.bot/examples
  4. docs.parse.bot/marketplace
  5. parse.bot
  6. parse.bot/pricing
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Product details

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

  • Text
  • Links and tags
  • Engagement
  • Author
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 4,155 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchBuild a keyword alert system by polling `search_posts` with a fixed `query` and `timeframe` of `last_24h`.
Data
Freshnesslive
Use dataIn connection with the Platform, you must not: Use the Platform in any way that violates applicable law or third-party terms of service, including to access, copy, or distribute third-party content without proper authorization. [...] Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any technical measures employed by third-party services (including login requirements, access controls, or CAPTCHAs), except where such measures are completed as presented in the ordinary course (e.g., solving a CAPTCHA), in compliance with law and the third-party service’s terms. [...] Generate automated traffic at a volume or rate that could reasonably be considered abusive, harmful, or a denial-of-service attack. [...] Reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works of, sell, rent, lease, loan, timeshare, distribute or otherwise exploit any portion of the Platform except as expressly authorized herein, without Parse’s express prior written consent. [...] Parse does not claim ownership of such third-party content, and you are solely responsible for ensuring that your access to and use of that content complies with applicable laws and the rights and terms of the relevant third party.
Plan
Pay$0
You get200 credits
Enough for200 calls
Rate limit
Per second0.083
The call
You sendquery. Optional: page, limit, sort_by, timeframe
MethodGET
Path/scraper/1ad7a614-cdcd-4bd0-87e6-2cc68e58d555/search_posts
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone of legal age to enter into the Terms of Service, or acting for an organization they have the legal authority to bind
The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, title, link URL, score, comment count, author username, created at, total results

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