# ReplyNodes, free: Hacker News search API

> Search Hacker News via Algolia.

ReplyNodes's Hacker News search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. ReplyNodes's docs list none of the 4 fields on our checklist: Text, Links and tags, Engagement and Author.
We haven't run ReplyNodes through [our Hacker News search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-hacker-news-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 66 plans for Hacker News search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.656 per 1,000 searches or less. [See the best free Hacker News search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-hacker-news-search-api.txt)
[Scrollhound's $39 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/scrollhound/39-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. Scrollhound's $39 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many searches as Scrollhound's rate limit allows.
[Scrollhound's $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/scrollhound/25-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of searches. Scrollhound's $25 pack costs less up front than Scrollhound's $39 monthly plan.
[Algolia](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/algolia/free-get-api-v1-search/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best Hacker News search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/replynodes/free
- [Hacker News search API: the 3 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-hacker-news-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://replynodes.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.replynodes.com/v1/hackernews/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://replynodes.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.replynodes.com/reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: ReplyNodes (https://replynodes.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 52 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search Hacker News via Algolia.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Your 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 get: 500 credits
- Enough for: about 166 calls, once

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: tags, limit, page
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/hackernews/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone 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

## ReplyNodes's plans (3)

- [ReplyNodes, free](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/replynodes/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [ReplyNodes, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/replynodes/19-monthly/llms.txt): $5.70 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [ReplyNodes, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/replynodes/99-monthly/llms.txt): $2.97 per 1,000, 0% complete

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

- `GET /v1/hackernews/search`: [ReplyNodes, free](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/replynodes/free/llms.txt)

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- [ReplyNodes: Google Play search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/replynodes/free-anonymous/llms.txt)
- [ReplyNodes: Hacker News search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/replynodes/free/llms.txt)
- [ReplyNodes: Hacker News comment API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-comment-apis/replynodes/free/llms.txt)
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## ReplyNodes: Hacker News search API alternatives

- [Monocrawl, $59 pack](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/monocrawl/59-pack/llms.txt): $2.95 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ProLevelMax, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/prolevelmax/top-up/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/socialcrawl/49-pack/llms.txt): $3.267 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapingIsNotACrime, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/5-pack/llms.txt): $3.333 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## 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.

- https://api.replynodes.com/v1/capabilities?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.replynodes.com/reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing
- https://replynodes.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing
- https://replynodes.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing
- https://replynodes.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hacker-news-search-api-pricing