# 28 MIAPI alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 12, 2026.

The best MIAPI alternatives for news APIs: Scrappa, Hydrafetch and SignalShelf, by our benchmark of November 11, 2026. MIAPI's website is miapi.uk.

## News API alternatives

[MIAPI](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/free#9-pack) is #48 of the 104 providers we rank. Every provider of this API, ranked: [News API: best providers in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api)

1. [Scrappa, $25 pack, Basic](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/free#25-pack): Overall score 81.9, Accuracy score 92, median answer time 0.86 s, $0.29 per 1,000 searches
2. [Hydrafetch, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/free#99-monthly): Overall score 76.1, Accuracy score 91, median answer time 9.2 s, $0.50 per 1,000 searches
3. [SignalShelf, $499 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/signalshelf/free#499-pack): Overall score 75.6, Accuracy score 87, median answer time 0.56 s, $0.50 per 1,000 searches
4. [SerpScraper.dev, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/free#39-monthly): Overall score 75.3, Accuracy score 63, median answer time 0.30 s, $0.13 per 1,000 searches
5. [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/free-post-news-article-v1-news-search#450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-news-article-v1-news-search): Overall score 74.8, Accuracy score 91, median answer time 4.0 s, $0.50 per 1,000 searches
6. [CrustAPI, top-up from $149](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/crustapi/free#top-up-from-149): Overall score 73.3, Accuracy score 92, median answer time 1.4 s, $0.76 per 1,000 searches
46. [NewsAPI.org, $449 monthly, Business](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsapi-org/free-developer-get-v2-everything#449-monthly-business-get-v2-everything): Overall score 56.1, Accuracy score 91, median answer time 0.30 s, $1.80 per 1,000 searches
47. [Exa, top-up from $5, Developer (pay as you go)](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/exa/free-world-agentkit-free-trial-post-search-search-lite-news#top-up-from-5-developer-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-lite-news): Overall score 55.9, Accuracy score 86, median answer time 0.35 s, $4.00 per 1,000 searches
49. [World News API, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/world-news-api/free#39-monthly): Overall score 55.7, Accuracy score 88, median answer time 0.58 s, $2.60 per 1,000 searches
50. [Finlight, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/finlight/free#99-monthly): Overall score 55.5, Accuracy score 67, median answer time under 0.1 s, $1.98 per 1,000 searches

## Web search API alternatives

[MIAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/free#9-pack) is #43 of the 83 providers we rank. Every provider of this API, ranked: [Web search API: best providers in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api)

1. [ScrapeNest, $99 monthly, Growth](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/free-post-v1-search-web-search#99-monthly-growth-post-v1-search-web-search): Overall score 77.7, Accuracy score 77, median answer time 2.0 s, $0.33 per 1,000 searches
2. [Clawifi, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/free-keyless-trial#299-monthly): Overall score 75.8, Accuracy score 77, median answer time 1.5 s, $0.60 per 1,000 searches
3. [Desearch, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/free#top-up): Overall score 75.8, Accuracy score 73, median answer time 1.9 s, $1.00 per 1,000 searches
4. [Stophy, top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/stophy/free#top-up-from-500): Overall score 64.1, Accuracy score 62, median answer time 2.0 s, $2.40 per 1,000 searches
5. [Spidra, $249 monthly, Pro](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spidra/free-post-search-search#249-monthly-pro-post-search-search): Overall score 64.0, Accuracy score 67, median answer time 10 s, $1.99 per 1,000 searches
6. [AnyCrawler, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/anycrawler/free#200-monthly): Overall score 63.8, Accuracy score 58, median answer time 0.82 s, $1.33 per 1,000 searches
41. [Croma, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/croma/free-post-global-web-search-v1#20-monthly): Overall score 47.2, Accuracy score 67, median answer time 1.4 s, $10.00 per 1,000 searches
42. [Databar, $495 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/databar/99-monthly#495-monthly): Overall score 45.9, Accuracy score 62, no median answer time in our benchmark, $9.90 per 1,000 searches
44. [Nimble, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-standard#pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v2-search-search-standard): Overall score 45.0, Accuracy score 73, median answer time 1.9 s, $5.00 per 1,000 searches
45. [Telem AI, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/telem-ai/free#top-up-from-5): Overall score 44.6, Accuracy score 83, no median answer time in our benchmark

## Image search API alternatives

[SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/free#39-monthly), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/scrappa/free#250-pack) and [SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpkite/free-post-v1-images-brave-images#300-pack-pro-post-v1-images-brave-images) are the best [image search API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-image-search-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

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

- [Piloterr, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/piloterr/free#99-monthly): $2.48 per 1,000 searches
- [OpenWeb Ninja, $25 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/openweb-ninja/free#25-monthly): $2.50 per 1,000 searches
- [SearchApi, $250 monthly, BigData Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/searchapi/free-100-free-requests-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-images#250-monthly-bigdata-plan-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-images): $2.50 per 1,000 searches
- [ValueSERP, $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/valueserp/free#25-pack): $2.50 per 1,000 searches
- [Nimble, pay as you go, POST /v2/serp](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/nimble/free-post-v2-serp#pay-as-you-go-post-v2-serp): $3.00 per 1,000 searches
- [ScrapeBadger, top-up from $10, PAYG, GET /v1/google/images/search](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/scrapebadger/free-credits-get-v1-google-images-search#top-up-from-10-payg-get-v1-google-images-search): $3.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Stophy, top-up from $100](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/stophy/free#top-up-from-100): $3.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Anysite, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/anysite/free#49-monthly): $3.27 per 1,000 searches
- [FastAF, $99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/fastaf/free#99-pack): $3.30 per 1,000 searches
- [Blopus, $5,988 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/blopus/free#5988-yearly): $3.33 per 1,000 searches

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

## See also

- [Scrappa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrappa-alternatives)
- [Hydrafetch alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/hydrafetch-alternatives)
- [SignalShelf alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/signalshelf-alternatives)
- [SerpScraper.dev alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/serpscraper-dev-alternatives)
- [ReefAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/reefapi-alternatives)
- [CrustAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/crustapi-alternatives)
- [NewsAPI.org alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/newsapi-org-alternatives)
- [Exa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/exa-alternatives)
- [World News API alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/world-news-api-alternatives)
- [Finlight alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/finlight-alternatives)
- [ScrapeNest alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrapenest-alternatives)
- [Clawifi alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/clawifi-alternatives)
- [Desearch alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/desearch-alternatives)
- [Stophy alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/stophy-alternatives)
- [Spidra alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/spidra-alternatives)
- [AnyCrawler alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/anycrawler-alternatives)
- [Croma alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/croma-alternatives)
- [Databar alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/databar-alternatives)
- [Nimble alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/nimble-alternatives)
- [Telem AI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/telem-ai-alternatives)
- [Piloterr alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/piloterr-alternatives)
- [OpenWeb Ninja alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/openweb-ninja-alternatives)
- [SearchApi alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/searchapi-alternatives)
- [ValueSERP alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/valueserp-alternatives)
- [ScrapeBadger alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrapebadger-alternatives)
- [Anysite alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/anysite-alternatives)
- [FastAF alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/fastaf-alternatives)
- [Blopus alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/blopus-alternatives)