# agdata, pay as you go: News API

> Search API for AI agents: web or news search with up to 30 results per call, each with a title, URL and a query-relevant excerpt. Filter by site, or by category: developer (repos, issues, docs), GitHub or PDF. Fast, about a second. Pay per call in stablecoins.

agdata's news API on its Pay as you go plan. It costs $42.40 per 1,000 searches. It returns none of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Author, Snippet and 2 more.
Half of the 504 plans we rank by price cost $1.00 per 1,000 searches or less. 5 of the 504 plans cost more than this plan.
[Serpent API's top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500-scale-get-api-news-bing-news-search/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.01.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) and [TheNewsAPI](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/thenewsapi/79-monthly-pro-monthly-get-v1-news-all/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go
- [Best news API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://agdata.shveik.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://agdata.shveik.dev/x402/search-plus`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://agdata.shveik.dev/docs#routes
- Sold by: agdata (https://agdata.shveik.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $42.40
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Most per search: 30
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search API for AI agents: web or news search with up to 30 results per call, each with a title, URL and a query-relevant excerpt. Filter by site, or by category: developer (repos, issues, docs), GitHub or PDF. Fast, about a second. Pay per call in stablecoins.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use the service lawfully and with the rights and authority your requests require. No fraud, harassment, infringement, malware, unauthorized access or service abuse. We may refuse, limit or suspend use and change or discontinue the service.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, type "news". Optional: limit, include_domains, exclude_domains, Idempotency-Key
- Method: POST
- Path: /x402/search-plus

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay as you go
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC from a wallet: x402 on Base, Polygon or Solana, or MPP on Base

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

position, title, URL, excerpt, type, date

## agdata's plans (1)

- [agdata, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $42.40 per 1,000, 0% complete

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

- `POST /x402/search-plus`: [agdata, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## agdata's APIs (11)

- [agdata: email verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: news API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: web search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: Facebook page API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: Facebook post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 1 plan, POST /x402/linkedin](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [agdata: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 1 plan, POST /x402/linkedin-profile-email](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/agdata/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-x402-linkedin-profile-email/llms.txt)

## agdata: news API alternatives

- [Anysite, $49 monthly, Starter, POST /api/bing/news/articles/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/anysite/49-monthly-starter-post-api-bing-news-articles-search/llms.txt): $32.667 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [NewsData.io, $1,919.99 yearly, Basic (yearly), GET /1/archive](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsdata-io/1919-99-yearly-basic-yearly-get-1-archive/llms.txt): $40.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $40.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Perigon, $13,500 yearly, Commercial, GET /v1/articles/all](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/perigon/13500-yearly-commercial-get-v1-articles-all/llms.txt): $45.00 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 2026-10-31.

- https://agdata.shveik.dev
- https://agdata.shveik.dev/docs
- https://agdata.shveik.dev/llms.txt
- https://agdata.shveik.dev/openapi.json
- https://agdata.shveik.dev/pricing
- https://agdata.shveik.dev/pricing.md
- https://agdata.shveik.dev/privacy
- https://agdata.shveik.dev/terms