# apipick, free: News API

> Real-time news search with date-range and country filters. Returns ranked headlines with clean snippets ready for downstream LLMs.

apipick's news API on its 100 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 3 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Snippet.
We rank 584 plans by price. [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), [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-news-article-v1-news-search/llms.txt) and [ScrapeUnblocker](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/free
- [Best news API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.apipick.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://www.apipick.com/api/search/news`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.apipick.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.apipick.com/search-news?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Sold by: apipick (https://www.apipick.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Source: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Snippet: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Web Search · Cited Answer · AP News Search · Dataset Research · URL Content Extract · Academic Search · Clinical Search · SEC Filings Search · Patent Search · Prediction Markets Search · UK Legal Search · Cybersecurity Search · Markets Search · Economic Data Search · Financials Search · Earnings Calendar Search · Chemistry Search · Genomics Genes & Variants Search · Genomics Sequences Search · Genomics Datasets Search · Health Data Search · Politics Search · EU MiCA Regulation Search · Wiley Finance Search · Company Facts · LEI Entity Lookup · Email Validator · China Phone Checker · Telegram Checker · EU VAT Validator · Logo Search · IP Geolocation · Public Holidays · Dependency Vulnerability Scan · WHOIS / RDAP Lookup

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Real-time news search with date-range and country filters. Returns ranked headlines with clean snippets ready for downstream LLMs.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use our services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to: Use our services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international laws or regulations, Impersonate or attempt to impersonate any person or entity, Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of our services, Use our services to harass, abuse, or harm another person or group, Use our services for stalking, cyberbullying, or any other form of harassment, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems or networks, Use automated systems (bots, scripts) to circumvent credit accounting or abuse rate limits, Share or resell API keys without authorisation, Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of our services [...] You may use the data returned by our APIs for legitimate purposes only, You must respect the privacy of individuals whose information you query, You are responsible for complying with all applicable privacy laws and regulations, Commercial use of our services is permitted but must comply with these Terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: about 6 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Concurrent: 3
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: max_num_results, relevance_threshold, country_code, start_date, end_date
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/search/news

## About the plan

- Plan: 100 free credits
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, result title, result URL, result snippet, source type, published at, relevance score, result count, credits used, remaining credits

## apipick's plans (6)

- [apipick, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [apipick, $5 pack, 5,000 credits, POST /api/search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/5-pack-5000-credits-post-api-search-news/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [apipick, $10 pack, 10,000 credits, POST /api/search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/10-pack-10000-credits-post-api-search-news/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [apipick, $25 pack, 25,000 credits, POST /api/search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/25-pack-25000-credits-post-api-search-news/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [apipick, $50 pack, 50,000 credits, POST /api/search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/50-pack-50000-credits-post-api-search-news/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [apipick, $100 pack, 100,000 credits, POST /api/search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/100-pack-100000-credits-post-api-search-news/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live

## apipick's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /api/search/news`: [apipick, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/free/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/search/ap-news`: [apipick, $5 pack, 5,000 credits, POST /api/search/ap-news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/5-pack-5000-credits-post-api-search-ap-news/llms.txt)

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- [apipick: email verification API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/apipick/free/llms.txt)
- [apipick: news API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apipick/free/llms.txt)
- [apipick: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apipick/free/llms.txt)
- [apipick: web search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/apipick/free/llms.txt)
- [apipick: phone validation API pricing, 6 plans, POST /api/check-china-phone](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apipick/free-100-free-credits-post-api-check-china-phone/llms.txt)
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## apipick: news API alternatives

- [1Lookup, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/1lookup/99-monthly/llms.txt): $14.85 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [APILayer, $14.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apilayer/14-99-monthly/llms.txt): $14.99 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Tavily, $30 monthly, Project, POST /search, Search, advanced, news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/tavily/30-monthly-project-post-search-search-advanced-news/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [SerpWow, $155 monthly, Starter, GET /search, Bing News](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpwow/155-monthly-starter-get-search-bing-news/llms.txt): $15.50 per 1,000, 67% 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 2026-11-02.

- https://www.apipick.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.apipick.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.apipick.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.apipick.com/search-news?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.apipick.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing