# Arch Tools, free: News API

> Search real-time news articles by keyword or topic. Returns headlines, sources, and publication dates from top news outlets.

Arch Tools' Free plan for the news API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. Arch Tools' docs list 2: Source, Date.
We haven't run Arch Tools through [our news API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,022 plans for news APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.35 or less per 1,000 searches. [334 news API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt) [TickerTick's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/tickertick/free/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 64.9 out of 100.
[Alpaca's $99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/alpaca/99-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches, with no charge per call. You get as many searches as Alpaca's rate limit allows. [AnswerLine's Starter plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/answerline/top-up-from-1-starter-post-v1-async-task/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $2.00.
[Finage's $49 monthly plan (/news/cryptocurrency/{symbol})](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/finage/49-monthly-simple-plan-get-news-cryptocurrency-symbol/llms.txt) covers any number of searches, and costs less up front than Alpaca's $99 monthly plan.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [Hydrafetch](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/99-monthly/llms.txt) and [SignalShelf](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/signalshelf/499-pack/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/free
- [News API in 2026: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://archtools.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://archtools.dev/v1/tools/news-search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://archtools.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://archtools.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing#news-search
- Sold by: Arch Tools (https://archtools.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Source: ✓
- Date: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 62 other Arch Tools calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search real-time news articles by keyword or topic. Returns headlines, sources, and publication dates from top news outlets.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Your use of the Service is governed by our full Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms. In summary, you agree not to: Use the Service for any unlawful purpose, or violate any third-party rights or applicable laws [...] Reverse engineer, scrape, copy, resell, or sublicense the Service, or resell, transfer, or redistribute your API key or credits [...] Attempt to exceed rate limits, bypass authentication or billing, or abuse the platform [...] Use the Service to generate spam, malware, phishing, or harmful content

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: about 8 calls

## Rate limit

- Per day: 500
- Per second: 0.17 (600 an hour)
- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: limit, language
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/tools/news-search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over with a valid email address

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, URL, source, published date

## Arch Tools' plans (9)

- [Arch Tools, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $9 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/9-pack/llms.txt): $36.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/49-pack/llms.txt): $23.52 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $199 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/199-pack/llms.txt): $19.104 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/19-monthly/llms.txt): $22.80 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/49-monthly/llms.txt): $19.60 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/99-monthly/llms.txt): $15.84 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/199-monthly/llms.txt): $13.646 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/contact-us/llms.txt): 33% complete, live

## Arch Tools' calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/tools/news-search`: [Arch Tools, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)

## Arch Tools' APIs (9)

- [Arch Tools Email verification API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)
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- [Arch Tools IP company lookup API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ip-company-lookup-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools News API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools Phone validation API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools Web search API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/tools/web-search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-web-search/llms.txt)
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- [Arch Tools Domain WHOIS API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/tools/domain-check](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-domain-check/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools Domain WHOIS API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/tools/whois-lookup](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-whois-lookup/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools Web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/tools/extract-metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-extract-metadata/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools Web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/tools/extract-page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-extract-page/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools Web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt)

## Arch Tools: news API alternatives

[Arch Tools alternatives: other news API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/arch-tools-alternatives.txt)

We list Arch Tools' cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to Arch Tools in price per 1,000 searches. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [Arch Tools, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/arch-tools/199-monthly/llms.txt): $13.646 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SerpWow, $1,500 yearly, Starter (annual), GET /search, Naver News](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpwow/1500-yearly-starter-annual-get-search-naver-news/llms.txt): $12.50 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Tavily, $100 monthly, Bootstrap, POST /search, Search, advanced, news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/tavily/100-monthly-bootstrap-post-search-search-advanced-news/llms.txt): $13.333 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [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

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://archtools.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing