# HivemindOS, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /web-data/web.news: News API

> news articles for a search, each with its headline, address, outlet, a line of text and when it was published.

HivemindOS's x402 pay per call plan for the news API costs $10.00 per 1,000 searches. HivemindOS's docs list 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Source, Date.
We haven't run HivemindOS through [our news API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt) yet.
We rank 851 plans for news APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.20 or less per 1,000 searches. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 14% of the 851 plans.
[Alpaca's $99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/alpaca/99-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. Alpaca's $99 monthly plan charges nothing 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. Finage's $49 monthly plan costs less up front than Alpaca's $99 monthly plan.
[The New York Times](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/the-new-york-times/free/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/39-monthly/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-web-data-web-news
- [News API in 2026: the best of 80+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://hivemindos.app/superagent-api/docs/pay-per-call?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.hivemindos.app/v1/x402/web-data/web.news`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.hivemindos.app/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Sold by: HivemindOS (https://hivemindos.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $10.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: news articles for a search, each with its headline, address, outlet, a line of text and when it was published.

## Data

- Keep data: only as long as you need them, for leads: terms 11, "Keep downloaded leads secure, keep them only as long as you need them, and delete a person's details when they ask."
- Use data: 11 (sales agent leads): "You may use leads only to contact people about your own business, one to one, and only as the law allows where you and they are. [...] When you use leads: Stop contacting anyone who asks you to, and mark them "Don't contact again" in HivemindOS. Say who you are, give a way to reply, and include any postal address or opt-out the law requires. Do not sell, share, publish or hand leads to anyone else, add them to bulk mailing lists, or use them for anything other than contacting the person about your business. Keep downloaded leads secure, keep them only as long as you need them, and delete a person's details when they ask. Do not use the sales agent to contact consumers at personal addresses, children, or anyone the law says you need consent to contact and you don't have it." 10: "You may use the Services only in compliance with applicable law, contractual duties, licenses, platform rules, and the rights of others. [...] Do not submit content or data you lack the right to use, or use generated material in a way that infringes privacy, publicity, intellectual-property, confidentiality, or other rights." (Terms, effective October 1, 2026)

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: limit, country, language, freshness
- Method: POST
- Path: /web-data/web.news

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC on Base (x402)

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

article title, article URL, source, article snippet, published at

## HivemindOS's plans (2)

- [HivemindOS, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /web-data/web.news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-web-data-web-news/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [HivemindOS, top-up from $1, Agent Credits, POST /services/web-data/invoke, Google News results](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/top-up-from-1-agent-credits-post-services-web-data-invoke-google-news-results/llms.txt): 33% complete

## HivemindOS's calls for this API (5)

- `POST /web-data/news.recent`: [HivemindOS, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /web-data/news.recent](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-web-data-news-recent/llms.txt)
- `POST /web-data/web.news`: [HivemindOS, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /web-data/web.news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-web-data-web-news/llms.txt)
- `POST /services/web-data/invoke`, Google News results: [HivemindOS, top-up from $1, Agent Credits, POST /services/web-data/invoke, Google News results](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/top-up-from-1-agent-credits-post-services-web-data-invoke-google-news-results/llms.txt)
- `POST /services/web-data/invoke`, Recent news on a topic: [HivemindOS, top-up from $1, Agent Credits, POST /services/web-data/invoke, Recent news on a topic](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/top-up-from-1-agent-credits-post-services-web-data-invoke-recent-news-on-a-topic/llms.txt)
- `POST /services/web-data/invoke`, Search the news: [HivemindOS, top-up from $1, Agent Credits, POST /services/web-data/invoke, Search the news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/top-up-from-1-agent-credits-post-services-web-data-invoke-search-the-news/llms.txt)

## HivemindOS's APIs (4)

- [HivemindOS: SERP API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: web search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: local business search API pricing, 2 plans, POST /leadgen-data/leads.discover](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-leadgen-data-leads-discover/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: local business search API pricing, 2 plans, POST /leadgen-data/leads.nearby](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-leadgen-data-leads-nearby/llms.txt)
- [HivemindOS: news API pricing, 2 plans, POST /web-data/web.news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hivemindos/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-web-data-web-news/llms.txt)

## HivemindOS: news API alternatives

- [Scavio, top-up from $25](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scavio/top-up-from-25/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Clair, $30 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/clair/30-monthly/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [YepAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/yepapi/top-up/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Mekler, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/mekler/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 17% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://api.hivemindos.app/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://api.hivemindos.app/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://api.hivemindos.app/v1/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://hivemindos.app/superagent-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://hivemindos.app/superagent-api/docs/pay-per-call?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://hivemindos.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing