# MIAPI, free: News API

> Dedicated news endpoint with article dates, sources, and snippets. Real-time news intelligence.

MIAPI's Free plan for the news API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. MIAPI's docs list 3: Source, Date, Snippet.
In [our news API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt), the best plan from MIAPI scores 55.8 out of 100. MIAPI ranks 48th of 104 providers.
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/miapi/free
- [News API in 2026: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.miapi.uk/v1/news`
- API key: with the plan, on https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing#pricing
- Its API docs: https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing#docs
- Sold by: MIAPI (https://miapi.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Most per search: 20
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Raw web search results (POST /v1/search) · Search for images (POST /v1/images) · Grounded AI answer with web search (POST /v1/answer) · OpenAI-compatible endpoint (POST /v1/chat/completions) · Streaming AI answer (POST /v1/stream)

## Not found

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

## In their words

- Their pitch: Dedicated news endpoint with article dates, sources, and snippets. Real-time news intelligence.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use MIAPI for lawful purposes only. You may not use the API to generate spam, misinformation, or content that violates applicable laws. You may not attempt to reverse-engineer, overload, or exploit the service.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.50 s

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: num_results
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/news

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

title, URL, snippet, publication date, source name

## MIAPI's plans (6)

- [MIAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MIAPI, $9 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/9-pack/llms.txt): $3.60 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MIAPI, $33 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/33-pack/llms.txt): $3.30 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MIAPI, $90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/90-pack/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MIAPI, $250 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/250-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MIAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 50% complete

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

- `POST /v1/news`: [MIAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt)

## MIAPI's APIs (3)

- [MIAPI Image search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt)
- [MIAPI News API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt)
- [MIAPI Web search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/miapi/free/llms.txt)

## MIAPI: news API alternatives

[MIAPI alternatives: every news API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/miapi-alternatives.txt)

We list MIAPI's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to MIAPI in price per 1,000 searches.

- [MIAPI, $250 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/miapi/250-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [ValueSERP, $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/valueserp/25-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [OpenWeb Ninja, $25 monthly, Pro, GET /local-headlines, 10,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/openweb-ninja/25-monthly-pro-get-local-headlines-10000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $250 monthly, BigData Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/searchapi/250-monthly-bigdata-plan-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-news/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [PacketStream, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $2.50 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://api.miapi.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing#docs
- https://miapi.uk/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing#pricing
- https://miapi.uk/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://miapi.uk/terms.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing