# NewsMesh, free: News API

> Real-time news data, structured for AI agents, RAG pipelines and apps.

NewsMesh's news API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 5 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Author, Snippet, Image.
We rank 504 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), [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/newsmesh/free
- [Best news API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://newsmesh.co/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://newsmesh.co/pricing
- Its API docs: https://newsmesh.co/docs#search
- Sold by: NewsMesh (https://newsmesh.co)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Source: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Snippet: ✓
- Image: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get Trending Articles · Get Latest Articles · Get Single Article

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Real-time news data, structured for AI agents, RAG pipelines and apps.

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Your subscription grants you a limited, non-exclusive license to access and use the API according to these terms. [...] You agree not to use the API to: (1) violate any laws or regulations, (2) infringe on intellectual property rights, (3) transmit harmful code or malware, (4) attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, or (5) resell or redistribute the API data without authorization. [...] The Free plan is for development and testing purposes only. It may not be used in any production, staging, or live end-user facing environment. Production use, automated systems, and scheduled polling require a paid plan. [...] The Starter, Growth and Pro plans, and enterprise agreements, include commercial use rights.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 25 requests a day
- Enough for: 25 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Per day: 25
- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: searchIn, from, to, category, sources, excludeSources, country, sourceCountry, limit, sortBy, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone, for development and testing only

## The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

article ID, title, description, link, image URL, published date, source, category, topics, people, authors, country relevance, next cursor

## NewsMesh's plans (8)

- [NewsMesh, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, 24 hours
- [NewsMesh, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/29-monthly/llms.txt): $5.80 per 1,000, 83% complete, 1 hour
- [NewsMesh, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/79-monthly/llms.txt): $1.053 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [NewsMesh, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.796 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [NewsMesh, $276 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/276-yearly/llms.txt): $4.60 per 1,000, 83% complete, 1 hour
- [NewsMesh, $756 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/756-yearly/llms.txt): $0.84 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [NewsMesh, $1,908 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/1908-yearly/llms.txt): $0.636 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [NewsMesh, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/contact-us/llms.txt): 83% complete

## NewsMesh's calls (1)

- `GET /v1/search`: [NewsMesh, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/free/llms.txt)

## NewsMesh's APIs (1)

- [NewsMesh: news API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsmesh/free/llms.txt)

## NewsMesh: news API alternatives

- [SERPHouse, $49.99 monthly, Regular, POST /yahoo-news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serphouse/49-99-monthly-regular-post-yahoo-news/llms.txt): $0.625 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ValueSERP, $37,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/valueserp/37800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.63 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $190 yearly, Basic (annual), POST /news, News](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/search1api/190-yearly-basic-annual-post-news-news/llms.txt): $0.633 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [FlashData, $199 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/queries/realtime](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/flashdata/199-monthly-starter-post-v1-queries-realtime/llms.txt): $0.647 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 2026-10-29.

- https://newsmesh.co
- https://newsmesh.co/docs
- https://newsmesh.co/pricing
- https://newsmesh.co/terms