# Nimble, free, POST /v2/serp/async: News API

> Returns recent news articles matching the query, sourced from Google News.

Nimble's news API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns none of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Author, Snippet and 2 more.
We rank 354 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.15.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/250-pack/llms.txt), [SerpBase](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/100-monthly/llms.txt) and [treg](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/treg/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/free-post-v2-serp-async
- [Best news API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://sdk.nimbleway.com/v2/serp/async`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/serp/serp-async
- Sold by: Nimble (https://www.nimbleway.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

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

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns recent news articles matching the query, sourced from Google News.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 requests
- Enough for: 5,000 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 83
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: search_engine "google_news", query. Optional: country, locale, callback_url, storage_compress, storage_object_name, storage_type, storage_url
- Method: POST
- Path: /v2/serp/async

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, search status, status code, processed at, response time, search parameters, full HTML, news results, menu links, sub menu links, related topics

## Nimble's plans (7)

- [Nimble, free, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/free-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Nimble, pay as you go, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/pay-as-you-go-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Nimble, $30,000 yearly, Startup, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/30000-yearly-startup-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt): 0% complete, live
- [Nimble, $84,000 yearly, Scale, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/84000-yearly-scale-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt): 0% complete, live
- [Nimble, $180,000 yearly, Professional, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/180000-yearly-professional-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt): 0% complete, live
- [Nimble, contact us, Custom, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/contact-us-custom-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt): 0% complete, live
- [Nimble, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/contact-us-enterprise-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt): 0% complete, live

## Nimble's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /v2/serp`: [Nimble, free, POST /v2/serp](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/free-post-v2-serp/llms.txt)
- `POST /v2/serp/async`: [Nimble, free, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/free-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt)
- `POST /v2/serp/batch`: [Nimble, free, POST /v2/serp/batch](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/free-post-v2-serp-batch/llms.txt)

## Nimble's APIs (3)

- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp, Google AI Overview](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-google-ai-overview/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async, Google AI Overview Async](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-async-google-ai-overview-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/batch, Google AI Overview Batch](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-batch-google-ai-overview-batch/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp, Google Images](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-google-images/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async, Google Images Async](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-async-google-images-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/batch, Google Images Batch](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-batch-google-images-batch/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp, SERP](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async, SERP Async](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/batch, SERP Batch](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-serp-batch/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: news API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/serp/async](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/nimble/free-post-v2-serp-async/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/search, Search, lite](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-lite/llms.txt)
- [Nimble: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v2/search, Search, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/nimble/free-free-post-v2-search-search-standard/llms.txt)

## Nimble: news API alternatives

- [Search1API, $499 monthly, Enterprise, POST /news, News, full](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/search1api/499-monthly-enterprise-post-news-news-full/llms.txt): $2.994 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpWow, $2,999 monthly, Infrastructure, GET /search, Google News](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpwow/2999-monthly-infrastructure-get-search-google-news/llms.txt): $2.999 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [OpenWeb Ninja, pay as you go, GET /news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/openweb-ninja/pay-as-you-go-get-news/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $3,000 monthly, Octo 1M, Enhanced speed, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/searchapi/3000-monthly-octo-1m-enhanced-speed-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-news/llms.txt): $3.00 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 2026-10-27.

- https://docs.nimbleway.com/api-reference/openapi.json
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/admin/pricing.md
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/admin/rate-limits.md
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/web-tools/search.md
- https://docs.nimbleway.com/nimble-sdk/web-tools/serp.md
- https://www.nimbleway.com/nimble-api/serp
- https://www.nimbleway.com/pricing
- https://www.nimbleway.com/terms-of-use