# Scrape.do, free: News API

> The Google News API is a specialized plugin that returns Google News results (articles, topic clusters, menu navigation, related topics) as clean JSON.

Scrape.do's news API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Author, Image.
We rank 584 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), [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-news-article-v1-news-search/llms.txt) and [ScrapeUnblocker](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/free
- [Best news API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrape.do/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.scrape.do/plugin/google/news`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrape.do/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrape.do/documentation/google-scraper-api/news?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Sold by: Scrape.do (https://scrape.do?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-03

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Source: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Image: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Most per search: 100
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Google Search API · Google AI Mode · Google AI Overview follow-up · Google Maps Search Places · Google Maps Place Details · Google Maps Reviews · Google Shopping Search API · Google Shopping Product API · Google Flights API · Google Hotels API · Google Food API · Google Play Store API · YouTube Video API · Google Trends Trending Now · Google Trends Data · Gemini Scraper API · Amazon Best Sellers · Amazon Deals · Amazon Product Pages (PDP) · Amazon Search Results & Categories · Amazon Seller Profile · Amazon All Offers · Amazon Raw HTML with Geo-Targeting · Walmart Product Details · Walmart Search Results · Walmart Store-Scoped Page Fetch · Lowes Scraper API · Home Depot Scraper API · YouTube Scraper API · ChatGPT Scraper API · Web Scraping API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The Google News API is a specialized plugin that returns Google News results (articles, topic clusters, menu navigation, related topics) as clean JSON.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of q, topic_token, section_token, story_token, publication_token or kgmid. Optional: hl, gl, google_domain, so
- Method: GET
- Path: /plugin/google/news

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

search parameters, news result position, news result title, news result link, news result source, news result source logo, news result authors, news result date, news result ISO date, news result thumbnail, news result sub articles, menu links, sub menu links, related topics, related publications

## Scrape.do's plans (10)

- [Scrape.do, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/29-monthly/llms.txt): $1.16 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.792 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/249-monthly/llms.txt): $0.711 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $699 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/699-monthly/llms.txt): $0.699 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $290 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/290-yearly/llms.txt): $0.967 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.66 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $2,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/2490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.593 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, $6,990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/6990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.583 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrape.do, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/contact-us/llms.txt): 67% complete

## Scrape.do's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /plugin/google/news`: [Scrape.do, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrape-do/free/llms.txt)

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## Scrape.do: news API alternatives

- [ScrapeBadger, $129 monthly, Growth, GET /v1/naver/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapebadger/129-monthly-growth-get-v1-naver-news/llms.txt): $0.573 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [GNews, €959.99 yearly, Business, billed yearly, GET /api/v4/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/gnews/959-99-yearly-business-billed-yearly-get-api-v4-search/llms.txt): $0.592 per 1,000, 83% complete, stored
- [Crawlora, $79 monthly, Pro, GET /bing/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/crawlora/79-monthly-pro-get-bing-news/llms.txt): $0.593 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Ujeebu, $119 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/ujeebu/119-monthly/llms.txt): $0.595 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 2026-11-03.

- https://scrape.do?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://scrape.do/documentation/google-scraper-api/news?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://scrape.do/llms-docs.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://scrape.do/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://scrape.do/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://scrape.do/products/ready-api/google-search-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://scrape.do/terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing