# Scrapingdog, free, GET /google_news/v2: News API

> The Google News API (v2) is faster than the search API and returns images as URLs instead of base64, and provides actual dates instead of relative durations.

Scrapingdog's news API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 3 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Image.
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/scrapingdog/free-get-google-news-v2
- [Best news API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.scrapingdog.com/pricing/
- Request: `GET https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_news/v2`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.scrapingdog.com/pricing/
- Its API docs: https://www.scrapingdog.com/documentation/google-news-api/
- Sold by: Scrapingdog (https://www.scrapingdog.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 60 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The Google News API (v2) is faster than the search API and returns images as URLs instead of base64, and provides actual dates instead of relative durations.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: While your paid subscription is active, Scrapingdog grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide license to access, store, display, analyze, and redistribute, commercially or otherwise, the publicly available data returned by Scrapingdog’s API (“Licensed Data”) [...] You may present, transform, or combine the Licensed Data in any manner, provided that you do not add or alter data points in a way that would misrepresent the information actually returned by Scrapingdog’s API or cause harm to third parties [...] You agree not to use any data obtained through Scrapingdog in a manner that (a) discloses private or sensitive personal information, or (b) harms individual or public sentiments, violates applicable laws, or otherwise causes injury.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 20 calls

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: query, country, language, topic_token, publication_token, section_token, so
- Method: GET
- Path: /google_news/v2

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

news result title, news result link, news result thumbnail, news result source, news result authors, news result ISO date, news result position

## Scrapingdog's plans (56)

- [Scrapingdog, free, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/free-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $40 monthly, Lite, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/40-monthly-lite-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $90 monthly, Standard, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/90-monthly-standard-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.45 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $200 monthly, Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/200-monthly-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $350 monthly, Premium, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/350-monthly-premium-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.292 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $500 monthly, Business, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/500-monthly-business-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.278 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $1,000 monthly, Business Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/1000-monthly-business-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.263 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $1,500 monthly, Business Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/1500-monthly-business-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.259 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $2,000 monthly, Corporate, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/2000-monthly-corporate-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.238 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $2,500 monthly, Corporate Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/2500-monthly-corporate-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.227 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $3,000 monthly, Corporate Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/3000-monthly-corporate-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.231 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $4,000 monthly, Enterprise Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/4000-monthly-enterprise-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.222 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $5,000 monthly, Enterprise Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/5000-monthly-enterprise-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.208 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $6,000 monthly, Enterprise Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/6000-monthly-enterprise-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $7,000 monthly, Global Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/7000-monthly-global-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.189 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $8,000 monthly, Global Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/8000-monthly-global-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.182 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $9,000 monthly, Global Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/9000-monthly-global-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.176 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $10,000 monthly, Global Elite, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/10000-monthly-global-elite-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.17 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $12,000 monthly, Ultra Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/12000-monthly-ultra-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.167 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $14,000 monthly, Ultra Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/14000-monthly-ultra-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.163 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $16,000 monthly, Ultra Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/16000-monthly-ultra-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.16 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $18,000 monthly, Titan Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/18000-monthly-titan-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.155 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $20,000 monthly, Titan Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/20000-monthly-titan-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.151 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $22,000 monthly, Titan Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/22000-monthly-titan-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.149 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $24,000 monthly, Titan Elite, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/24000-monthly-titan-elite-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.145 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $26,000 monthly, Nova Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/26000-monthly-nova-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.141 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $28,000 monthly, Nova Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/28000-monthly-nova-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.139 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $30,000 monthly, Nova Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/30000-monthly-nova-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.136 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $400 yearly, Lite, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/400-yearly-lite-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.833 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $900 yearly, Standard, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/900-yearly-standard-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.375 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $2,000 yearly, Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/2000-yearly-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.278 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $3,500 yearly, Premium, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/3500-yearly-premium-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.243 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $5,000 yearly, Business, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/5000-yearly-business-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.232 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $10,000 yearly, Business Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/10000-yearly-business-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.219 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $15,000 yearly, Business Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/15000-yearly-business-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.215 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $20,000 yearly, Corporate, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/20000-yearly-corporate-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.198 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $25,000 yearly, Corporate Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/25000-yearly-corporate-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.189 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $30,000 yearly, Corporate Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/30000-yearly-corporate-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.192 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $40,000 yearly, Enterprise Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/40000-yearly-enterprise-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.185 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $50,000 yearly, Enterprise Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/50000-yearly-enterprise-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.174 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $60,000 yearly, Enterprise Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/60000-yearly-enterprise-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.167 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $70,000 yearly, Global Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/70000-yearly-global-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.158 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $80,000 yearly, Global Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/80000-yearly-global-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.151 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $90,000 yearly, Global Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/90000-yearly-global-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.147 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $100,000 yearly, Global Elite, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/100000-yearly-global-elite-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.141 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $120,000 yearly, Ultra Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/120000-yearly-ultra-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.139 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $140,000 yearly, Ultra Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/140000-yearly-ultra-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.136 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $160,000 yearly, Ultra Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/160000-yearly-ultra-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.133 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $180,000 yearly, Titan Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/180000-yearly-titan-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.129 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $200,000 yearly, Titan Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/200000-yearly-titan-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.126 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $220,000 yearly, Titan Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/220000-yearly-titan-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.124 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $240,000 yearly, Titan Elite, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/240000-yearly-titan-elite-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.120 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $260,000 yearly, Nova Starter, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/260000-yearly-nova-starter-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.118 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $280,000 yearly, Nova Plus, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/280000-yearly-nova-plus-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.116 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $300,000 yearly, Nova Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/300000-yearly-nova-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.114 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, contact us, Custom plan, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/contact-us-custom-plan-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): 50% complete, live

## Scrapingdog's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /google_news/v2`: [Scrapingdog, free, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/free-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt)
- `GET /google_news`: [Scrapingdog, free, GET /google_news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/free-get-google-news/llms.txt)

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## Scrapingdog: news API alternatives

- [AnswerLine, top-up from $1,900, Max, POST /v1/async/task](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/answerline/top-up-from-1900-max-post-v1-async-task/llms.txt): $0.14 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $1,000 pack, Volume, POST /v1/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/1000-pack-volume-post-v1-google-news/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Scrappa, $1,000 pack, Ultimate, GET /api/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/100-monthly/llms.txt): $0.25 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://www.scrapingdog.com/documentation/google-news-api/
- https://www.scrapingdog.com/linkedin-scraper-api/
- https://www.scrapingdog.com/pricing/
- https://www.scrapingdog.com/terms/