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SerpBase pricing and alternatives: news API

SerpBase's sitellms.txtBest news API in 2026

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67% complete: 4 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesWe rank 321 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.15.Scrappa, SerpBase and Serper are the best news API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free credits one of SerpBase's 8 plans
Call: POST /google/news/search SerpBase's only call for this API
API: News API one of SerpBase's 5 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The provider searches the news when you call.
  • 4 of the 6 key fields we check. Source, Date, Snippet, Image.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 credits, enough for 500 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out.
  • One call. You send q to POST /google/news/search. You can also send hl, gl and page. The call returns the news articles that match.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SerpBase: news API alternatives

The table starts with SerpBase's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to SerpBase's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

SerpBase, $100 monthlyScrapingdog, $3,500 yearly, Premium, GET /google_newsScrappa, $250 packPrismCrawl, $25 pack, Starter, POST /v1/google/newsUjeebu, $10,789.20 yearly
$ per 1,000 searches$0.25$0.243$0.25$0.25$0.30
Completeness67%67%67%83%67%
Billingmonthlyyearlypay firstpay firstyearly
Pay$100$3,500$250$25$10,789.20
Enough for400,000 calls a month1,200,000 calls a month1,000,000 calls100,000 calls3,000,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyone 18 or overanyone at least 18 and legally able to enter the agreementanyone who is 18 or older, or 13 to 17 with a parent's or guardian's permission

Every news API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-28.

  1. serpbase.dev
  2. serpbase.dev/docs
  3. serpbase.dev/docs/billing-and-credits
  4. serpbase.dev/docs/google_news_search
  5. serpbase.dev/pricing
  6. serpbase.dev/terms

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Source
  • Date
  • Author, not in the answer
  • Snippet
  • Image
  • Full text, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 46 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSearch Google News by topic or keywords.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataUse SerpBase only in accordance with applicable law, published documentation, and technical limits. Do not bypass authentication, rate limits, credit accounting, or security controls. Do not disrupt the service, probe vulnerabilities without written permission, distribute malware, or interfere with third-party systems. Do not use the service to violate rights or law, or submit data you are not authorized to process. Do not resell, mirror, reverse engineer, or provide shared access beyond your purchased rights without written approval.
Plan
Pay$0
You get500 credits
Enough for500 calls
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median1.54 s
The call
You sendq. Optional: hl, gl, page
MethodPOST
Path/google/news/search
About the plan
PlanFree credits
Who can get itanyone
The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

search status, request ID, time taken, credits used, search type, search query, page number, result position, result title, result URL, Google News URL, display URL, publisher name, published at, result snippet, thumbnail URL

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