# SerpBase, free: News API

> Search Google News by topic or keywords.

SerpBase's news API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Snippet, 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/serpbase/free
- [Best news API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://serpbase.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.serpbase.dev/google/news/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://serpbase.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://serpbase.dev/docs/google_news_search
- Sold by: SerpBase (https://serpbase.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 46 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search Google News by topic or keywords.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use 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 get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 500 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.54 s

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: hl, gl, page
- Method: POST
- Path: /google/news/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone

## 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

## SerpBase's plans (8)

- [SerpBase, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/10-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/50-pack/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/200-pack/llms.txt): $0.351 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/500-pack/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.303 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $3 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/3-monthly/llms.txt): $0.30 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

## SerpBase's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /google/news/search`: [SerpBase, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)

## SerpBase's APIs (5)

- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /duckduckgo/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-duckduckgo-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/shopping](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-shopping/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-youtube-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/books](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-books/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/image/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-image-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-scholar/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/videos/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-videos-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: job postings API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: company discovery API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: company enrichment API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: news API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)

## SerpBase: news API alternatives

- [Scrapingdog, $3,500 yearly, Premium, GET /google_news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/3500-yearly-premium-get-google-news/llms.txt): $0.243 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Scrappa, $250 pack, Professional, GET /api/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/250-pack/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $25 pack, Starter, POST /v1/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/25-pack-starter-post-v1-google-news/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $10,789.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/ujeebu/10789-20-yearly/llms.txt): $0.30 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 2026-10-28.

- https://serpbase.dev
- https://serpbase.dev/docs
- https://serpbase.dev/docs/billing-and-credits
- https://serpbase.dev/docs/google_news_search
- https://serpbase.dev/pricing
- https://serpbase.dev/terms