# SerpData, free: News API

> Google News results.

SerpData'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, Snippet, Image.
We haven't run SerpData through [our news API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 710 plans for news APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 searches or less.
[Financial Data (financialdata.net)'s $69 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/financial-data-financialdata-net/69-monthly-premium-get-api-v1-latest-news/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: as little as $0.00089. Financial Data (financialdata.net)'s $69 monthly plan covers up to 77,760,000 searches a month at no extra cost.
[Finage's $49 monthly plan (/news/cryptocurrency/{symbol})](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/finage/49-monthly-simple-plan-get-news-cryptocurrency-symbol/llms.txt) covers any number of searches. Finage's $49 monthly plan costs less up front than Financial Data (financialdata.net)'s $69 monthly plan.
[The New York Times](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/the-new-york-times/free/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/39-monthly/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/free
- [News API: 60+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.serpdata.dev/google/search/news`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.serpdata.dev/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Sold by: SerpData (https://www.serpdata.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## 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: GET /google/search/web · POST /google/search/videos · POST /google/search/images · POST /google/search/shopping · GET /google/maps/place · GET /google/maps/place/reviews · GET /google/maps/place/photos · GET /google/maps/area/places · POST /google/maps/search/places · POST /google/trends · POST /google/autocomplete · POST /google/search/patents

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Google News results.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Acceptable use: "Do not use the service to break the law, to infringe others' rights, or to send traffic on behalf of third parties in a way that disguises its origin. Do not attempt to circumvent credit limits, rate limits, or authentication." (Terms of service, last updated 25 July 2026)

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2,500 credits
- Enough for: 2,500 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q
- Method: POST
- Path: /google/search/news

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an email address, no card required

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

search parameters, news result position, news result title, news result link, news result snippet, news result date, news result source, news result thumbnail, time taken, credits consumed, credits remaining

## SerpData's plans (5)

- [SerpData, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SerpData, $40 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/40-pack/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SerpData, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/200-pack/llms.txt): $0.08 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SerpData, $600 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/600-pack/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SerpData, $900 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/900-pack/llms.txt): $0.03 per 1,000, 67% complete

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

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

## SerpData's APIs (8)

- [SerpData: image search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: news API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: search autocomplete API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: SERP API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: video search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business reviews API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Google Shopping search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business search API pricing, 5 plans, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business search API pricing, 5 plans, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt)

## SerpData: news API alternatives

- [EODHD, $199 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/eodhd/199-yearly/llms.txt): $0.027 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Equibles, $99.90 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/equibles/99-90-yearly/llms.txt): $0.027 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [SerpScraper.dev, $4,992 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/4992-yearly/llms.txt): $0.028 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Awario, $399 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/awario/399-monthly/llms.txt): $0.031 per 1,000, 67% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://www.serpdata.dev/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/terms/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing