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UnifAPI pricing and alternatives: news API

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67% complete: 4 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$10.00per 1,000 searchesHalf of the 504 plans we rank by price cost $1.00 per 1,000 searches or less. This plan is cheaper than 8% of the 504 plans.Serpent API's top-up from $500 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.01.Scrappa, Litescrape and TheNewsAPI are the best news API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Pay-as-you-go one of UnifAPI's 3 plans
Call: POST /news/search UnifAPI's only call for this API
API: News API one of UnifAPI's 68 APIs

About this item

  • Live. UnifAPI searches the news when you call the API.
  • 4 of the 6 key fields we check. Source, Date, Snippet, Image.
  • A balance you top up. You pay any amount. You spend the whole balance on calls.
  • One call. You send query to POST /news/search. You can also send location, language, limit, view and os. The call returns the news articles that match.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

UnifAPI: news API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 searches. Each plan in the table gives live data.

This planUnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-goNewsData.io, $199.99 monthly, Basic, GET /1/marketScavio, top-up from $25Tavily, pay as you go, x402, paid per requestClair, $30 monthly
$ per 1,000 searches$10.00$9.999$10.00$10.00$10.00
Completeness67%100%33%83%67%
Billingpay firstmonthlypay firstpay as you gomonthly
Payany amount$199.99$25per call$30
Enough foras many as you pay for20,000 calls a month2,500 callsas many as you pay for3,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyoneAI agents paying in USDC on Base over x402, no API key or account neededanyone at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding contract

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 2026-11-01.

  1. api.unifapi.com/openapi.json
  2. docs.unifapi.com/api/news/search/post
  3. docs.unifapi.com/rate-limits
  4. unifapi.com/apis/linkedin
  5. unifapi.com/apis/news/search/post
  6. unifapi.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy
  7. unifapi.com/legal/terms-of-service
  8. unifapi.com/pricing
  9. unifapi.com/pricing.md

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$10.00
Percall
Billingpay first
Charges
Most per search700
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 324 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$10.00
In their words
Their pitchRun one live News search and receive the ranked news articles and top-stories blocks for a query, including title, publisher domain, snippet, image, and publish time.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use our services for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the service. Prohibited activities include but are not limited to: Violating any applicable laws or regulations, Infringing on intellectual property rights, Transmitting malicious code or harmful content, Attempting to gain unauthorized access to systems, Interfering with or disrupting the service. [...] You may not use our services to: [...] Send unsolicited bulk messages (spam) [...] Circumvent any access controls or usage limits [...]. Public data has different legal postures depending on jurisdiction and platform. We provide the technical access, you're responsible for downstream use.
Plan
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second1
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendquery. Optional: location, language, limit, view, os
MethodPOST
Path/news/search
About the plan
PlanPay-as-you-go
Who can get itanyone
The 21 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, location, language, view, observed at, search URL, item types, total results, result count, rank, group rank, result type, title, URL, publisher domain, snippet, image URL, published at, is paid, is billable, nested items

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