# WickedAPI, free: News API

> Latest crypto headlines aggregated from Cointelegraph, Decrypt and Bitcoin Magazine, newest first: title, source, URL, published time and a short summary. Filter by keyword or source.

WickedAPI's Free API key plan for the news API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. WickedAPI's docs list 3: Source, Date, Snippet.
WickedAPI limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run WickedAPI through [our news API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 940 plans for news APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.50 or less per 1,000 searches. [See the best free news API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
[Alpaca's $99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/alpaca/99-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. Alpaca's $99 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many searches as Alpaca's rate limit allows. [AnswerLine's Starter plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/answerline/top-up-from-1-starter-post-v1-async-task/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $2.00.
[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 Alpaca's $99 monthly plan.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [Hydrafetch](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/99-monthly/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/wickedapi/free
- [News API in 2026: the best of 90+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://wickedapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.wickedapi.com/v1/crypto-news`
- API key: with the plan, on https://wickedapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.wickedapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Sold by: WickedAPI (https://wickedapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: GET /v1/status · GET /v1/kalshi-probability · GET /v1/kalshi-market · GET /v1/funding-oi · GET /v1/long-short-ratio · GET /v1/orderbook · GET /v1/basis · GET /v1/hyperliquid · GET /v1/volatility · GET /v1/sentiment · GET /v1/defi-tvl · GET /v1/price · GET /v1/ohlcv · GET /v1/atr · GET /v1/rates · GET /v1/market-clock · GET /v1/market-overview · GET /v1/gas · GET /v1/fvg · GET /v1/liquidity-levels · GET /v1/macro-calendar · GET /v1/earnings-calendar · GET /v1/wallet-portfolio · GET /v1/verdict · GET /v1/momentum-score · GET /v1/chain-balance · GET /v1/chain-token-balance · GET /v1/chain-nonce · GET /v1/chain-block · GET /v1/chain-ens · GET /v1/chain-tx · GET /v1/polymarket · GET /v1/web-search · GET /v1/liquidations

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Latest crypto headlines aggregated from Cointelegraph, Decrypt and Bitcoin Magazine, newest first: title, source, URL, published time and a short summary. Filter by keyword or source.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: q, source, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/crypto-news

## About the plan

- Plan: Free API key
- Who can get it: anyone who requests a key from the operator

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

article title, source, URL, published date, summary

## WickedAPI's plans (2)

- [WickedAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/wickedapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [WickedAPI, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/wickedapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 50% complete

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

- `GET /v1/crypto-news`: [WickedAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/wickedapi/free/llms.txt)

## WickedAPI's APIs (2)

- [WickedAPI: news API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/wickedapi/free/llms.txt)
- [WickedAPI: web search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/wickedapi/free/llms.txt)

## WickedAPI: news API alternatives

- [Scrappa, pay as you go, x402, GET /api/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $50 monthly, Ultra monthly, POST /news-intel/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/50-monthly-ultra-monthly-post-news-intel-v1-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SerpKite, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpkite/10-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScriptMasterLabs, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scriptmasterlabs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 17% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://api.wickedapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://api.wickedapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://api.wickedapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://wickedapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://wickedapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing