# x402node, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /search/news: News API

> Search recent news articles via Google News. Returns articles with title, source, link, snippet, published_at.

x402node's x402 pay per call plan for the news API costs $8.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. x402node's docs list 3: Source, Date, Snippet.
We haven't run x402node through [our news API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt) yet.
We rank 881 plans for news APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.30 or less per 1,000 searches. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 19% of the 881 plans.
[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), [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/39-monthly/llms.txt) and [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-news-article-v1-news-search/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-search-news
- [News API in 2026: the best of 90+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://x402node.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.x402node.dev/search/news`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.x402node.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing#/paths/~1search~1news
- Sold by: x402node (https://x402node.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $8.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search recent news articles via Google News. Returns articles with title, source, link, snippet, published_at.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: lang, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /search/news

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone with a wallet paying USDC on Base or Solana (x402), no account or API key

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

result title, publisher name, result URL, result snippet, published at

## x402node's plans (1)

- [x402node, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-search-news/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete

## x402node's calls for this API (3)

- `GET /serp/news`: [x402node, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /serp/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-serp-news/llms.txt)
- `GET /serp/cn-news`: [x402node, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /serp/cn-news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-serp-cn-news/llms.txt)
- `GET /search/news`: [x402node, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-search-news/llms.txt)

## x402node's APIs (12)

- [x402node: Amazon product API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: Amazon search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: Google Shopping search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: Hacker News search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: email verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: image search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: local business search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: news API pricing, 1 plan, GET /search/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-search-news/llms.txt)
- [x402node: reverse email lookup API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [x402node: SERP API pricing, 1 plan, GET /serp/geo](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-serp-geo/llms.txt)
- [x402node: SERP API pricing, 1 plan, GET /serp/cn](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-serp-cn/llms.txt)
- [x402node: SERP API pricing, 1 plan, GET /serp/web](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-serp-web/llms.txt)
- [x402node: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan, GET /web/batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-web-batch/llms.txt)
- [x402node: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan, GET /r](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-r/llms.txt)
- [x402node: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan, GET /web/read](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-web-read/llms.txt)
- [x402node: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan, GET /reader](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-reader/llms.txt)
- [x402node: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan, GET /reader/clean](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-reader-clean/llms.txt)
- [x402node: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan, GET /web/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/x402node/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-web-extract/llms.txt)

## x402node: news API alternatives

- [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-post-v1-batch/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Clair, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/clair/300-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [NewsData.io, $1,919.99 yearly, Basic (yearly), GET /1/crypto](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsdata-io/1919-99-yearly-basic-yearly-get-1-crypto/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [NewsAPI.ai (Event Registry), $400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsapi-ai-event-registry/400-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 83% 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 2026-11-09.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://api.x402node.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://api.x402node.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://x402node.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing