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XCrawl pricing: news API, POST /v1/serp, Google News Search

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67% complete: 4 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesWe rank 584 plans by price. Serpent API's top-up from $500 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.01.Scrappa, ReefAPI and ScrapeUnblocker are the best news API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free Plan one of XCrawl's 6 plans
Call: POST /v1/serp, Google News Search one of XCrawl's 7 calls for this API
API: News API one of XCrawl's 8 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 4 of the 6 key fields we check. Source, Date, Author, Image.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits, enough for 1,000 calls. Unused credits expire at the end of the 30-day trial.
  • One call. You send q to POST /v1/serp. You set engine to "google_news" and the Content-Type header to "application/json". You can also send gl and hl. The call returns the news articles that match.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

XCrawl: news API alternatives

XCrawl alternatives: every news API provider ranked

The table starts with XCrawl's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to XCrawl's.

XCrawl, $999 monthly, Enterprise, POST /v1/serp, Google News SearchUjeebu, $999 monthlyScrapeBadger, $14,990 yearly, Volume, GET /v1/naver/newsReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /news-intel/v1/searchSerpBase, $500 pack
$ per 1,000 searches$0.333$0.333$0.333$0.333$0.333
Completeness67%67%67%67%67%
Billingmonthlymonthlyyearlyyearlypay first
Pay$999$999$14,990$1,200$500
Enough for3,000,000 calls a month3,000,000 calls a month3,750,000 calls a month300,000 calls a month1,500,000 calls
Freshnessunknownliveunknownlivelive
Who can get itindividuals 18 or older and legal entities represented by natural persons, for personal or business useanyone who is 18 or older, or 13 to 17 with a parent's or guardian's permissionanyone 18 or overanyoneanyone

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-03.

  1. docs.xcrawl.com/doc/features/serp/engines/google_news/
  2. docs.xcrawl.com/doc/features/serp/overview/
  3. docs.xcrawl.com/doc/features/serp/supported-engines/
  4. xcrawl.com/buy/
  5. xcrawl.com/terms-of-service

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Source
  • Date
  • Author
  • Snippet, not in the answer
  • Image
  • Full text, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Scrape API · Search API · Map API · Crawl API
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSearch for Google News based on keywords.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use data"Customer shall not use the Services in violation of applicable laws or regulations or any third party rights (including intellectual property rights), or in any manner or for any purpose other than as set out in the intended use case (if applicable) provided to XCrawl", "When using the proxy services, the client shall not use the services to [...] 1.3 Distribute any illegal content or encourage any illegal activity [...] 1.5 Enhance or operate services that compete with the Services, or assist any other party in doing so. 1.6 Access, attack, crawl, or attempt to access any website, application, or system related to financial transactions, banking, securities, cryptocurrency exchanges, etc. 1.7 Access, disseminate, or participate in any content or activities involving pornography, gambling, drugs, violence, or other content that violates public morals, laws, or regulations. 1.8 Conduct any unauthorized scraping, collection, or use of data, especially content involving personal privacy, sensitive data, or protected information. 1.9 Engage in any illegal or criminal activity, such as money laundering, theft of trade secrets, or theft of personal information.", "When using the Data Services, Customer may not distribute, transmit, copy, publish, license, transfer or sell any Data to offer similar or competing products."
Plan
Pay$0
You get1,000 credits
Enough for1,000 calls
Expires30-day trial
Rate limit
Concurrent10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendq, engine "google_news", Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: gl, hl
MethodPOST
Path/v1/serp
About the plan
PlanFree Plan
Who can get itindividuals 18 or older and legal entities represented by natural persons, for personal or business use
The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

search ID, search status, created at, processed at, JSON URL, HTML URL, total time taken, search parameters, credits used, cached, news result position, news result title, news result link, news result date, news result source, news result authors, news result source logo, news result thumbnail, related publications, menu links

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