# 9 The Guardian alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 11, 2026.

The best alternatives to The Guardian for news APIs: Scrappa, Hydrafetch and SerpScraper.dev, by our benchmark. The Guardian's website is open-platform.theguardian.com.

## News API alternatives

[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/free#25-pack), [Hydrafetch](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/free#99-monthly) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/free#39-monthly) are the best [news API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our [The Guardian plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/the-guardian/free), we compare each The Guardian plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

- [Hydrafetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/free): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [ReefAPI, free, POST /news-intel/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/free-post-news-intel-v1-search): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Scrapewise, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapewise/free): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Scrappa, free, GET /api/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/free): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [SerpScraper.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/free): $0.00 per 1,000 searches
- [AllNewsAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/allnewsapi/free#contact-us): no price per 1,000 searches
- [Exa, contact us, Enterprise, POST /search, Search, deep-lite, news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/exa/free-world-agentkit-free-trial-post-search-search-deep-lite-news#contact-us-enterprise-post-search-search-deep-lite-news): no price per 1,000 searches
- [NewsData.io, contact us, Custom, GET /1/crypto](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/newsdata-io/free-get-1-crypto#contact-us-custom-get-1-crypto): no price per 1,000 searches
- [Octen, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/octen/free#contact-us): no price per 1,000 searches

Compare every news API plan: [News API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/news-api-pricing)

## See also

- [Hydrafetch alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/hydrafetch-alternatives)
- [ReefAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/reefapi-alternatives)
- [Scrapewise alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrapewise-alternatives)
- [Scrappa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrappa-alternatives)
- [SerpScraper.dev alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/serpscraper-dev-alternatives)
- [AllNewsAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/allnewsapi-alternatives)
- [Exa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/exa-alternatives)
- [NewsData.io alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/newsdata-io-alternatives)