# 9 WickedAPI alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 10, 2026.

The best alternatives to WickedAPI for news APIs: Scrappa, Hydrafetch and SerpScraper.dev, by our benchmark. WickedAPI's website is wickedapi.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 [WickedAPI plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/wickedapi/free), we compare each WickedAPI plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

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

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

## Web search API alternatives

[ScrapeNest](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapenest/free-post-v1-search-web-search#99-monthly-growth-post-v1-search-web-search), [Clawifi](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/clawifi/free#299-monthly) and [Desearch](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/free#top-up) are the best [web search API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-search-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our [WickedAPI plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/wickedapi/free), we compare each WickedAPI plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

- [DataGait, top-up from $1, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search, balanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datagait/free-post-search-search-balanced#top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-balanced): $10.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Hobby, POST /v2/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/firecrawl/free#top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-hobby): $10.00 per 1,000 searches
- [Spidra, $5 pack, 500 credit top-up, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spidra/free-post-search-search#5-pack-500-credit-top-up-post-search-search): $10.00 per 1,000 searches
- [browserfoundry by keirolabs, $10 pack, Starter Pack, POST /api/v2/search/content](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserfoundry-by-keirolabs/free-post-api-v2-search-content#10-pack-starter-pack-post-api-v2-search-content): $10.00 per 1,000 searches

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

## See also

- [CrustAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/crustapi-alternatives)
- [ReefAPI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/reefapi-alternatives)
- [Scrappa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrappa-alternatives)
- [ScriptMasterLabs alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scriptmasterlabs-alternatives)
- [SerpKite alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/serpkite-alternatives)
- [DataGait alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/datagait-alternatives)
- [Firecrawl alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/firecrawl-alternatives)
- [Spidra alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/spidra-alternatives)