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XCrawl alternatives

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The best XCrawl alternatives for news APIs: The New York Times, Scrappa and SerpScraper.dev, by our benchmark of November 5, 2026.

News API alternatives

XCrawl is #28 of the 62 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: News API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 searches
1The New York Times, free89.290$0.00
2Scrappa, $25 pack, Basic82.599$0.291
3SerpScraper.dev, $39 monthly76.669$0.13
4ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly75.098$0.50
5ScrapeUnblocker, €299 monthly72.699$0.765
6PerceptLayer, $399 pack72.098$0.798
7SerpKite, $300 pack69.783$0.60
8Marketaux, $49 monthly68.894$0.163
9Litescrape, top-up from $1068.394$0.15
10PrismCrawl, $10 pack, Lite68.099$0.27
11StockData, $49 monthly68.096$0.163
12SerpBase, $3 monthly67.499$0.30
13AnswerLine, top-up from $1, Starter67.095$0.20
14treg, top-up from $1067.099$0.484
15AnyCrawler, $200 monthly66.7100$1.333
16TheNewsAPI, $49 monthly, Standard, monthly65.892$0.163
17DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go63.799$0.60
18SERPHouse, $29.99 monthly, Basic63.699$0.75
19FlashData, top-up from $10, Pay as you go63.099$1.00
20Ujeebu, $299 monthly62.397$0.498
21Serply, $375 pack62.199$0.75
22Serper, $375 pack61.999$0.75
23Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic61.094$0.76
24GNews, €249.99 monthly, Enterprise60.977$0.375
25GDELT, free60.841$0.00
26Octen, top-up from $560.699$3.00
27GloryCloud, $300 monthly58.999$1.00
29API League, $199 monthly58.470$1.061
30API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request58.299$8.00
31Currents API, $150 monthly, Professional, monthly58.279$0.50
32Exa, top-up from $5, Developer (pay as you go)57.594$4.00
33NewsAPI.org, $449 monthly, Business57.398$1.796
34Scavio, $30 monthly57.399$4.286
35World News API, $39 monthly57.295$2.60
36Pullbay, $9 monthly, Hobby56.897$5.00
37Finlight, $99 monthly56.674$1.98
38XMLStock, top-up56.370$0.298
39Clair, $30 monthly55.5100$10.00
40NewsData.io, $349.99 monthly, Professional55.297$7.00
41AllNewsAPI, $9 monthly54.466$0.06
42Autom, $375 pack54.278$0.75
43Pushbuild, top-up53.898
44NewsAPI.ai (Event Registry), $400 monthly52.998$8.00
45ValueSERP, $240 monthly52.883$1.20
46Webz.io, top-up, Scale52.677$5.00
47Syften, $119.95 monthly52.288$11.995
48JustSerpAPI, $5 monthly51.594
49SearchCans, $99 pack51.567$0.75
50lobstr.io, $20 monthly50.892$200.00
51Scale SERP, $199 monthly50.283$3.98
52DataBlue, $59 monthly50.069$1.639
53Nimble, pay as you go48.994$3.00
54NewsMesh, $199 monthly48.768$0.796
55SerpWow, $499 monthly, BigData46.781$9.98
56ScraperAPI, $299 monthly, Business45.366$2.492
57Novada, $20 monthly, $2044.453$1.20
58Zenserp, $499.99 monthly42.050$1.00
59Perigon, $25 monthly, Individual41.580$25.00
60NewsCatcher, top-up, Individual36.163
61AskNews, top-up, Pay as you go29.727$25.00
62mediastack, $249.99 monthly26.126$1.00

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