Why Choose GNews API over News API or NewsAPI.ai?
GNews API, News API, NewsAPI.ai, and The News API side by side: price, requests per month, sources, historical data, and full article content. NewsData.io is covered in the cards below the table.
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| Service name | GNews API | News API | NewsAPI.ai | The News API |
| Number of sources | 80,000+ | 150,000+ (claimed) | 150,000+ (claimed) | 40,000+ |
| Response time | 100–300 ms | 150–450 ms | - | 2,000–3,000 ms |
| Full article content | Yes (paid plans) | No (truncated to 200 characters) | Yes | No (60-character snippet) |
| Historical data on the entry-level plan | Since 2020 | Up to 5 years |
Since 2014 (5 tokens per searched year) |
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| Top headlines ranking | Google News rankings | By publication date | - | - |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes (restricted use) | Yes | Yes |
| CORS enabled for all origins (Free plan) | No | No | Yes | - |
| Entry-level plan |
Essential €49.99/month |
Business $449/month |
5K PLAN $90/month |
BASIC $19/month |
| Cost per request | ~€0.00167 | ~$0.00179 | ~$0.018 | - |
| Total requests per month (entry-level plan) | 30,000/month | 250,000/month | 5,000/month | - |
| Support | Email (reply within one business day) or chat | Chat & email (premium only) | Basic email support | |
| Users | 150,000+ developers worldwide, used in 50+ countries | - | - | - |
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Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, LangChain
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Node.js, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, C#
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1. GNews API
GNews API is a real-time news API with 80,000+ sources in 41 languages. Paid plans start at €49.99/month for 1,000 requests per day (about 30,000 a month), with full article content and historical data since 2020.
Ideal for:
Applications that need fast, reliable news data at a predictable cost, from a first prototype to production volumes.
Key features
2. News API
One of the longest-established news APIs, with thorough documentation. Its free plan is restricted, and paid plans start at $449/month for 250,000 requests a month.
Ideal for:
Large organizations that want an established provider and can budget $449/month or more, for example in financial services or business intelligence.
Key features
3. NewsAPI.ai
It claims 150,000+ sources. Its entry-level plan includes 5,000 requests a month for $90, so it suits specialized use cases more than high-frequency applications.
Ideal for:
Research projects and specialized applications that need as many sources as possible, such as academic studies and market research where breadth matters more than request volume.
Key features
4. The News API
Plans start at $19/month, which suits small budgets. Its documentation is shorter, and it has fewer advanced features than the other APIs on this page.
Ideal for:
Small projects and startups that need basic news data and put cost before advanced features.
Key features
5. NewsData.io
NewsData.io is easy to integrate and well documented. Its entry-level plan costs $199.99/month for 20,000 requests a month, about $0.0099 per request, against ~€0.00167 for GNews API.
Ideal for:
Teams that put ease of integration and documentation before price.
Key features
FAQ
totalArticles and an articles array where each article holds its text (title, description, content), its URL and image, its publication date and language, and its source. Most migrations swap the base URL, rename a few query parameters, and remap those fields. The documentation and the official SDKs cover the rest. from and to parameters. On the Free plan, you get the last 30 days: older articles are left out, and the response says how many. See Article Availability in the documentation. Looking for something else? See all frequently asked questions.
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