NewsAPI alternatives compared
Pricing and limits for the most popular news APIs, side by side, including where DynamiRSS is not the best fit. Figures come from each provider's own pricing page, checked November 3, 2026.
Pricing and limits
| API | Free tier | Free tier limits | Cheapest paid plan | Paid plan limits | Searchable history | Full article text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DynamiRSS | 500 requests / month | Commercial use allowed, up to 20 articles per request, last 30 days | Pro — $29 / month | 10,000 requests / month, up to 100 articles per request | 1 year (Pro), full archive (Business) | No — 400-character excerpts |
| NewsAPI | 100 requests / day | Development only, 24-hour article delay, up to a month old | Business — $449 / month | 250,000 requests / month | 5 years | No |
| GNews | 100 requests / day | Non-commercial, up to 10 articles per request, 12-hour delay | Essential — €49.99 / month | 1,000 requests / day, up to 25 articles per request | Since 2020 | Yes, on paid plans |
| NewsData.io | 200 credits / day | Up to 10 articles per credit, past 48 hours | Basic — $199.99 / month | 20,000 credits / month, up to 50 articles per credit | 6 months (Basic) up to 10 years | Custom enterprise plans only |
| TheNewsAPI | 100 requests / day | 3 articles per request | Basic — $19 / month | 2,500 requests / day, up to 25 articles per request | Included on paid plans | Not stated |
| mediastack | 100 requests / month | Non-commercial | Standard — $24.99 / month | 10,000 requests / month | Included on paid plans | Not stated |
Prices are for monthly billing; most providers discount annual plans. Providers count usage differently — per request, per day, or in credits — so compare the limits, not just the price. Check each provider's pricing page before you decide; plans change.
When DynamiRSS is a good fit
- You want sources that are hand-picked and already tagged into categories, so a category filter returns relevant outlets instead of anything that mentions a keyword.
- You need non-English news — DynamiRSS covers seven languages, including Hebrew and Arabic, and flags right-to-left articles for you.
- You're building on WordPress: the DynamiRSS Blocks plugin displays results without writing any code.
- You want large pages of results on a small budget — up to 100 articles per request on the $29 plan.
- You want a free plan you can ship with — DynamiRSS's free plan allows commercial use and has no delay on new articles, unlike the free tiers of NewsAPI, GNews and mediastack.
When another API is a better fit
- You need the full text of every article. GNews includes full content on its paid plans. DynamiRSS returns a summary and a 400-character excerpt with a link to the original.
- You need the most requests for the least money. TheNewsAPI's $19 plan allows 2,500 requests a day.
- You need years of history. NewsAPI's paid plans search five years back, GNews goes back to 2020, and NewsData.io offers up to ten years.
- You need the widest possible coverage. Services that index tens of thousands of sources will find more niche stories than a curated list.
See what DynamiRSS returns before you sign up — the live demo needs no API key.