Table 1.

Comparison of News APIs.

Service Name	Free requests	Paid tier pricing	Additional Info
NewsAPI.org [71]	500/day	$449 for 250,000, then $44.90 per 25,000 calls	Cannot make requests from browser in free tier
Bing News Search [72]	1000/month	$4 per 1000 transactions	Ability to set budgets. If 1000/month is exceeded, no charge is incurred.
Currents API [73]	600/day	$150 for 300,000 requests, then $25 per 25,000 requests	Free tier says “No Access to Articles”, while paid tier says “Access to Articles”
ContextualWeb News API [74]	10,000/month	$0.5 for 1000 requests after 10,000 exceeded	Not very well known. Potential for overage charges: “Depending on your plan's specification, you will either incur overage charges or be suspended.”