Newsdata.io

Newsdata.io is a cloud-based news aggregation API that indexes articles from 85,000+ global news sources across 206 countries in 89 languages.

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Newsdata.io is a cloud-based news aggregation API that indexes articles from 85,000+ global news sources across 206 countries in 89 languages. Launched in 2020 by Algodom Media LLP (Noida, India), it serves developers, researchers, and data teams who need structured access to real-time and historical news. The API returns articles in JSON with rich metadata—source, publication date, category, author—and can be filtered by country, language, category, and keyword.

Paid tiers add historical depth (6 months to 8 years depending on plan) and AI-powered enrichment: sentiment scores, AI-extracted tags, detected regions and organizations. The platform is built for scale; each request fetches 10 articles on the free plan, 50 on paid plans. Monthly pricing runs from free (with a 12-hour delay) to $199.99–$1,299.99, plus custom enterprise tiers.

Real customers praise its data accuracy, broad source coverage, and responsive support (responses within hours), but cite steep pricing for small businesses and occasional content gaps in non-English regions. The developer experience is solid: well-documented API, official Python and PHP SDKs, REST endpoint playgrounds, and integrations with Airbyte for data pipelines. Best suited for fintech platforms monitoring market intelligence, crypto news trackers, and research organizations needing reliable global news feeds.

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How it works

  1. Real-time news aggregation

    Indexes breaking news from 85,000+ sources and delivers articles in JSON within minutes of publication, with 12-hour delay only on free tier.

  2. AI sentiment analysis

    Automatically scores article sentiment (positive, negative, neutral) and extracts AI-generated tags, organizations, and geographic regions detected in each article.

  3. Historical archive search

    Paid plans unlock searchable archives ranging from 6 months (Basic) to 8 years (Custom), enabling retroactive trend analysis and research.

  4. Multi-dimensional filtering

    Query by country, language (89 supported), category, source, and keywords with character limits scaling from 100 to 512 characters by tier.

  5. Specialized news streams

    Separate API endpoints for crypto news, market news, and general news, allowing different consumers to query their specific verticals.

  6. Official SDK support

    Python and PHP client libraries ship with the API, lowering integration friction for common languages; REST endpoints also support direct HTTP.

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

  • Broad global coverage: 85,000+ sources across 206 countries in 89 languages, outpacing many regional competitors on sheer source count.
  • Strong customer support: 24/7 live chat and email with responses within hours, consistently praised in reviews despite occasional offline incidents.
  • High data accuracy: Customers and reviews emphasize reliability and low noise; sentiment and metadata extraction validated by real-world users.

Trade-offs

  • Premium pricing: $199.99–$1,299.99 monthly plans are on the higher end; free tier's 12-hour delay and 200 credits/day limit it to light evaluation.
  • Regional content bias: Better coverage of English-language and US news relative to non-English sources; some Asian and African news underrepresented.
  • Limited customization: API offers standard filtering but lacks granular control for advanced use cases; support inconsistency reported by some users.

Pricing context

Newsdata.io uses a tiered credit model. Free plan: $0/month, 200 credits/day (6,000/month), 12-hour article delay, no historical data. Basic: $199.99/month or $1,919.99/year, 20,000 monthly credits, 6-month archive, AI sentiment + tags.

Professional: $349.99/month or $3,359.99/year, 50,000 credits, 2-year archive, plus AI tagging. Corporate: $1,299.99/month or $9,989.99/year, 1M credits, 5-year archive, custom AI fields. Unlimited custom plans available.

On free/paid plans, each credit retrieves 10 articles (free) or 50 (paid). Add-on credits cost $0.006 each. No free trial; trial access available on request via sales.

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Sources

Reporting on this tool draws on these publicly available sources.

  1. newsdata.io — Pricing tiers, monthly/annual costs, credit allocation, plan features and historical data limits
  2. www.capterra.com — Customer ratings (4.7/5), review count (136), primary user roles, business size distribution, strengths and weaknesses from real customers
  3. newsdata.io — API endpoints, features, SDKs, filtering options, AI enrichment capabilities, integration guides, documentation
  4. www.crunchbase.com — Parent company (Algodom Media LLP), founding year (2019), headquarters location (India), newsdata.io launch year (2020)