specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Aligned News
providerId: aligned-news
created: '2026-05-06'
modified: '2026-05-06'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - AI
  - News
  - Intelligence
  - Subscription
description: >-
  Aligned News is a subscription-based AI news platform with three published
  tiers: Free, Pro, and Enterprise. The pricing surface is rendered via Clerk
  Billing on https://alignednews.com/pricing and the price points are not
  embedded in the public site bundle. Numeric prices below are intentionally
  null pending direct confirmation from alignednews.com/pricing while signed
  in. API access is gated behind the Pro tier; the Free tier explicitly does
  not include API keys.
sources:
  - https://alignednews.com/pricing
  - https://alignednews.com/developers
  - https://alignednews.com/getting-started
notes:
  - Reconciled is false because Aligned News renders prices client-side from
    Clerk Billing; the public HTML/JS bundle does not embed monthly or annual
    price values.
  - Free tier is explicitly limited to "breaking news stories, headlines,
    signal badges, and report summaries" with no API access (verbatim from
    site copy).
  - Pro tier copy on the developers page reads "Upgrade to Pro for API access"
    and "API keys are available to Pro subscribers".
  - Enterprise tier copy reads "Enterprise includes team access, priority
    support, and custom analysis."
plans:
  - id: aligned-news-free
    name: Free
    type: free
    description: Free tier exposing breaking news headlines, signal badges, and report
      summaries. No API access.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: subscription
        type: recurring
        metric: subscription
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Breaking news stories
      - name: Story headlines + summaries
      - name: Signal badges + text
      - name: Report titles + summaries
      - name: Bundle details with stories
      - name: No API access
  - id: aligned-news-pro
    name: Pro
    type: recurring
    description: Pro tier unlocking full content across stories, signals, reports,
      bundles, plus REST API access via personal Bearer alnw_ keys. Pricing
      surface rendered via Clerk Billing - confirm current rate at
      https://alignednews.com/pricing.
    entries:
      - label: Pro subscription (monthly)
        name: subscription_monthly
        type: recurring
        metric: subscription
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: null
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Pro subscription (annual)
        name: subscription_annual
        type: recurring
        metric: subscription
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: null
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Full access to everything on Aligned News
      - name: Full news feed across all sections
      - name: All story sections + full articles
      - name: Full signal analysis
      - name: Complete report content
      - name: API access for your agents
      - name: MCP server access
  - id: aligned-news-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: contact-sales
    description: Enterprise tier with team access, priority support, and custom
      analysis. Contact Aligned News for pricing.
    entries:
      - label: Enterprise subscription
        name: subscription
        type: contact-sales
        metric: subscription
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: contract
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: null
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Everything in Pro
      - name: Team access
      - name: Priority support
      - name: Custom analysis