specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: Aligned News
providerId: aligned-news
created: '2026-05-06'
modified: '2026-05-06'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - AI
  - News
description: >-
  Aligned News does not publish per-key rate limits on its developer page
  (https://alignednews.com/developers). API responses include CORS preflight
  headers but no public RateLimit-* response headers were observed. The
  documented gating is entirely subscription-tier based: Free has no API
  access, Pro and Enterprise tiers issue Bearer alnw_ API keys with usage
  governed by tier rather than published per-minute counters. Confirm any
  per-tier limits with Aligned News directly.
sources:
  - https://alignednews.com/developers
  - https://alignednews.com/pricing
  - https://alignednews.com/account
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  unauthorized: 401
  throttled: 429
  notFound: 404
notes:
  - No RateLimit-Limit or RateLimit-Remaining response headers were observed
    on /v1/* endpoints during research probes.
  - API access is gated by subscription tier; Free tier returns 401 with
    "Invalid or missing API key" for all /v1/* paths.
  - Quota is not publicly disclosed - reconciled is false.
limits:
  - name: Pro tier API access
    scope: key
    metric: api_access
    limit: contact-provider
    timeFrame: subscription
  - name: Enterprise tier API access
    scope: account
    metric: api_access
    limit: contact-provider
    timeFrame: subscription
  - name: Maximum stories per request
    scope: request
    metric: items
    limit: 100
    timeFrame: request
  - name: Maximum signals per request
    scope: request
    metric: items
    limit: 200
    timeFrame: request
  - name: Search query minimum length
    scope: request
    metric: query_length
    limit: 2
    timeFrame: request