specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Bing News Search
providerId: bing-news
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
tags:
  - News
  - Search
  - Microsoft
  - Bing
  - Headlines
  - Trending Topics
description: >-
  Machine-readable plans and pricing for the Bing News Search API. The API was part of
  Bing Search Services (retired August 11, 2025). Historical tiers included a free F1
  tier (1,000 transactions/month) and paid S1 tier (~$7 per 1,000 transactions). Values
  below reflect the last published pricing before retirement.
plans:
  - id: bing-news-free
    name: Free (F1)
    type: freemium
    description: >-
      Free entry tier for the Bing News Search API. Provided 1,000 transactions per month
      at no cost. Suitable for evaluation and low-volume prototyping. This tier was
      available via Azure AI Services before the API's retirement on August 11, 2025.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Transactions
        description: Free monthly transaction quota across all News Search endpoints
        name: api_requests
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 1000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains:
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/trendingtopics
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Rate Limit
        description: Queries per second on the free tier
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_second
        limit: 3
        timeFrame: second
        geo: global
        domains:
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/trendingtopics
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: News Search Endpoint
      - name: News Category Endpoint
      - name: Trending Topics Endpoint
      - name: JSON Responses
      - name: Community Support

  - id: bing-news-s1
    name: Standard (S1)
    type: paid
    description: >-
      Paid production tier for the Bing News Search API. Priced at approximately
      $7 per 1,000 transactions with higher rate limits. Supported all three
      News Search endpoints with up to 100 QPS. This tier was available via
      Azure AI Services before the API's retirement on August 11, 2025.
    entries:
      - label: Transactions
        description: Per-1,000-transaction billing unit
        name: api_requests
        type: metered
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains:
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/trendingtopics
        unit: 1000
        price: '7.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Rate Limit
        description: Queries per second on the standard paid tier
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_second
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: second
        geo: global
        domains:
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search
          - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/trendingtopics
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: News Search Endpoint
      - name: News Category Endpoint
      - name: Trending Topics Endpoint
      - name: JSON and JSON-LD Responses
      - name: Image Thumbnails
      - name: Publisher Metadata
      - name: Azure Support
      - name: SLA
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com