name: CryptoNews API FinOps
description: Financial operations guidance for managing CryptoNews API costs and usage.
url: https://cryptonews-api.com/pricing
recommendations:
  - category: Cost Optimization
    items:
      - Use the 5-day free trial (100 calls) to validate integration before committing to a paid plan.
      - Start with the Basic plan ($19.99/month) for non-commercial or exploratory projects.
      - Cache responses locally for up to 1 hour to minimize repeated API calls, respecting the default cache TTL.
      - Use the nocache parameter sparingly as it increases call volume.
      - Batch requests using the items parameter (up to 100 results per call) to maximize data per API call.
      - Filter results server-side using source, sentiment, and topic parameters to reduce unnecessary calls.
  - category: Plan Selection
    items:
      - Basic ($19.99/month, 20,000 calls): Suitable for personal projects, research, or non-commercial dashboards.
      - Premium ($29.99/month, 30,000 calls): Required for commercial apps needing price data, whale tracking, or sentiment analytics.
      - Business (custom): For high-volume production systems needing SLAs and dedicated support.
  - category: Usage Monitoring
    items:
      - Track monthly API call consumption against your plan's limit to avoid overages.
      - Monitor the metadata parameter in responses for usage statistics when available.
      - Implement client-side rate limiting to distribute calls evenly across the month.
      - Contact support proactively if usage approaches plan limits to negotiate Business plan terms.
  - category: Cost Estimation
    items:
      - Basic plan effective cost per call: ~$0.001 (at 20,000 calls/month)
      - Premium plan effective cost per call: ~$0.001 (at 30,000 calls/month)
      - Historical data access (from December 2020) is included at no extra cost on Premium.
      - Whale and price data endpoints count toward monthly call totals; budget accordingly.
cost_summary:
  - plan: Basic
    monthly_cost_usd: 19.99
    included_calls: 20000
    cost_per_call_usd: 0.001
  - plan: Premium
    monthly_cost_usd: 29.99
    included_calls: 30000
    cost_per_call_usd: 0.001
  - plan: Business
    monthly_cost_usd: custom
    included_calls: custom
    cost_per_call_usd: negotiated