name: NewsAPI FinOps
description: >
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps Framework cost model for the NewsAPI service at
  newsapi.org. Covers request-based consumption billing, overage pricing,
  and cost optimization guidance for each plan tier.
specificationVersion: "1.0"
url: https://newsapi.org/pricing
provider: NewsAPI
serviceCategory: News Data API
billingModel: subscription-with-overage
currency: USD
costModel:
  - plan: Developer
    monthlyBaseCost: 0.00
    includedRequests: 3000
    includedRequestsPeriod: month
    requestsPerDay: 100
    overagePricePerRequest: null
    notes: >
      No-cost plan; strictly enforced at 100 requests/day with no overage
      option. Suitable for prototyping and local development only.
  - plan: Business
    monthlyBaseCost: 449.00
    includedRequests: 250000
    includedRequestsPeriod: month
    overagePricePerRequest: 0.0018
    breakEvenOverageRequests: 0
    notes: >
      At $449/month, effective cost per included request is $0.001796.
      Overage at $0.0018/request means marginal cost rises slightly above the
      blended average once the quota is exceeded. Budget for overages when
      article-search volumes are unpredictable.
  - plan: Advanced
    monthlyBaseCost: 1749.00
    includedRequests: 2000000
    includedRequestsPeriod: month
    overagePricePerRequest: 0.0009
    breakEvenOverageRequests: 0
    notes: >
      At $1,749/month, effective cost per included request is $0.0008745.
      Overage rate of $0.0009/request is below the Business plan overage,
      rewarding high-volume consumers. Includes a 99.95% uptime SLA, reducing
      hidden costs from downtime incidents.
  - plan: Enterprise
    monthlyBaseCost: null
    includedRequests: unlimited
    overagePricePerRequest: null
    notes: >
      Custom pricing negotiated directly with NewsAPI. Includes dedicated
      support and optional on-premise deployment, enabling cost predictability
      for very large workloads.
costOptimization:
  - recommendation: Cache API responses locally
    description: >
      NewsAPI results for a given query change infrequently within short time
      windows. Caching responses for 5-15 minutes can dramatically reduce
      request counts and keep costs within included quotas.
    applicablePlans:
      - Developer
      - Business
      - Advanced
  - recommendation: Filter by sources and domains rather than broad keyword search
    description: >
      Targeted source and domain filters reduce the result set to only relevant
      articles, lowering the need for subsequent filtering requests and reducing
      total API calls.
    applicablePlans:
      - Business
      - Advanced
      - Enterprise
  - recommendation: Use pageSize=100 to batch results
    description: >
      Requesting the maximum page size of 100 articles per call reduces the
      number of paginated requests needed to retrieve a full result set,
      lowering overall request consumption.
    applicablePlans:
      - Developer
      - Business
      - Advanced
  - recommendation: Monitor daily request counts on Developer plan
    description: >
      The Developer plan enforces a hard daily cap of 100 requests with no
      overage. Implement client-side counters and circuit breakers to avoid
      service disruption during development and testing.
    applicablePlans:
      - Developer
  - recommendation: Upgrade plan before sustained overage
    description: >
      On Business and Advanced plans, overage is billed per request. If monthly
      usage consistently exceeds included quotas by more than 10%, evaluate
      upgrading to the next tier or negotiating an Enterprise contract to reduce
      per-request cost.
    applicablePlans:
      - Business
      - Advanced
focusAlignment:
  chargeCategory: Usage
  chargeType: Usage
  serviceCategory: News Data and Media APIs
  resourceType: API Request
  billingPeriod: Monthly
  pricingUnit: Request
  skus:
    - sku: newsapi-developer
      plan: Developer
      unitPrice: 0.00
      currency: USD
    - sku: newsapi-business-base
      plan: Business
      unitPrice: 449.00
      currency: USD
      billingPeriod: monthly
    - sku: newsapi-business-overage
      plan: Business
      unitPrice: 0.0018
      currency: USD
      pricingUnit: Request
    - sku: newsapi-advanced-base
      plan: Advanced
      unitPrice: 1749.00
      currency: USD
      billingPeriod: monthly
    - sku: newsapi-advanced-overage
      plan: Advanced
      unitPrice: 0.0009
      currency: USD
      pricingUnit: Request