specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: World News API
providerId: worldnewsapi
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- News
- News Search
- Local News
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of World News API spend. Cost is driven by point (credit)
  consumption metered per API call against a daily allowance, plus a fixed
  monthly subscription per plan tier. Above the included daily allowance, paid
  plans bill per additional point at a declining per-point rate as the tier
  rises (Reporter $0.003, Journalist $0.0025, Editor $0.002). Because different
  endpoints and parameter combinations consume different point amounts, cost is
  best controlled by minimizing wasted calls - caching geo-coordinate lookups,
  requesting only the fields and result counts needed, and constraining
  location, date, and language filters.
notes: >-
  Per-endpoint point costs are not fully published and rates were captured from
  the pricing page on 2026-07-11; verify at https://worldnewsapi.com/pricing/.
sources:
- https://worldnewsapi.com/pricing/
- https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: World News API
serviceCategory: News and Media Data
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription plus Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: World News API
  ServiceCategory: News and Media Data
  ProviderName: World News API
  PublisherName: World News API
  InvoiceIssuerName: World News API
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: points
  description: Points (credits) consumed per API call; the primary usage meter, varying by endpoint and parameters.
  unit: points
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - endpoint
- name: subscription
  description: Fixed monthly plan fee per tier (Reporter, Journalist, Editor).
  unit: months
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: overage_points
  description: Points consumed beyond the included daily allowance, billed per point on paid plans.
  unit: points
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track daily point consumption via the X-API-Quota-* response headers and attribute points to endpoints and workloads.
- name: Allocation
  description: Use separate API keys or accounts per team/workload so point usage maps to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Cache /geo-coordinates results, request only needed fields and result counts, tighten location/date/language filters, and avoid re-extracting the same URLs to reduce point spend.
- name: Accountability
  description: Set the plan tier to the daily point allowance the workload actually needs and review overage against per-point rates monthly.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com