--- title: "Cheapest News Index API, Independently Benchmarked, 2026 | Openbenchmarks" description: "Cheapest News Index API: Seltz news leads 4 news index APIs at $5.00 per 1,000 queries on 300 company-news questions, independently benchmarked in 2026." url: https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news/cheapest-news-index-api --- [](https://openbenchmarks.com/) [Detailed benchmark →](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news) [benchmarks](https://openbenchmarks.com/) / [company news](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news) / cheapest news index api independently benchmarked · 300 questions · updated Oct 21, 2026 # Cheapest News Index API, 2026 Cheapest News Index API: Seltz news leads 4 news index APIs at $5.00 per 1,000 queries on 300 company-news questions, independently benchmarked in 2026. **What this page compares.** This page ranks measured results from company-news factual lookup (news indexes). **How to read the result.** The ranking uses measured cost at recorded list prices. The score stays beside it. \[01\] measured ranking ## Company-news factual lookup, news indexes, ranked by cost per 1,000 queries Every row ran the same 300 questions. Provider names link to the official docs for the configuration measured. | Rank | Provider | Accuracy | Answer recall @5 | Median search time | $ / 1k queries | $ / 1k correct | Result tokens | Accuracy / 1k tokens | List price | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Seltz news](https://docs.seltz.ai/) scope=news | **58.3%** | 60.0% | 386 ms | $5.00 | $8.57 | 2,919 | 20.0 | [$5.00 / 1k queries](https://seltz.ai/pricing) | | 2 | [Autobound news events](https://autobound-api.readme.io/docs/news-event) domain · signal\_types=news · signal\_subtypes · limit=10 | **30.0%** | 25.0% | 160 ms | $36.23 | $120.76 | 879 | 34.1 | [$9.50 / 1k credits](https://www.autobound.ai/pricing) | | 3 | [Datahyena company events](https://datahyena.com/docs/) domain · include=funding\|acquisitions|exec\_moves | **5.3%** | 6.7% | 245 ms | $38.17 | $716.07 | 22 | 238 | [$50.00 / 1k credits](https://datahyena.com/pricing/) | | 4 | [PredictLeads news\_events](https://docs.predictleads.com/) LLM category pick · categories\[\] · limit=10 | **20.7%** | 20.0% | 376 ms | $40.00 | $193.52 | 484 | 42.7 | [$40.00 / 1k queries](https://predictleads.com/pricing) | \[02\] how it was measured ## How the ranking was measured * Every API received the same natural-language question about a recent company event, one search per question, up to 10 results. * Each answer is a single verifiable value pinned to an official wire or newsroom URL, fixed before any vendor ran. * Accuracy is whether the returned results let the same answering model extract the correct value. * Latency is the search request time. Cost is the recorded list price for the calls made, per 1,000 queries and per 1,000 correct answers. * The runner and published data are open in [openbenchmarks-labs/company-news ↗](https://github.com/openbenchmarks-labs/company-news) and [openbenchmarks/OB-News-Websearch ↗](https://huggingface.co/datasets/openbenchmarks/OB-News-Websearch). The full methodology is on the [Company News Search Benchmark →](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-news#methodology) \[03\] faq ## Questions answered by this comparison ### Which provider leads cheapest News Index API? Seltz news leads this table at $5.00 per 1,000 queries, on 300 company-news questions. ### How was this measured? Every API received the same natural-language question about a recent company event, one search per question, up to 10 results. Each answer is a single verifiable value pinned to an official wire or newsroom URL, fixed before any vendor ran. Accuracy is whether the returned results let the same answering model extract the correct value. Latency is the search request time. Cost is the recorded list price for the calls made, per 1,000 queries and per 1,000 correct answers. ### How should speed and cost be read beside the score? Seltz news recorded 386 ms median search time and $5.00 per 1,000 queries. The most accurate configuration is rarely the fastest or the cheapest, so each is reported in its own column. ### Do vendors pay to be ranked? No. Inclusion and rank do not depend on vendor payments. Every API used the same questions, answering model and scoring. ### What does this page not test? 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