NewsCatcher is a recall-first news search API covering more than 140,000 sources across every industry, priced by credits. Scoopkit is a flat-fee API scoped only to AI industry news, returning typed, deduplicated events instead of a raw article search result.
Both sets of numbers below were checked directly against each vendor's pricing page on 2026-08-28.
Facts
| NewsCatcher | Scoopkit | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Pay-as-you-go, 2-week search depth | 100 req/day, recurring |
| Cheapest paid plan | $50/mo, 6,000 credits | $49/mo, 10,000 req/day |
| Pricing model | Credits, 10 per record returned | Flat daily request limit |
| Returns | Raw articles with NLP tags | Deduplicated, typed events |
| Coverage | All industries, 140k+ sources | AI industry only |
| History | Full archive on Enterprise | 12 months on Pro |
Credits vs. a flat limit
NewsCatcher charges 10 credits per article record returned, on top of the monthly plan price. A search that returns 100 articles costs 1,000 credits, out of the 6,000 included in the $50 Starter plan. Heavier usage means tracking credit consumption per query, not just a request count.
Scoopkit's $49/mo Pro plan is a flat 10,000 requests a day, with no separate cost per event returned. The trade-off runs the other way too: NewsCatcher's source count and search depth are much larger, because it covers every industry, not just one.
Structured tags vs. a fixed taxonomy
NewsCatcher enriches articles with NLP-derived tags and entity extraction across a broad, general vocabulary. Scoopkit classifies every event into one of 10 fixed categories and 57 subcategories built specifically around AI industry news, covered in Scoopkit's event taxonomy. A fixed, narrow taxonomy is easier to query consistently; a broad NLP tag set covers more ground outside AI news.
Choose one of these if
- NewsCatcher, if you need deep historical search and NLP-tagged coverage across a large general news catalog, and can manage credit-based pricing.
- Scoopkit, if AI industry news is what you're actually after, and you'd rather query a fixed taxonomy of deduplicated events at a flat daily rate. Get a free key.
FAQ
Does NewsCatcher deduplicate articles about the same story?
Not directly. It returns matching articles as separate records; NLP tags help with filtering, not merging.
How far back can each API search for free?
NewsCatcher's free individual plan covers 2 weeks. Scoopkit's free tier keeps a 45-day rolling archive.
Which is cheaper at similar usage?
It depends on volume per query. NewsCatcher charges per record returned on top of the plan price; Scoopkit's $49/mo plan has no separate per-event charge up to 10,000 requests a day.