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Benzinga API pricing and alternatives

Benzinga sells its news and data APIs through its licensing team. Here is what's public, and the alternatives that list a price.

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Benzinga APIs

Pricing
not published
Free key
"Get your free API key" on benzinga.com/apis
Licensing
licensing@benzinga.com
Via Polygon.io (now Massive)
Benzinga news add-on $99 a month per dataset

What the Benzinga API costs

Benzinga's docs say: "To get started with Benzinga's APIs please email us directly at licensing@benzinga.com". The docs FAQ says Benzinga "often provides a trial or sandbox environment", which "may have reduced data access".

Limits "depend on the specific API and the subscription tier", and some data "may require premium subscriptions or additional fees". One public price exists through a partner: Polygon.io (now Massive) lists Benzinga real-time news and analyst ratings at $99 a month per dataset.

Products: newswire, press releases, analyst ratings, earnings, guidance, M&A, FDA and IPO calendars, and transcripts, delivered by REST, TCP push, WebSocket and webhooks. "Datasets since 2009".

MCP: Benzinga runs a read-only MCP server at mcp.benzinga.com/mcp that "connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor and Claude Code". You sign in with a Benzinga account, and no price is shown (checked 22 Oct 2026). A separate developer-docs MCP at docs.benzinga.com/mcp helps find API endpoints.

When to use Benzinga

Choose it for low-latency market news from a licensed feed. Choose Finks when your agent needs deduplicated news events and filing passages, each with its source.

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    Low-latency push delivery

    Market-moving news by TCP push, WebSocket and webhooks.

  2. 02

    Calendars and transcripts

    Structured calendars and transcripts from one licensor.

  3. 03

    Bought through licensing

    You're fine buying through a licensing team.

Alternatives to the Benzinga API

  • Finks

    Best for: AI agents that search in plain English and need the answer, with its source.

    Finks is a search API built for AI agents. Your agent searches in plain English and gets back the results that answer it, each linked to its source. Today that covers news, SEC filings and earnings call transcripts.

    Filing results can carry the matching passage in the filing's own words, which your agent can quote and cite. The Finks MCP server adds the same search to Claude, Cursor or any MCP-compatible client.

    Benzinga delivers its own newsroom's articles. A Finks brief is built from several outlets and names them, and filings sit in the same search.

    What Finks does not do

    Finks does not return publishers' full article text. If your agent needs the original articles, keep Benzinga or another news API for them.

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    Get set up in minutes. Free tier, no card required. Paid plans start at $29 a month (Starter).

    Request

    POST /v1/search
{
  "query": "How are tariffs affecting semiconductor supply chains?",
  "types": ["brief"],
  "limit": 2
}

    Response

    {
  "type": "brief",
  "title": "Trump Administration Considers Sweeping New Tariffs on Semiconductors and Tech Hardware",
  "published_at": "2026-08-27T12:36:25Z",
  "publishers": ["channelnewsasia.com", "CNBC", "investing.com"],
  "summary": "The Trump administration is evaluating a plan to implement extensive new tariffs on technology hardware…",
  "url": "https://finks.ai/briefs/KOKGVLlPn1V9"
}

    Live response, 26 Oct 2026, test key (fewer fields than a production key)

  • NewsAPI.ai

    Best for: full article text with a long archive.

    NewsAPI.ai, a different company from newsapi.org, returns full article content with history from 2014. It has 2,000 free searches, paid plans from $90 a month and an official MCP server.

  • Finnhub

    Best for: a higher free rate limit for personal projects, with company news included.

    Finnhub's free plan allows 60 API calls a minute for personal use. It includes company news with one year of history and real-time updates. Its All-In-One plan, with global coverage, is $3,500 a month billed annually.

    Finnhub pricing and alternatives

  • Polygon.io (now Massive)

    Best for: ticker news bundled with US market data.

    Massive includes ticker news on every stocks plan, free Basic included. It also sells Benzinga news as an add-on at $99 a month per dataset.

    Polygon.io (now Massive) pricing and alternatives

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Questions about Benzinga API pricing

How much does the Benzinga API cost?

Benzinga doesn't publish API prices. Its docs say to email licensing@benzinga.com to get started.

Is there a free Benzinga API key?

benzinga.com/apis offers "Get your free API key", and the docs say Benzinga often provides a trial or sandbox, which may have reduced data access.

Is Benzinga Pro the same as the Benzinga API?

No. Benzinga Pro is the trading terminal; the APIs are licensed separately.

Can I get Benzinga news through another provider?

Yes. Polygon.io (now Massive) sells Benzinga real-time news and analyst ratings as an add-on at $99 a month per dataset.

Does Benzinga have an MCP server?

Yes. A read-only MCP server at mcp.benzinga.com/mcp; you sign in with a Benzinga account (checked 22 Oct 2026).

Does Finks replace Benzinga?

Not for a licensed news feed. Finks returns the passages that answer a question, each with its source; today that covers news, SEC filings and earnings call transcripts. Use Benzinga for a licensed news feed and Finks for the finance answers behind it.

Finks makes this page. We took every price and limit from each company's own website on 22 Oct 2026 and link to each source. Prices change, so check them before you buy.

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