# Search the news for a topic: provider benchmark

4 providers ranked for news.search on 3,030 real looot calls in the last 30 days. Brave Search has the highest success rate, 100%. AnyAPI costs least per success, $0.001.

## Summary

- Providers in the catalog for this job: 7
- Ranked providers (20 or more calls): 4
- Calls in the last 30 days: 3,030
- Read on 2026-11-10.

## Search the news for a topic: provider leaderboard

Ranked by success rate, then cost per success, then speed. A provider needs 20 calls in the last 30 days to be ranked.

| Rank | Provider | Success rate | Median time | Price | Cost per success | Calls (30 days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Brave Search](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/providers/brave-search) | 100% | 662 ms | $0.005 per call | $0.005 | 86 |
| 2 | [Serper](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/providers/serper) | 99.8% | 1.2 s | $0.001 per call | $0.001 | 1,633 |
| 3 | [AnyAPI](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/providers/anyapi) | 99.3% | 1.4 s | $0.00099 per call | $0.001 | 1,148 |
| 4 | [DataForSEO](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/providers/dataforseo) | 1.2% | 110 ms | $0.002 per call | $0.163 | 163 |
| Not enough calls to rank | [Cloro](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/providers/cloro) | Not published | Not published | $0.004 per call | Not ranked | Under 10 |
| Not enough calls to rank | [NewsData.io API](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/providers/newsdata-io) | Not published | Not published | $0.01 per call | Not ranked | Under 10 |
| Not enough calls to rank | [SerpApi](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/providers/serpapi) | Not published | Not published | $0.025 per call | Not ranked | Under 10 |

## Every endpoint for news.search

Each endpoint in the public catalog that does this job, with its own numbers. Numbers appear from 10 calls in the last 30 days.

| Endpoint | Provider | Success rate | Median time | Price | Calls (30 days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Serper / Google News](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/serper-news) | Serper | 99.8% | 1.2 s | $0.001 per call | 1,633 |
| [AnyAPI / Google News](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/anyapi-run-google-news) | AnyAPI | 99.3% | 1.4 s | $0.00099 per call | 1,148 |
| [DataForSEO / Google News results (advanced)](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/dataforseo-google-news-advanced) | DataForSEO | 1.2% | 110 ms | $0.002 per call | 163 |
| [Brave / Search news articles](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/brave-search-res-news-search) | Brave Search | 100% | 662 ms | $0.005 per call | 86 |
| [Cloro / Google News results with publisher and date](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/cloro-monitor-google-news) | Cloro | Not published | Not published | $0.004 per call | Under 10 |
| [DataForSEO / Google News results (raw HTML)](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/dataforseo-google-news-html) | DataForSEO | Not published | Not published | $0.002 per call | Under 10 |
| [NewsData.io API / Latest news articles](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/newsdata-io-1-latest) | NewsData.io API | Not published | Not published | $0.01 per call | Under 10 |
| [SerpApi / Google News](https://looot.ai/public-catalog/serpapi-google-news) | SerpApi | Not published | Not published | $0.025 per call | Under 10 |

## How we measure

- Window: every call made through looot in the last 30 days, read 2026-11-10 23:17 UTC.
- Success rate: the share of calls the provider answered without an error. An empty answer (for example no email found) counts as an answer. It does not check that the data is right. Calls that failed on looot's side are left out.
- Median time: half of the calls answered faster than this, as looot measured them. A 95th percentile is not published yet.
- Minimum calls: an endpoint shows numbers from 10 calls, and a provider is ranked from 20 calls. Rows below that say "Not enough calls to rank".
- One row per provider: the provider's endpoint with the most calls for the job. Every endpoint is listed in the endpoints table.
- Price: what looot charges per call or per result, in US dollars, from a prepaid balance. No subscription and no credits.
- Cost per success: the price per call divided by the success rate. A per-result price depends on how many results a call returns, so it has no cost per success.
- Source: GET https://api.looot.ai/v1/public-catalog/<endpoint>?stats=1 for each endpoint, and the public catalog for prices and jobs.

## Run news.search from your agent

Connect the looot MCP server (https://api.looot.ai/mcp), then paste this prompt:

Use looot to run endpointId "job:news.search" with fallback on for my input. Show me the price before the call, then the result.

## Related benchmarks

- [Search the web and get ranked results](https://looot.ai/benchmarks/web-search)
- [Answer web](https://looot.ai/benchmarks/web-answer)
- [Find a work email from a name and domain](https://looot.ai/benchmarks/people-email-find)
- [Get Google search results for a query or keyword](https://looot.ai/benchmarks/google-serp-organic)
- [Verify an email address is deliverable](https://looot.ai/benchmarks/people-email-verify)
- [Get a LinkedIn person profile](https://looot.ai/benchmarks/linkedin-person-profile)

## Questions

### Which news.search provider has the highest success rate?

Brave Search: 100% of 86 calls answered without an error in the last 30 days, measured on looot.

### Which news.search provider is fastest?

DataForSEO, with a median response time of 110 ms over 163 calls in the last 30 days.

### Which news.search provider is cheapest per success?

AnyAPI: $0.00099 per call at a 99.3% success rate is $0.001 per successful call.

### How do I run news.search from my agent?

Connect the looot MCP server and run endpointId "job:news.search" with fallback on. looot picks a provider that can answer now and tries the next one on a miss. You pay per call from a prepaid balance.