Comparison

MarketNewsAPI vs Benzinga

Benzinga (benzinga.com/apis): Professional newswire with in-house editorial, delivered via API, TCP and WebSocket. This page compares it with MarketNewsAPI on price, limits, streaming, and the news itself. Figures were checked 2026-10-07.

Is MarketNewsAPI a good alternative to Benzinga?

Choose MarketNewsAPI if you want aggregated market news and wire releases with enrichment, self-serve, at a fraction of the cost. Choose Benzinga if you run a trading desk that needs Benzinga's proprietary editorial content and contract SLAs. Pro is $15 a month, or $162 a year, for real-time REST, WebSocket, and MCP.

How does Benzinga compare on price and delivery?

Benzinga entry price: Not published (sales-quoted). Free tier: Basic tier: headline, teaser and link (via AWS Data Exchange). MarketNewsAPI Pro: $15/mo Pro ($13.50/mo annual). 7-day trial, card required. Free plan: 100 requests/day, 15-min delay, 1 year of history. Their WebSocket: Yes. MarketNewsAPI includes a real-time WebSocket on Pro and on the 7-day trial.

Read both pricing pages before you switch. Plans change, and some products on this site also sell prices or fundamentals. MarketNewsAPI is the news: headlines, press releases, and legal notices, with tickers and summaries.

At a glance

Same question for every vendor: is the thing you are buying the news, and can you stream it?

MarketNewsAPI history: Full archive. Benzinga: Contract-based.
Summaries: MarketNewsAPI Yes, AI summary on every article. Benzinga: No.
Commercial use: MarketNewsAPI Yes, on paid plans. Benzinga: Yes, by license.

Table

MarketNewsAPI vs Benzinga

	MarketNewsAPI	Benzinga
Free plan	100 requests/day, 15-min delay, 1 year of history	Basic tier: headline, teaser and link (via AWS Data Exchange)
Entry paid price	$15/mo Pro ($13.50/mo annual). 7-day trial, card required	Not published (sales-quoted)
Request limits	No request quota on paid plans (20 req/s burst)	Contract-based; 1 WebSocket connection per token
Asset classes	US stocks	US stocks (plus other Benzinga datasets)
WebSocket stream	Yes: 7 channel types, 3 connections	Yes
AI summaries	Yes, AI summary on every article	No
Full article text	Press releases (full text)	Premium tiers
History	Full archive	Contract-based
Commercial use	Yes, on paid plans	Yes, by license

Competitor details come from their public pricing and documentation pages, checked 2026-10-07. Plans change, so confirm on their site. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it.

Where MarketNewsAPI wins

Self-serve Pro at $15/month, with a 7-day trial and no sales call
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Stock news, press releases, and legal notices
AI summaries on every article
3 WebSocket connections on Pro

Where Benzinga wins

In-house editorial newsroom focused on market-moving stories
Very low-latency delivery options (TCP, WebSocket, webhooks)
Additional datasets such as ratings, calendars and squawk

Switching

How do you move from Benzinga?

Run both feeds

Keep Benzinga connected. Add a MarketNewsAPI key and request the same tickers for a week. The 7-day trial includes real-time REST and the WebSocket. A card is required.

Map the article

Match title, url, published time, and tickers onto the MarketNewsAPI article. Press releases include full text. Publisher stories include a summary and a link back.

Switch the live edge

Replace polling with the WebSocket when you want the headline as it is ingested. Pro includes 3 connections. Free stays REST only, delayed 15 minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is MarketNewsAPI a good alternative to Benzinga?

Yes, for US stock news at a flat price. Pro is $15 a month, or $162 a year ($13.50 a month), with real-time REST, WebSocket, and MCP. A 7-day trial requires a card. Benzinga is the better pick if you run a trading desk that needs Benzinga's proprietary editorial content and contract SLAs. MarketNewsAPI is the better pick if you want aggregated market news and wire releases with enrichment, self-serve, at a fraction of the cost. Confirm Benzinga's current plan on their site before you switch.

How much does Benzinga cost compared with MarketNewsAPI?

Benzinga lists Not published (sales-quoted). MarketNewsAPI Pro is $15/mo Pro ($13.50/mo annual). 7-day trial, card required. Free tiers differ too: Benzinga offers Basic tier: headline, teaser and link (via AWS Data Exchange). MarketNewsAPI Free is 100 requests/day, 15-min delay, 1 year of history. Prices here were checked on 2026-10-07 and can change, so read both pricing pages before you buy. MarketNewsAPI does not charge overage on Pro.

Does Benzinga have a WebSocket news stream?

Yes. MarketNewsAPI includes a real-time WebSocket on Pro at $15 a month, with ticker, category, type, keyword, and source channels, and up to 3 connections. The 7-day trial includes that stream. Free does not. If you only need to poll, both REST APIs can sit side by side while you compare the same tickers.

How hard is it to switch from Benzinga to MarketNewsAPI?

Usually an afternoon. Replace the base URL and the auth header, then map title, url, published time, and tickers onto the MarketNewsAPI article. Add the WebSocket if you want push instead of polling. The 7-day trial lets you run both feeds on the same symbols first. A card is required. Keep Benzinga connected until the fields you need are there.

How far back does Benzinga news history go?

Benzinga: Contract-based. MarketNewsAPI paid plans, including the 7-day trial, search the full archive of stock news and press releases. Free is the last year. Those history cells were checked on 2026-10-07. Confirm the other archive on their site before you switch, because plan names change.

Does Benzinga add an AI summary to each article?

Benzinga: No. MarketNewsAPI adds a short AI summary and named entities on new articles, plus tickers, timestamps, and a source URL. Press releases also include full text. A summary restates the story. It is not a rating or a trade.

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