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The pricing is contact us levels, so right off the bat probably more than three quarters of readers brushed this off.

I don't see any free public API like twitters mini firehose (10% of traffic for free).

Hi, the pricing depends on the feature set that the clients require (articles/events/trends, amount of data, frequency of access) - that is why we don't offer it directly on the site. Also, you are able to create an account for free (without CC) and make 2000 searches for free.

Given their client base, it seems they don't really care about attracting small players.

We are happy to accommodate big as well as small players, as well as collaborate with others on joined projects.

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