GDELT Alternative for News Data
Skip the BigQuery exports and complex event schemas. Currents gives you clean REST endpoints, structured JSON, and a free tier — so you can start building today.
From research datasets to production API
REST JSON
No ETL pipelines or BigQuery exports needed. Call /v1/latest-news or /v1/search and get structured JSON in under 200ms.
26M+ Articles
Access historical and real-time news with keyword, date, language, and source filtering — ready for analysis without preprocessing.
Free Tier
Prototype with 1,000 daily requests at no cost. Upgrade only when your workload grows. No credit card required to start.
When to choose Currents over GDELT
You need an API, not a dataset
GDELT is powerful for research, but it requires significant data engineering to turn into a live application feed. Currents is an API-first service.
You want lower infrastructure cost
Storing and querying GDELT at scale means BigQuery or GCS bills. Currents handles indexing and delivery for a flat monthly rate.
You need article text, not just events
Currents returns titles, descriptions, and full article text when available — not just event codes and actor mentions.
You want multi-language coverage
Access news in 20+ languages with built-in language filtering, not just English-centric event extraction.
Start with structured news data today
Free tier, no credit card, instant API key.