Perigon
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What is Perigon?
Perigon is a real-time news and events API that provides structured, AI-enriched contextual intelligence from over 130,000+ sources across the web. The platform ingests more than 20 million data pieces daily, using AI to cluster related articles into coherent story groups, identify entities (people, companies, journalists), extract sentiment, and generate auto-generated summaries. It delivers up-to-the-minute news data with advanced classifiers that differentiate between hard news, soft news, opinions, and gossip, while accurately identifying geographical locations down to precise coordinates.
Key features include real-time news search with keyword and Boolean filters, vector search for articles, story clustering to detect important events, AI-powered summaries, sentiment analysis, entity extraction (companies, people, sources, journalists), Wikipedia data integration, MCP server access for AI agents, SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Go, and location-based filtering for local news. The API returns cleansed, structured JSON data with comprehensive metadata including UUID, title, description, URL, image URL, language, and publication timestamp.
Perigon is designed for developers, startups, financial institutions, government entities, media companies, and enterprises building AI applications that need real-time news data. It serves over 70 clients包括 consumer products, fintech companies, supply chain monitoring systems, PR media monitoring tools, risk event detection systems, and market research platforms. The platform is particularly valuable for applications requiring maximum transparency, customization, and control over news data pipelines.
Perigon pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free: $0/month forever, includes personal use license, full access to all endpoints, 150 API requests/month, 3 months historical data, real-time data, MCP server access, 1 req/sec rate limit, 25 max results per request, no credit card needed. Basic: $250/month for startups, includes commercial license (limited for startups), 10,000 API requests/month, 6 months historical data, 1-hour data delay, MCP server access, Articles endpoint only, 2 req/sec rate limit, 50 max results. Plus: $550/month for startups (marked as Popular), includes commercial license, 50,000 API requests/month, 3 years historical data, real-time data, MCP server access, full endpoint access (Articles, Top Stories, Companies, People, Sources, Journalists), 4 req/sec rate limit, 100 max results. Commercial: Custom pricing starting at $24k/year, includes full commercial license for all businesses, 100,000+ API requests/month, 10+ years historical data, real-time data, MCP server access, custom sources, SLA & dedicated support, shared Slack channel, upgraded support, all endpoints including Stories, Companies, People, Sources, Journalists, Topics, Wikipedia, Search Summarizer.
Perigon pros
- Real-time data access with no delay on Plus and Commercial plans
- 130,000+ global news sources coverage
- 20 million data pieces processed daily
- AI-powered story clustering detects related articles automatically
- Auto-generated concise summaries for each article
- Advanced sentiment analysis tailored for financial articles
- Entity extraction for people, companies, journalists, and sources
- Location-based filtering down to longitude/latitude coordinates
- Differentiates hard news from soft news, opinions, and gossip
- MCP server access for AI agent integration
- Fully-typed SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Go
- Up to 10+ years of historical data on Commercial plans
- Vector search capability for articles
- Content translation into English from 10+ languages
- Clean, structured JSON output primed for LLMs
- Free tier with 150 API requests/month and no credit card needed
- Reprint detection filters out duplicate articles
- 3,000+ topics and 10+ categories with smart labels
Perigon cons
- Free tier limited to only 150 API requests per month
- Basic plan has 1-hour data delay
- Basic plan only includes Articles endpoint
- Higher pricing compared to basic news APIs
- Commercial plan requires custom quote starting at $24k/year
- Free tier rate limited to 1 request per second
- Free tier max results per request limited to 25
- Startup pricing only available for qualifying startups
Frequently asked questions about Perigon
What is Perigon and what does it do?
Perigon is a real-time news and events API that provides structured, AI-enriched contextual intelligence. It gathers over 20 million pieces of data daily from 130,000+ sources, using AI to organize, filter, enrich, cluster, and summarize the data into structured, real-time feeds. The platform identifies sources, organizations, and relationships to build a knowledge graph that reveals the complete narrative behind headlines, helping users understand the who, what, and why from every angle.
What API endpoints are available?
Perigon offers multiple endpoints including Articles, Stories, Top Stories, Companies, People, Sources, Journalists, Topics, Wikipedia, and Search Summarizer. The Free plan includes full access to all endpoints with limited usage. Basic plan only includes Articles endpoint. Plus plan adds Top Stories, Companies, People, Sources, and Journalists. Commercial plan includes all endpoints plus custom sources.
What is the difference between Free, Basic, Plus, and Commercial plans?
Free ($0/month) offers 150 requests/month with 3 months historical data and real-time access for personal use. Basic ($250/month) provides 10,000 requests/month with 6 months historical data but 1-hour delay, for startups. Plus ($550/month) offers 50,000 requests/month with 3 years historical data and real-time access, including more endpoints. Commercial (starting at $24k/year) provides 100,000+ requests/month with 10+ years historical data, full commercial license, custom sources, SLA, and dedicated support for all businesses.
Does Perigon offer a free trial or free tier?
Yes, Perigon offers a free forever tier at $0/month with 150 API requests per month, full access to all endpoints, 3 months of historical data, real-time data access, and MCP server access. No credit card is needed to get started. There is also a free trial period available for enterprise customers.
What SDKs are available for Perigon?
Perigon provides officially maintained SDKs including a fully-typed TypeScript SDK (@goperigon/perigon-ts), a Go SDK (perigon-go-sdk), and a Python SDK (perigon-python). These are generated from the official OpenAPI specification and work in Node.js, modern browsers, Cloudflare Workers, and Deno. The TypeScript SDK offers complete type safety and promise-based functionality.
What is the Perigon MCP Server?
The Perigon MCP Server is the official gateway to the Perigon News API, providing a unified interface for news-related tools. It supports tools like search_news_articles, read_news_stories, search_journalists, search_sources, search_people, and search_companies. It enables developers and AI agents to programmatically access news articles, stories, journalists, sources, people, companies, and Wikipedia data with HTTP and Server-Sent Events (SSE) connections for integration into agent frameworks like Claude.
How does Perigon's AI clustering work?
Perigon's AI clusters news articles into groups of related news to detect news stories and assess their importance and popularity. The system doesn't just pull in stories—it identifies sources, organizations, and relationships, building a knowledge graph that reveals the complete narrative behind headlines. The AI signals track events, identify relationships, and surface updates that matter, filtering the world's information to make it coherent and actionable.
What geographic coverage does Perigon provide?
Perigon provides global coverage from 130,000+ sources across the web. The API can identify geographical locations of events down to precise longitude and latitude coordinates. It supports local news retrieval based on specific locations (e.g., all local news from Chicago or London). Content is available in 10+ languages with translation into English.
What licensing options are available?
Perigon offers three license types: Personal License for independent users (students, researchers) for academic or non-commercial purposes only; Limited Startup License for Basic and Plus plans for qualifying startups; and Full Commercial License for all businesses on the Commercial plan. Personal license is strictly non-commercial and limited to one account per individual. Commercial license allows use in commercial products, services, and organizations.
What support options are available for each plan?
Free plan includes email support. Basic and Plus plans include standard email support. Commercial plan includes upgraded support, SLA (Service Level Agreement), dedicated support, and access to a shared Slack channel. Commercial customers also get a dedicated account manager. Enterprise customers can contact the sales team for custom support arrangements.