{"eid":"nzbgeek","name":"NZBGeek","domain":"nzbgeek.info","resolved_by":"domain","topics":["debrid"],"n_records":1,"best_vorder":6,"review":null,"aliases":["NZBGeek","nzbgeek.info"],"records":[{"rid":"debrid/nzbgeek","card":{"rid":"debrid/nzbgeek","eid":"nzbgeek","topic":"debrid","slug":"nzbgeek","provider":"NZBGeek","url":"https://nzbgeek.info/","domain":"nzbgeek.info","category":"Usenet indexer (Newznab API, paid membership)","tier":"free","verdict":"fails-quota","vorder":6,"grp":"rejected","self_hosted":0,"confidence":"reported","binding":"request-rate","identity_kind":"email","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":0,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":"rest","egress_metered":0,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-03T11:28:59.770Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-11-03","stale_on":"2026-11-18","n_evidence":15,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"No free tier is documented: a third-party review checked in October 2026 states that search and downloads require an active subscription, and a comparison ta...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":1,"free_unit":"requests"},"record":{"slug":"nzbgeek","provider":"NZBGeek","url":"https://nzbgeek.info/","category":"Usenet indexer (Newznab API, paid membership)","tier":"free","free_tier":{"stated":"No free tier is documented: a third-party review checked in October 2026 states that search and downloads require an active subscription, and a comparison table lists NZBGeek's free tier as 'None (subscription required)'. An unkeyed search is refused with an empty-API-key error and caps declares registration available=no. Earlier third-party readings of a free trial and of a few downloads a day are not found on the pages read now. The public site lists no prices.","unit":"requests","metered_on":"request-count","source_url":"https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps","read_on":"2026-10-23","notes":"The conservative reading is the one the vendor's own API supports: an unkeyed call is refused, and no reading of the free tier describes an API allowance enough to drive an arr stack. The 5-calls-a-day figure is unsourced, not contradicted."},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: an NZB pointer file","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps","notes":""},"retention":{"stated":"not stated on the API surface. A third-party listing claims 'NZBs from 8 years ago available, 500,000+ indexed NZBs' (nzbhydra.com, 2026-10-23).","days":null,"source_url":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/","notes":"reported"},"egress":{"terms":"No byte metering: the API returns XML pointers. The payload is served by whichever news provider a user pays.","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps"},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"Newznab API on a separate host, api.nzbgeek.info/api, not nzbgeek.info/api (the apex returns HTML). caps declares <limits max=\"100\" default=\"100\"/> and <registration available=\"no\" open=\"no\"/>. An unkeyed search returns error code 102.","endpoint":"https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps ; https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=search&q=<query>&apikey=<key>","tooling":"Native Newznab: Prowlarr, NZBHydra2, Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr and Mylar all add it with URL plus key. No wrapper needed. The API host is different from the site host, which is the first mistake a hand-rolled config makes.","chaining":"A broad, well-populated index that a paid arr stack reaches with no wrapper; on the free tier it contributes nothing to automation, because no reading of the free tier gives an API allowance that could drive a stack.","limits":[{"kind":"request-rate","value":"no free API allowance that a stack can use; paid membership USD 12/year","source":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/"},{"kind":"request-rate","value":"100 results per request maximum (caps <limits max=\"100\"/>)","source":"https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps"}],"limits_note":"The 100 is a per-request result ceiling and applies to every tier; it is not the paid allowance.","binding":"request-rate","binding_note":"The API call allowance is what fails first: without a key the first automated search is refused outright (error 102), and the readings of the free tier that describe an allowance put it at 5 calls a day, which is one search every five hours.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"Registration is contradictory at the vendor: the login page links 'register account?' and register.php serves a Registration Agreement with an 'agree' submit, while /api?t=caps declares <registration available=\"no\" open=\"no\"/>; a third-party review checked in October 2026 states that registration was open. The fields a signup demands are unverified: behind a sign-up.","country":null},"reliability_note":"The membership is what keeps the index alive; a lapsed membership drops the account back to the capped tier and automation stops with no partial service.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"The caps and the unkeyed error were measured. Creating one free account and reading its API page would move this to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"probe:https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps&x=1","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"caps returned 200 and 3,927 bytes: NZBgeek, <limits max=\"100\" default=\"100\"/>, <registration available=\"no\" open=\"no\"/>"},{"url":"probe:https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=search&q=linux&x=1","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"unkeyed search returned 200 with 47 bytes: <error code=\"102\" description=\"Empty API Key\"/>, so the API is closed to a free, unauthenticated caller"},{"url":"probe:https://nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the apex host serves HTML for /api, 91,943 bytes; the API lives only on api.nzbgeek.info"},{"url":"probe:https://nzbgeek.info/register.php","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"an anonymous GET receives the Registration Agreement plus an 'agree' submit, which contradicts the caps registration flag; no POST was made"},{"url":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"third-party: NZBGeek 'USD 12/year VIP', free tier '0 calls'"},{"url":"https://datahoarder.io/nzbgeek-review/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"third-party: the paid tier 'removes download caps and unlocks full API integration'"},{"url":"https://www.usenet.com/free-nzb-sites/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"third-party: 'NZBgeek used to have a free level, but now you need a paid membership to search and download.'"},{"url":"https://datahoarder.io/nzbgeek-review/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"a 2026 third-party review: search and downloads require an active subscription","capture":"sha256:353a2166e05f491ace74bf1619e192b82dad43b8a67665de8788ab3b3a15771b","quote":"Registration was open when we checked in October 2026, but search and downloads require an active subscription and the policy states there are no refunds, so choose a plan length you are comfortable with before paying."},{"url":"probe:https://nzbgeek.info/register.php","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"an anonymous GET of register.php still serves the Registration Agreement with an 'agree' submit","capture":"sha256:0035bbdc45a6c9b1cc2809ed47a685db20bf09c8d2a67e891bf71467d1711207","quote":"<input class=\"login_button\" tabindex=\"2\" type=\"submit\" name=\"terms\" value=\"agree\" id=\"terms\">"},{"url":"https://www.usenet.com/free-nzb-sites/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"third party: no free level, a paid membership is needed to search and download","capture":"sha256:4fb8969be035c81787b5758be09ea61789f17486b6dbcfc3a8ca52620769032d","quote":"NZBgeek used to have a free level, but now you need a paid membership to search and download."},{"url":"https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=caps","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"caps still declares a 100-result ceiling and registration available=no","capture":"sha256:5e6abdb0ee09ae266514c935c0d9701417027c1a5dfe5fb9c3e5e865c3eef1fb","quote":"<limits max=\"100\" default=\"100\"/><registration available=\"no\" open=\"no\"/>"},{"url":"https://datahoarder.io/drunkenslug-vs-nzbgeek/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"third-party table: NZBGeek's free tier is 'None (subscription required)'","capture":"sha256:292540c8bb826f676e1f6fc436f8f09f10148d74423d0b32ce6b38e5f6b2f0af","quote":"| Free Tier | 5 NZBs, 100 API hits/day | None (subscription required) |"},{"url":"probe:https://api.nzbgeek.info/api?t=search&q=linux&x=2","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"an unkeyed search is refused with error 102 (probe 2026-11-03)","capture":"sha256:afb41bce94e8ab6613b7b561b5b1e4ed12c50e02174efa8f1f8bd6d16a0cfd44","quote":"<error code=\"102\" description=\"Empty API Key\"/>"},{"url":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"third-party index: USD 12/year VIP with 6-month, 1-year, 2-year and lifetime options","capture":null,"quote":"$12/year VIP (flexible options: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, lifetime)"},{"url":"https://datahoarder.io/nzbgeek-review/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"third-party review: plan prices are not on the public site","capture":"sha256:353a2166e05f491ace74bf1619e192b82dad43b8a67665de8788ab3b3a15771b","quote":"NZBgeek does not list its prices on the public site."}],"verdict":"fails-quota","extras":{"price":"USD 12/year (reported by a third-party index; the vendor's public site lists no prices; another third party says plans start at USD 6 for six months)","nzb_is_newznab":true,"caps_limits":100,"api_host":"api.nzbgeek.info","unkeyed_error":"102 Empty API Key"},"notes":"Two vendor signals contradict each other on registration: a served agreement form says open, caps says available=no. The conservative reading is recorded on the record and not resolved, because resolving it needs an account. The verdict rests on the API allowance, which is independent of that question.","verified_at":"2026-11-03T11:28:59.770Z","topic":"debrid","price_per_tb_month":null},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier","kind":"has-free-tier","num":0.0,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.evidence[13].capture","process"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}