- Free allowance
- Free tier reported at 10,000 API calls and 1,000 NZB downloads per user per day, with a USD 20 lifetime VIP; caps declares <registration available="yes" open="yes"/> and <limits max="100" default="100"/>.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rate10,000 API calls per day free (reported); 100 results per request maximum
- Evidence
- reported11 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-18checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-11-18
| Free tier | Free tier reported at 10,000 API calls and 1,000 NZB downloads per user per day, with a USD 20 lifetime VIP; caps declares <registration available="yes" open="yes"/> and <limits max="100" default="100"/>. unit requests; metered on request-count; The 10,000 figure appears in two independent third-party sources but neither is dated on the page, so it is kept as reported and flagged as the number to check first with an account. |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - request-rate (binding) 10,000 API calls per day free (reported) source
- pull-count 1,000 NZB downloads per day free (reported) source
- request-rate (binding) 100 results per request maximum source
At 10,000 calls a day the request rate stops being the constraint and the 100-result page becomes it: a client that wants a whole season must paginate. |
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| Binding | request-rate If the reported allowance holds, nothing in the vocabulary binds at 1 TiB/month; the record still names request-rate because that is the only counter the vendor is documented to run, and it is the one to verify first. |
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| Identity | email The register form asks for username, email, password and a Google reCAPTCHA; its invitecode input is type="hidden", so no invite code is asked in the form. The API documents a register function that 'Does not require any credentials'. Whether the server enforces an invite was not tested: submitting the form creates an account. |
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| Egress | No byte metering; the API returns pointers. |
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| Per-object cap | not applicable: an NZB pointer file |
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| Retention | Free tier 2,700 days across 500+ indexed newsgroups; VIP 3,900 days (nzbhydra.com, 2026-10-23). |
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| Interface | rest Newznab API at /api. /api with no parameters returns <error code="200" description="Missing parameter"/>, which is the Newznab key check, so the endpoint is live and keyed. |
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| Tooling | Native Newznab, listed as integrating with NZBVortex and SabNZBD, so Prowlarr and NZBHydra2 add it with URL plus key. |
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| Composes with | The only open-registration indexer claiming a five-figure daily API allowance, which is what an arr stack actually needs; the caveat is that the claim is third-party and undated. |
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| Reliability | The public pages of the domain now sell Usenet block accounts and advertise 'Pay Only ONCE', so the indexer and a news provider share one brand; a report of a database outage and fake releases in September 2026 exists in a third-party status tracker. |
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| Evidence note | reported caps, the keyed error and the registration form were observed today; the allowance that decides the verdict is third-party. One free account moves this to documented. |
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