API

Insighthread news api vs PR Newswire

Pick Insighthread's News API if you want one structured event per SEC filing, with no marketing PR or legal notices to filter out. Pick PR Newswire if you are a company that needs to distribute a release to 90,000+ media outlets through a channel the SEC named in its original Regulation FD rulemaking. The biggest difference is that PR Newswire is paid distribution where material 8-K-linked disclosures sit in the same stream as routine announcements, while Insighthread only processes the filing itself.

Insighthread vs PR Newswire: Side-by-Side

InsighthreadPR Newswire
What it isFiling-native News API for US-listed public companiesCision's paid press-release distribution service
Source of newsSEC filings only, parsed the moment they are filedPress releases that companies write and pay to distribute, with no independent editorial judgment on newsworthiness
Source-linkingEvery event links to the SEC filing it came fromReleases are not derived from a filing
Signal qualityOne structured event per SEC filingRoutine partnership and product PR; reviewers cite class-action notices cluttering the feed (Trustpilot: 2.5 out of 5)
ReachUS-listed public companies only90,000+ media outlets and 500,000+ influencers
PricingContact sales$350 local or $805 national release, plus a $195/year membership, with add-ons that can push a release past $3,000
Best forTeams that need verified, filing-based eventsCompanies that need to publish announcements and meet disclosure requirements

How Insighthread's News API Differs From PR Newswire

PR Newswire is Cision's paid distribution service: a company writes its own press release, pays PR Newswire to distribute it to 90,000+ media outlets and 500,000+ influencers, with no independent editorial judgment on whether the announcement is actually newsworthy.

Insighthread's News API has no publish-for-pay model at all, it parses SEC filings the moment they're filed and turns each one into a structured, source-linked news event, triggered only by what a company has actually filed with the SEC.

PR Newswire's Regulation FD Role vs Insighthread's Filing-Only Trigger

PR Newswire has a stronger institutional claim to regulatory disclosure than most wire services, the SEC named it directly in the original Regulation FD rulemaking, and every US stock exchange's surveillance department recognizes it for issuer disclosure compliance.

But that legitimacy applies to the mechanism, not to everything that flows through it: genuinely material 8-K-linked disclosures sit in the same undifferentiated stream as routine marketing announcements, with nothing in the feed itself to tell them apart.

Insighthread sidesteps this by only ever processing the SEC filing itself, never a company's own press release about it.

PR Newswire's Noise Problem vs Insighthread's Filing-Only Feed

A live sample of PR Newswire's current feed skews toward larger, more recognizable companies than some competing wires, Commvault/Microsoft, Cognizant/Google Cloud, Trumid/BlackRock, Globant/Vercel, but it's still routine partnership and product PR, not material events tied to a specific filing.

Independent reviews point to a different, more specific noise problem: PR Newswire's Trustpilot rating sits at 2.5 out of 5, with reviewers specifically describing the feed as cluttered with class-action and securities-litigation "ambulance chasing attorney" notices that get in the way of real news.

Insighthread's News API doesn't have this problem to manage: every item is a single structured event derived from a single SEC filing, so there's no volume of legal notices or marketing PR to filter out in the first place.

PR Newswire Pricing vs Insighthread's News API

PR Newswire charges per release plus a required annual membership: $350 for a local release or $805 for national distribution, plus a $195/year membership fee, with add-ons stacking quickly, $150 per extra 100 words, $150 per additional industry list, $200 for a YouTube embed, $150 per additional country for international distribution.

Real users report totals exceeding $3,000 once add-ons stack up on a single release. See the Insighthread News API page for current plans.

Coverage

Every material event. Every filing type.

From bankruptcy liquidations to insider trades — we monitor primary and secondary SEC filings so you don’t have to.

  • C-Level Change
  • Corporate Earnings
  • Credit Ratings
  • Earnings Revision Guidance
  • Deal Termination
  • Delisting
  • Dividends
  • Drug Updates
  • ESG
  • Equity/Debt Offerings
  • FDA Approval/Rejections
  • Geopolitics/Market News
  • IPO News
  • Legal Action
  • Loans/Revolvers
  • Insider Buy/Sell
  • Minority Stakes Deals
  • Trading Update
  • Name Change
  • New Projects/Ventures
  • Operations Update
  • Restructuring
  • Property Transaction
  • Regulatory Action
  • Shareholder Activism
  • Staffing/Adds/Cuts
  • Stock Buybacks
  • Mining and Exploration
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Institutional New Position / Exit / Increase

Signal

Market impact, scored instantly.

Every event ships with a 5-bar impact signal. Your users see at a glance whether a filing is noise or a market-mover — no reading required.

  • Critical negative

    Chapter 7 bankruptcy, FDA rejection, delisting notice

  • Moderate negative

    Earnings miss, debt offering, legal action filed

  • Low / informational

    Name change, ESG disclosure, operations update

  • Moderate positive

    Insider buy, stock buyback, new institutional position

  • Critical positive

    FDA approval, M&A deal signed, earnings beat

import httpx

response = httpx.get(
    "https://api.insighthread.com/v1/events",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"limit": 10}
)
events = response.json()

Response

200 OK
{
  "id": "evt_8k103_iobt_mar31",
  "ticker": "IOBT",
  "event_type": "Bankruptcy/Liquidation",
  "headline": "IO Biotech files Chapter 7, ceases operations",
  "primary_filing": "8-K (1.03)",
  "secondary_filing": "15-12B",
  "filing_url": "https://sec.gov/...",
  "impact": {
    "score": 4,
    "direction": "negative",
    "label": "Critical",
    "bars": 5
  },
  "published_at": "2026-03-31T14:22:08Z"
}
From SEC filing to API
<90s
Event categories
35+
Impact signal on every event
5-bar
SEC-sourced. Nothing scraped.
100%

Who it's for

Built for teams that read filings.

  • ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity app icons on a marble wall

    AI & LLMs

    Ground every model in the most complete source-linked SEC filing feed.

  • Corner of a classic financial-district office building

    Hedge funds & asset managers

    Build proprietary signals on filing events other feeds miss.

  • Analyst at a desk with three monitors in a wood-panelled room

    Financial research platforms

    Eliminate coverage gaps across all 6,000+ US public companies.

  • Buy and Sell buttons floating over a concrete wall

    Trading & brokerage platforms

    Give users sub-90-second, filing-verified alerts they can act on, live and on demand.

Contact options

News API

Building with filings?

Get a live demo tailored to your data needs. Every item links to its SEC filing.

Use the form

Docs

Read the API reference.

Endpoints, the event schema and every filing type we parse.

Read the docs

The app

Want it as an app?

The same feed with AI chat, watchlists and insider trades.

See pricing

Book a demo

What's this about?

Trusted by

Sovereign FundsJanus HendersonPerplexity

FAQ

API questions.

How do I get access?

It’s an enterprise product, not self-serve. Book a demo and the team typically replies within one business day.