I think you may have missed the service plans page: http://www.afterthedeadline.com/commercial.slp http://www.afterthedeadline.com/commercial.slp The top plan

I think you may have missed the service plans page: http://www.afterthedeadline.com/commercial.slp http://www.afterthedeadline.com/commercial.slp The top plan is for an estimated 500 writers, with 50,000 requests/month, and costs $200.00. That's significantly lower than $1500/month. Beyond that, seems like you can work out a licensing deal to host your own server. Problem solved. It doesn't seem like a huge price to pay for a startup that relies of well-written material.