Compare Open Data APIs
Deep dive into the technical specifications of 35 Open Data APIs. Use this side-by-side comparison to evaluate which service best fits your architectural requirements.
| API Identity | Score | Authentication | HTTPS | CORS | Speed | Difficulty | Brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18F | 0 F Est. | No Auth | ? | 32ms | Beginner | 18F provides programmatic access to unofficial us federal government api development via REST API. T... | |
| API Setu | 92 A+ Est. | No Auth | Yes | 177ms | Beginner | API Setu is an Indian Government platform that aggregates a wide variety of official APIs covering K... | |
| Archive.org | 95 A+ Measured | No Auth | No | 459ms | Beginner | The Internet Archive API gives you programmatic access to the Wayback Machine and one of the world's... | |
| Black History Facts | 77 B Est. | API Key | Yes | - | Intermediate | The Black History Facts API gives you access to one of the largest databases of Black history facts ... | |
| BotsArchive | 82 A Est. | No Auth | ? | 289ms | Beginner | BotsArchive provides a public database of Telegram bots with details returned in JSON format. No aut... | |
| Callook.info | 82 A Est. | No Auth | ? | 204ms | Beginner | Callook.info is a free API that lets you look up United States amateur (ham) radio callsigns. No API... | |
| CARTO | 72 B Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | CARTO is a geospatial platform API that provides location intelligence and data analysis tools for m... | |
| CollegeScoreCard.ed.gov | 87 A Est. | No Auth | ? | 120ms | Beginner | The College Scorecard API provides detailed data on U.S. higher education institutions, including tu... | |
| Enigma Public | 77 B Est. | API Key | Yes | - | Intermediate | Enigma Public is a platform that aggregates a broad collection of public datasets from government an... | |
| French Address Search | 82 A Est. | No Auth | ? | 269ms | Beginner | French Address Search provides programmatic access to address search via the french government via R... | |
| GENESIS | 23 F Est. | OAuth | ? | - | Advanced | The GENESIS API provides access to official statistical data from the Federal Statistical Office of ... | |
| Joshua Project | 72 B Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | The Joshua Project API provides data on people groups around the world, focusing on those with the f... | |
| Kaggle | 82 A Est. | API Key | ? | 338ms | Intermediate | Kaggle provides programmatic access to create and interact with datasets, notebooks, and connect wit... | |
| LinkPreview | 77 B Est. | API Key | Yes | - | Intermediate | LinkPreview is an API that fetches a summary of any URL including its title, description, and previe... | |
| Lowy Asia Power Index | 87 A Est. | No Auth | ? | 42ms | Beginner | The Lowy Asia Power Index API provides data on the relative power of states in Asia, measuring resou... | |
| Microlink.io | 100 A+ Measured | No Auth | Yes | 168ms | Beginner | Microlink.io lets you extract structured data—like titles, descriptions, images, and metadata—from a... | |
| Nasdaq Data Link | 77 B Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | Nasdaq Data Link (formerly Quandl) gives you access to a vast library of financial, economic, and al... | |
| Nobel Prize | 100 A+ Measured | No Auth | Yes | 127ms | Beginner | The Nobel Prize API provides free, open access to data about all Nobel Prize laureates and prize eve... | |
| Open Data Minneapolis | 79 B Est. | No Auth | No | 215ms | Beginner | Open Data Minneapolis provides free access to the city of Minneapolis's spatial (GIS) and non-spatia... | |
| openAFRICA | 77 B Est. | No Auth | ? | 905ms | Beginner | openAFRICA is an open data platform hosting a large collection of datasets about African countries, ... | |
| OpenCorporates | 67 C Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | OpenCorporates is the world's largest open database of companies, covering corporate entities and di... | |
| OpenSanctions | 82 A Est. | No Auth | Yes | 675ms | Beginner | OpenSanctions provides open access to a consolidated database of sanctioned individuals, criminal en... | |
| PeakMetrics | 82 A Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | PeakMetrics is a media intelligence API available via RapidAPI that aggregates news articles and pub... | |
| Recreation Information Database | 77 B Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | The Recreation Information Database (RIDB) API gives you access to data about federal recreational a... | |
| Scoop.it | 62 C Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | Scoop.it is a content curation platform that lets you discover, organize, and share web content arou... | |
| Socrata | 73 B Est. | OAuth | Yes | - | Advanced | Socrata is a powerful open data platform that gives you access to thousands of government and civic ... | |
| Teleport | 0 F Est. | No Auth | ? | 1835ms | Beginner | Teleport provides programmatic access to quality of life data via REST API. This Open Data API enabl... | |
| Umeå Open Data | 85 A Measured | No Auth | Yes | 1885ms | Beginner | The Umeå Open Data API gives free access to public datasets published by the city of Umeå, Sweden, c... | |
| Universities List | 90 A+ Measured | No Auth | ? | 425ms | Beginner | The Universities List API is a simple, free resource that returns university names, their country, a... | |
| University of Oslo | 42 D Est. | No Auth | ? | 1283ms | Beginner | The University of Oslo Open Data API provides free access to information about courses, lecture vide... | |
| UPC database | 72 B Est. | API Key | ? | - | Intermediate | The UPC Database API lets you look up product information by scanning or entering a barcode number, ... | |
| Urban Observatory | 77 B Est. | No Auth | No | 312ms | Beginner | The Urban Observatory API provides access to the largest collection of publicly available real-time ... | |
| Wikidata | 63 C Est. | OAuth | ? | - | Advanced | Wikidata is a free, collaboratively edited knowledge base maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation tha... | |
| Wikipedia | 95 A+ Measured | No Auth | ? | 340ms | Beginner | The Wikipedia API (MediaWiki API) gives you programmatic access to Wikipedia articles, search functi... | |
| Yelp | 0 F Est. | OAuth | ? | - | Advanced | Yelp provides programmatic access to find local business via REST API. This Open Data API enables de... |