Covid-19 Live Data API vs Open Targets API

Two free Health APIs compared on access, reliability and developer ratings, using data from our daily health checks.

The verdict

Choose Covid-19 Live Data API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with Open Targets API.
Choose Open Targets API if you want faster responses.

	Covid-19 Live Data API	Open Targets API
What it does	Global and countrywise data of Covid 19 daily Summary, confirmed cases, recovered and deaths.	Gene-disease-drug target associations. A free health API by Open Targets Platform.
Provider	mathdroid	Open Targets Platform
API key	Not needed	Not needed
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Yes	Yes
Status today	Online · 1267 ms	Online · 779 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

Global and countrywise data of Covid 19 daily Summary, confirmed cases, recovered and deaths.

COVID-19 global data (from JHU CSSE for now) as-a-service

Strengths

Gene-disease-drug target associations. A free health API by Open Targets Platform.

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key (both qualify).
Calling from a web page? You need CORS. Otherwise route requests through your own server or a serverless function.
Going to production? Favour HTTPS, a strong uptime record and a provider with clear rate limits and terms. Check each API's docs before you commit.
Still unsure? Both are free to try: send one request to each and compare the data you get back.

Neither needs an API key; you can call both straight away.