Foodish API vs Open Brewery DB API

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

The verdict

Choose Foodish API if you want faster responses.
Choose Open Brewery DB API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with Foodish API.

	Foodish API	Open Brewery DB API
What it does	Random pictures of food dishes.	Breweries, Cideries and Craft Beer Bottle Shops.
Provider	surhud004	Open Brewery DB
API key	Not needed	Not needed
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Yes	Yes
Status today	Online · 676 ms	Online · 6466 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

Random pictures of food dishes.

A Node.js/Express.js REST API to GET a random picture of food dishes.

Strengths

Breweries, Cideries and Craft Beer Bottle Shops.

A worldwide open-source brewery dataset and API

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.