IMDb-API vs TVMaze API

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

The verdict

	IMDb-API	TVMaze API
What it does	API for receiving movie, serial and cast information.	Add television information to your own website or app with a fast and clean TV API.
Provider	imdb-api.com	TVmaze
API key	Required	Not needed
HTTPS	Yes	No
CORS (browser calls)	Unknown	Unknown
Status today	Last check failed	Online · 956 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Down	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

API for receiving movie, serial and cast information.

Strengths

Add television information to your own website or app with a fast and clean TV API.

Add television information to your own website or app with a fast and clean TV API. Add schedules, show, episode, cast information, ...

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key.
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.

IMDb-API requires an API key; TVMaze API doesn't, so TVMaze API is quicker to try.