News · head-to-head
New York Times vs The Guardian
The NYT Developer Network exposes ten separate APIs (Article Search, Top Stories, Books, Most Popular, and more) over a shared API-key scheme, all returning JSON. Registration and usage are completely free, but the terms restrict every API to non-commercial projects only — selling access, running ads, or shipping the data inside a paid product all require a separate licensing deal through NYT Licensing.
The Guardian's Open Platform serves the publication's own articles, tags, and section metadata across more than 1.9 million pieces of content, with a free Developer key limited to 1 call/second and 500 calls/day for non-commercial projects. A separate Commercial key removes those caps for a usage-based fee and adds images, audio, and video. Requests are authenticated with an API key and return JSON by default, with an XML format option available.
| New York Times | The Guardian | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | API Key |
| Pricing | free | freemium |
| Formats | JSON | JSON, XML |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
The Guardian supports 2 response formats, while New York Times offers fewer — pick The Guardian for more integration flexibility.