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Checkiday - National Holiday API vs Namedays Calendar

If you need a Calendar API that's easy to integrate, go with Namedays Calendar.

Checkiday - National Holiday API

Industry-leading Holiday API. Over 5,000 holidays and thousands of descriptions. Trusted by the World’s leading companies

Namedays Calendar

Provides namedays for multiple countries

Checkiday - National Holiday API

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported

Namedays Calendar

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported
  • CORS enabled for frontend use
FeatureCheckiday - National Holiday APINamedays Calendar
AuthenticationapiKeyNone
HTTPSYesYes
CORSUnknownYes

When to use which?

Namedays Calendar is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication. Namedays Calendar works directly from the browser with CORS enabled, making it better for frontend-only apps.