| api-fortnite.com | fortnite-api.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Price & access | Free API key, no credit card; paid plans raise rate limits | “Open & Free” — no paid tiers mentioned |
| Endpoint count | 126 endpoints (see the OpenAPI spec) | “9+ endpoints” (their homepage) |
| Cosmetics, item shop, news, player stats | Yes — v2 cosmetics, live shop, news, stats + bulk + leaderboards | Yes — their core offering, including leaked cosmetics |
| Competitive events & tournament leaderboards | Yes — event windows, leaderboards, per-player event history | Not listed on their homepage |
| Official Power Rankings | Yes — search, per-player, archive | Not listed on their homepage |
| Weapon stats & loot pool, per patch | Yes — from the game files, including spawn weights | Not listed on their homepage |
| Replay retrieval & parsing | Yes — server replays plus parsed timelines, zones, lobbies | Not listed on their homepage |
| AES keys & mappings | Yes | Yes (AES keys listed) |
| Machine-readable OpenAPI spec | Yes — /openapi.json | Not listed on their homepage |
| No API key needed | No — a (free) key is required | Their site presents the API as open; no key requirement stated |
Compared on 19 August 2026, against what fortnite-api.com publishes on its homepage; quotes are theirs. Our claims are verifiable in the OpenAPI spec. fortnite-api.com is a long-standing community project with a large SDK ecosystem — if their data set covers your needs, it is a fine choice. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it. (fortniteapi.io was unreachable on the comparison date and is therefore not compared.)
The short version
Use fortnite-api.com if you need cosmetics, the shop, news or basic stats with zero setup. Use api-fortnite.com when you also need the competitive layer — tournament leaderboards, per-player event history, official Power Rankings — or weapons and loot-pool data from the game files, or replay parsing. The free key takes a minute and no credit card.