Footer Year Update vs UK Bank Holidays

Same instrument, two spec sheets — measured, not claimed.

Uptime · 30d
Uptime · 90d100%100%
Uptime · 30d100%100%
P50 · ms131221
P95 · ms3291045
Authnonenone
CORSnoyes
HTTPSyesyes
Card requirednono
Commercial useunclearyes
Data licenseUnverifiedOpen Government Licence v3.0
Free tierFree — limits not publishedFree, no key
Rate limitUnpublishedUnpublished
In directory since2026-07-052026-07-05
operationalpartialdownno data

Footer Year Update vs UK Bank Holidays: common questions

Which is more reliable, Footer Year Update or UK Bank Holidays?

Both are neck-and-neck — Footer Year Update and UK Bank Holidays each measure 100% uptime over 90 days on our probe schedule. Reliability here is verified from our own scheduled checks; use the 30-day bars above to see which has been steadier lately.

Which is faster, Footer Year Update or UK Bank Holidays?

Footer Year Update has the lower median latency in our checks — Footer Year Update responds in 131 ms versus UK Bank Holidays at 221 ms (P50). Tail latency (P95) is in the table above; for most workloads the median is the number that shapes how the API feels.

Do Footer Year Update and UK Bank Holidays need an API key?

Neither needs a paid key — Footer Year Update is callable with no signup, and UK Bank Holidays is callable with no signup. Both are quick to prototype with; rate limits still apply.

Can I call Footer Year Update and UK Bank Holidays from the browser?

Only UK Bank Holidays is browser-friendly — it returns CORS headers over HTTPS. Footer Year Update needs a server-side call or proxy, so factor that into which one fits a front-end project.

Are Footer Year Update and UK Bank Holidays free for commercial use?

Footer Year Update has unclear commercial terms, and UK Bank Holidays allows commercial use on its free tier. We track service terms and the data license as separate fields — see the Commercial use and Data license rows above, and confirm both before shipping either in a paid product.