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Meteorologisk Institutt vs Website Carbon

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

APIMeteorologisk InstituttHEALTHY92Website CarbonHEALTHY100
Uptime · 30d
Uptime · 90d100%100%
Uptime · 30d100%100%
P50 · ms62137
P95 · ms1857166
Authnonenone
CORSyesno
HTTPSyesyes
Card requirednono
Commercial useyesunclear
Data licenseCC BY 4.0 / NLOD (Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data)Unverified
Free tierFree, no key; requires identifying User-AgentFree keyless byte-based /data endpoint
Rate limitThrottled; identify via User-Agent and respect caching headers (per docs)Unpublished
In directory since2026-07-052026-07-05
operationalpartialdownno data

Meteorologisk Institutt vs Website Carbon: common questions

Which is more reliable, Meteorologisk Institutt or Website Carbon?

Both are neck-and-neck — Meteorologisk Institutt and Website Carbon 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, Meteorologisk Institutt or Website Carbon?

Website Carbon has the lower median latency in our checks — Meteorologisk Institutt responds in 621 ms versus Website Carbon at 37 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 Meteorologisk Institutt and Website Carbon need an API key?

Neither needs a paid key — Meteorologisk Institutt is callable with no signup, and Website Carbon is callable with no signup. Both are quick to prototype with; rate limits still apply.

Can I call Meteorologisk Institutt and Website Carbon from the browser?

Only Meteorologisk Institutt is browser-friendly — it returns CORS headers over HTTPS. Website Carbon needs a server-side call or proxy, so factor that into which one fits a front-end project.

Are Meteorologisk Institutt and Website Carbon free for commercial use?

Meteorologisk Institutt allows commercial use on its free tier, and Website Carbon has unclear commercial terms. 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.