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httpbin vs JSONPlaceholder

Both are free and need no API key. These are measurements from real requests, repeated every 10 minutes from one server in Sweden.

Right now JSONPlaceholder looks better on the numbers: 100.00% uptime and 72 ms median, versus 100.00% and 749 ms for httpbin.

httpbinJSONPlaceholder
Status nowOperationalOperational
7-day uptime100.00%100.00%
Median speed (24h)749 ms72 ms
Slow tail p95 (24h)2889 ms185 ms
Latest answer1147 ms182 ms
Checks in window5050

Green marks the better value. Uptime counts checks that returned HTTP 200 with the expected content. The 7-day window fills up over time, so early numbers rest on fewer checks.

Call each one

httpbin · Dev tools
curl "https://httpbin.org/get"
Pass condition: echoes headers and origin
JSONPlaceholder · Dev tools
curl "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1"
Pass condition: todo id is 1

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