VERDICT
Not disclosed - omdbapi.com
Worth it. Buy if you need cheap, simple movie and series data for a hobby app, script, or media-server setup. Skip it if you need guaranteed uptime, security compliance, or deep production-grade metadata.
Medium. Based on 14 public sources; pricing detail limited to the free tier, paid tiers exist but weren't itemized in evidence.
Free
Free (Patreon)
high
Terms prohibit circumventing access limits; key sharing violates them
medium
Free key arrives by email; Yahoo and Microsoft accounts report delays
medium
No security page means no vulnerability disclosures or posture details
medium
Bug reporting via GitHub repo only; no SLA or enterprise support
Value for money: 5/5
Rating
Free
Starting price
10
Sources
Analyzed
Free
No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; no security page published.
Hobbyists and developers adopt it widely in tutorials and media-server setups, with occasional complaints about rating gaps and key delivery.
“I'm using the AH2 skin with POV, and I don't get ratings on the P...”
“please get your own api keys for omdbapi”
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Richer metadata and community data, free tier
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OMDb API - The Open Movie Database vs IMDb public datasetsWrap IMDb dumps yourself for full control
Based on 14 public sources; pricing detail limited to the free tier, paid tiers exist but weren't itemized in evidence.
Cheap, simple movie-data API perfect for hobby apps; wrong pick for production or compliance needs.
Based on 14 public sources; pricing detail limited to the free tier, paid tiers exist but weren't itemized in evidence.
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