The Trivia API vs QuizAPI
QuizAPI is a platform for building, generating and embedding quizzes, covering tech topics as well as general knowledge. The Trivia API focuses on trivia questions, with more ways to ask and check them.
What each API does well
What QuizAPI does well
- A full quiz platform: build quizzes through the API, generate them with AI, and embed them with one script tag.
- Leaderboards with XP and streaks, plus analytics on plays and scores.
- Webhooks when something happens in your quizzes.
- An explanation on every question.
- Programming and DevOps topics, like Kubernetes and Terraform, alongside general knowledge.
- Cheap paid plans, from $1.99 a month.
What The Trivia API adds
- English multiple-choice questions with no key or sign-up.
- Typed-answer checking, and hints as well as explanations.
- No-repeat sessions, and filtering by region.
- Image questions and translations into 8 more languages.
- Semantic search across every question.
- A typed npm package and an MCP server, available now.
Side by side
| Feature | The Trivia API | QuizAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Approved questions | 15,321 Source | 11,997, across 1,152 quizzes Source |
| Question types | Multiple choice for everyone. Typed answer and image choice (1,094 image questions) on the Complete plan. No true/false. Source | Multiple choice and true/false. Open-ended is a type in the API, but no questions use it. Source |
| Languages | English for everyone. Spanish, Dutch, Hindi, Turkish, French, German, Russian and Portuguese on the Complete plan. Source | No language option in the API Source |
| Hints and explanations | A hint to show before answering and an explanation to show after, on almost every question. In English, with no key needed. Source | An explanation on every question, but no hints Source |
| No-repeat sessions | Pass a session id and questions never repeat. Each response says how many are left. Regular and Complete plans. Source | No Source |
| Typed-answer checking | Send what a player typed and an LLM marks it, so typos and other wordings still count. Complete plan. Source | No Source |
| Semantic search | Find questions by meaning, or ask for a random round on a topic. Complete plan. Source | No. Filter by category, difficulty, type and tag. Source |
| Saved quizzes | Save a fixed set of questions under one id, so every player gets the same round. Any paid plan. Source | Its core feature: create quizzes through the API, generate them with AI and embed them on a site Source |
| Tags and regions | Filter by tag, and add a country code for regional questions. Source | Tags, but no regions Source |
| Family-friendly filter | contentFilter=family leaves out the 521 questions marked as adult content. No key needed. Source | No Source |
| SDK and AI tools | A typed npm package (@trivia-api/sdk) and an MCP server for Claude, Cursor and other AI assistants. Source | An OpenAPI spec. JavaScript and Python SDKs are in development. No MCP server. Source |
| API key | Not needed for English multiple choice questions. Other features need an X-API-Key header. Source | Needed for questions, as a Bearer token Source |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0: commercial use needs a paid plan Source | unknown Source |
| Pricing | Free for non-commercial use. Paid plans for commercial use. Source | Free plan with 500 calls a month. Paid plans from $1.99 a month. Source |
| Last updated | Questions approved on 2026-11-13 Source | unknown Source |
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5 random questions from each API, exactly as they were sent.