What is a good alternative to ExerciseDB and RapidAPI exercise APIs?
A strong alternative to ExerciseDB and other RapidAPI-hosted exercise APIs is WorkoutDB: a first-party API (no marketplace markup or extra latency) with ~873 exercises, real demonstration video and photos in addition to GIFs, multilingual content, ranked search, and proper developer tooling.
How WorkoutDB differs
- First-party billing and auth — no marketplace cut or aggregator layer between you and the API.
- Full media per exercise: mp4/webm video and photos, not just a GIF.
- Content in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French via ?lang=.
- Ranked fuzzy + full-text search that is accent-insensitive and typo-tolerant.
- OpenAPI 3.1 spec, a published TypeScript SDK (@workoutdb/client), and a Postman collection.
- A consistent { data, meta, requestId } response envelope on every call.
Pricing without surprises
Start free with 5,000 requests/month with no credit card required. Pro is $9.99/month (100,000 requests, commercial use) and Scale is $49/month (1,000,000 requests). No marketplace surcharge.
Related questions
- Is WorkoutDB on RapidAPI?
- WorkoutDB is a first-party API you call directly with an X-API-Key header, which avoids marketplace markup and the extra hop. You manage keys and billing in the WorkoutDB dashboard.
- Does it offer more than GIFs?
- Yes. In addition to an animated GIF, every exercise includes mp4/webm demonstration video and photos.
Build it on WorkoutDB
~873 exercises with demo video, ranked search, and four languages — over a clean REST API. Start free: 5,000 requests/month, no credit card.