Comparison · 2026
Orizn Widgets vs Passport Index
Passport Index (by Arton Capital) is the well-known real-time passport ranking — a reference destination, not an embed product. Its only documented embeddable, a WordPress plugin, is invitation-only with government agencies prioritized, and its data is officially restricted to academic research. If you want passport-power content on your own site, the comparison looks like this.
Orizn wins on
- Actually embeddable: 5 widgets via public builder — Passport Index’s WordPress plugin is invitation-only, government agencies prioritized
- Works on any site (script, iframe, oEmbed) vs WordPress-only plugin
- Data you may use commercially — Passport Index’s FAQ restricts data use to academic research, with prior permission
- Public visa API with self-serve keys — Passport Index has no official public API
- Monetization built in: flat 50% revenue share for publishers
Passport Index may suit you if
- You want to cite the reference global passport ranking — Passport Index is the widely-quoted authority
- You are a government agency: the plugin page explicitly welcomes government websites
- You need passport-design imagery and rank history as a research or editorial source (with their permission)
Feature comparison
Orizn vs Passport Index, side by side
We benchmark the dimensions that matter when you embed a widget on a travel blog: cost, languages, data freshness, monetization, performance and lock-in.
| Capability | Orizn Widgets | Passport Index |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Embeddable widget suite for third-party sites | Reference website: real-time passport ranking by Arton Capital |
| Embeddable widget | 5 widgets, public live builder, no account needed | One WordPress plugin, “invitation-only”, government agencies prioritized |
| Platform support | Any site: script tag, iframe, oEmbed (Substack, Notion, Medium) | WordPress only (plugin) |
| Public API | Yes — self-serve keys with a free tier | None official; community GitHub dataset is unofficial and its main repo is archived |
| Data license for your site | Commercial embedding allowed, free | Official FAQ: research use by academia only, prior permission required, citation mandatory |
| Passport-ranking authority | Passport Score widget, launched 2026 | The widely-cited global reference ranking, long established |
| Data freshness | Continuously refreshed from official sources | “Real-time” updates claimed, via government sources, crowdsourcing and proprietary research |
| Languages | 16 languages auto-detected in the widget | 10 languages on their site; plugin languages not documented publicly |
| Publisher earnings | Flat 50% revenue share, monthly payouts | No publisher monetization documented publicly |
| Pricing & terms | Free, published terms | Plugin pricing, licensing and request process not documented publicly |
| Beyond passport rank | Visa checker, budget, country comparison, checklist widgets | Passport ranking, visa-free lists, passport designs |
Competitor details are taken from Passport Index's public pages and documentation as of July 2026. Features and terms change — check their own site for authoritative, current numbers.
At a glance
Two products, two philosophies
Orizn Widgets
Travel-native, free forever, 16 languages, real-time data, and a 50/50 affiliate share — purpose-built for travel blogs that want to monetize without subscriptions.
Pricing
Free forever (all 5 widgets). Optional paid Orizn Visa API for higher rate limits.
What makes it different
- Drop-in HTML embed — two lines, no build step
- Auto-detects 16 visitor languages
- Real-time visa data for 199 passports x 232 destinations
- Scoped CSS (orizn- prefix), no style leakage
- Zero dependencies, under 15 KB per widget
- CSP-safe — no inline scripts, no eval
- 50/50 affiliate share with monthly Stripe payouts
- Free analytics dashboard included
Passport Index
A passport-ranking reference site. Useful when its catalog or workflow fits exactly what you need — less specialized for the travel-affiliate use case.
Typical pricing
Not documented publicly — the WordPress plugin is invitation-only (government agencies prioritized) and no pricing, licensing or application process is published.
Common features
- Real-time global passport power ranking
- Visa-free / visa-required lists per passport
- Passport designs gallery (copyright of each government)
- Site available in 10 languages
- WordPress plugin for visa lists — by invitation
When to consider
Use Passport Index as a source to cite, not a widget to embed: it is the reference passport ranking, and its plugin page is aimed at government websites. If you are a government agency running WordPress, requesting their plugin is a legitimate route.
Pricing
Pricing, side by side
Orizn
$0
Forever, for all five widgets
- +Unlimited views, unlimited widgets
- +16 languages auto-detected
- +50/50 affiliate share included
- +Free analytics dashboard
- ·Optional paid Orizn Visa API for higher rate limits
Passport Index
N/A
Plugin terms not documented publicly
Passport Index publishes no pricing because there is nothing self-serve to buy: the WordPress plugin is invitation-only with government agencies prioritized, and no licensing terms are public. Their FAQ limits data use to academic research with prior permission. Orizn’s widgets are free, commercial use is allowed, and publishers earn a flat 50% share.
Honest trade-off
When Passport Index might be the better fit
Passport Index is not really a competitor — it is the reference. Arton Capital’s ranking is the one journalists cite, it claims real-time updates backed by proprietary research, and its passport-design gallery is unique. If your article needs an authoritative rank to quote, cite them (their FAQ asks for exactly that: citation with access date). Where it stops being an option is on your own site: the only embeddable is a WordPress-only plugin handed out by invitation with governments first in line, there is no official API, and the official data license is academic-research-only with prior permission. Orizn exists for that gap: an embeddable passport-score widget — plus visa, budget, comparison and checklist — that any publisher can install in two lines and monetize at a flat 50%.
FAQ
Questions about switching
Can I embed Passport Index on my travel blog?
There is no documented self-serve way. The only official embeddable is a WordPress plugin that is “available on an invitation-only base” with government agencies prioritized, per their own plugin page. No pricing, licensing or request process is published. Orizn’s passport-score widget embeds on any platform from a public builder, no invitation needed.
Is there a Passport Index API?
No official public API exists. A community GitHub dataset (scraped from passportindex.org) circulates, but it is unofficial, its main repository is archived, and Passport Index’s own FAQ restricts data use to academic research with prior permission — so building a commercial site feature on it is risky. Orizn offers a self-serve visa API with a free tier.
Isn’t the GitHub Passport Index dataset MIT-licensed?
The MIT notice is on the unofficial community repository’s README, not from Arton Capital. The official passportindex.org FAQ says the data “can be used for research purposes only by academia” and that permission must be requested prior to use. Do not treat the scraped dataset as commercially licensed.
Whose passport ranking is more authoritative?
Passport Index is the established, widely-cited reference and claims real-time updates — cite it in editorial content. Orizn’s Passport Score widget answers a different need: an interactive score your readers can check in your page, in 16 languages, connected to visa, budget and checklist widgets you can monetize.
Can I use both?
Yes, and it is a sensible combo: cite Passport Index (with the citation format their FAQ requests) as an editorial source, and embed Orizn widgets for the interactive layer your readers touch — visa checks, budgets, passport score, checklists — with your affiliate code on every placement.
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Used by independent travel bloggers in 2026. Verdict for this matchup: Reference site vs embeddable widget suite.