Feature
Multi-Protocol Support
Several interfaces — REST, GraphQL, gRPC, streaming — on one product.
25 providers
84 APIs
9 declared variants
The provider exposes the same capability over more than one protocol so teams can pick the transport that fits. Reduces the odds of an impedance mismatch with an existing stack.
25 API providers on the APIs.io network offer multi-protocol support. The highest-rated are GitLab, Dolby.io, Aptos, WSO2, Amazon DataSync.
Providers
Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.
Strong 5 Solid coverage with minor gaps
GitLabGitLab Inc. is an open-core company that develops GitLab, a DevOps software platform for building, securing...Dolby.ioDolby.io (now branded as Dolby OptiView) is Dolby Laboratories' developer platform for media, streaming, co...AptosAptos is a Move-based Layer 1 blockchain platform that exposes a REST API for reading on-chain state and su...WSO2WSO2 API Manager is an open-source API management platform supporting REST, SOAP, and GraphQL with flexible...Amazon DataSyncAWS DataSync is an online data transfer service that simplifies, automates, and accelerates moving data bet...
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
PineconeWith its vector database at the core, Pinecone is the leading knowledge platform for building accurate, sec...WowzaWowza is a Denver, Colorado-based video streaming infrastructure provider that has been simplifying live an...Amazon MQAmazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ that makes it easy to set up...Apache APISIXApache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance cloud-native API gateway built on NGINX and etcd, d...Magic EdenMagic Eden is a multi-chain NFT marketplace offering REST and instruction-generation APIs for Solana, EVM c...AuthentikAuthentik is an open source identity provider with a comprehensive REST API for managing users, groups, flo...Ant MediaAnt Media Server is a scalable, open-source media server for ultra-low latency live streaming and WebRTC-ba...CerbosCerbos is an open-core, language-agnostic, scalable authorization platform that decouples access control fr...Apache JMeterApache JMeter is an open-source Java application designed for load testing functional behavior and measurin...
Thin 10 Limited public surface area
FernFern is an SDK generation and documentation platform designed for the AI era. It transforms OpenAPI, AsyncA...Apache ActiveMQApache ActiveMQ is an open-source, high-performance message broker written in Java, developed by the Apache...QdrantQdrant is a vector similarity search engine that provides a production-ready service with a convenient API ...Apache CXFApache CXF is an open-source Java services framework governed by the Apache Software Foundation that helps ...Apache ThriftApache Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services development. It provides an inte...Model Context Protocol (MCP)Model Context Protocol is an open, JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol from Anthropic that standardizes how AI applicatio...Apache GuacamoleApache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway that supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and...BFEBFE (Beyond Front End) is an open-source layer 7 load balancer developed by Baidu, providing advanced traff...EMCEMC Corporation, acquired by Dell Technologies in 2016 and now operating as Dell EMC, builds enterprise sto...AsyncAPIAsyncAPI is a Linux Foundation project that improves the state of event-driven architectures by providing a...
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
What Providers Actually Declared
This feature is a canonical term. These are the free-text strings
providers wrote in their own apis.yml that map onto it.
Broad Protocol SupportMulti-Protocol SupportMulti-protocol support (S3, Swift, Atmos, HDFS)Multiple TransportsProtocol SupportREST and GraphQL APIsREST and gRPC APIsRunes Protocol SupportWHIP and WHEP protocol support for standards-based publish and playback
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