Markets · bedrock market · provisional
Apple Accessory & Device Ecosystem (MFi, Matter, Apple partners)
Register market (apple mfi accessory licensing, csa matter certification, apple partner network). The Kin Score Market layer reads each provider in its market:
who it integrates with, how deep those integrations go, and where the market publishes its own structure.
Methodology.
141providers measured
24 (17.0%)declare their own
25 (17.7%)covered by others only
3 (2.1%)distribution only (sell through, not integrations)
89 (63.1%)undeclared
20declare compatibility (report only, not weighted)
1in-market workflows shown
Provisional. Provisional and unweighted: the Market layer is not part of the composite or agent readiness. Leader lists are read within a position, never as one ranking. A provider that declares nothing we can
read is shown as undeclared, with no number: we never infer integrations.
Where this market publishes its structure
- Apple MFi licensed accessory search (mfi.apple.com/en/account/accessory-search; public JSON /account/web/api/licensee/*) machine-readable, 48084 accessory-technology rows, 5223 brands across 175 technology/category lists; brand name only; 34 brand registrations linked to 25 providers; 5,419 names refused (no repo, too short: HP, LG; Wikidata contradiction: Nissan, Aura)
- Apple Partner Network partner discovery (partnernetwork.apple.com; apple.com/business/partners/ redirects to /business/enterprise/) machine-readable, browser strategy (client-rendered; plain POST to the search endpoint is 403 outside the page); 1309 partners in 66 countries; 2 device-management vendors linked, resellers / MSPs held
- CSA certified products, Matter (csa-iot.org/csa-iot_products; /wp-json/wp/v2/product) machine-readable, 15213 Matter products, 385 companies, name only; deep offsets 504 so read newest- and oldest-first; 9 deduped against iot-smart-home, 2 linked (ecoflow, tuya)
- Apple Platform Deployment guide (support.apple.com/guide/deployment) / Apple Business + School Manager MDM vendors not machine-readable: no vendor list published: the guide documents MDM payloads only (device-management recorded the same 2026-10-20)
- Apple Business / Education app vendor programs not machine-readable: no public register; apple.com/business/partners/ is the Partner Network tool above
Own = declares at least one integration itself; covered = visible only because an aggregator, standards body, regulator or partner contract names it; distribution-only = listed only on cloud marketplaces it sells through, a channel reported beside, never counted as its own declared integrations; undeclared = nothing we can read, so no number; declares_compatibility = providers with a `compatible` shape vote, report only (kin, 2026-10-13): never counted as own, never in depth or position.
Taxonomy how this market maps onto apis.io
Derived 2026-10-23 from the 141 providers in this market we could resolve in the
catalog. The percentage is the share of those providers carrying each one; it describes the market, not the tag or industry. Tag groups have no page of their own yet, so they are listed unlinked.
share of resolved cohort carrying it; tags >=0.20 & >=3 members (max 12, junk dropped), tag_groups >=0.20 (cooccurrence, non-cross-cutting; max 8), industries >=0.20 (max 6), areas >=0.10 (max 6; areas are keyword-matched and sparse), capabilities L1 >=0.20 (max 8); derive-market-taxonomy.py
Leaders by position (provisional)
Provisional: grouped by position, depth compared within a position only. Distribution (cloud marketplaces) and iPaaS bridges are counted beside
position, never inside it. Unknown-builder listings are left out of position shares and counted here.
gravity 2 · other companies invest to build on it
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Apple |
55.5 |
30 |
14 / 16 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
partner-built 45%, ipaas-bridge 10%, standard 39%, covered 6% |
| JAMF |
53.0 |
109 |
89 / 20 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
partner-built 81%, provider-built 2%, ipaas-bridge 3%, contract 1%, standard 4%, builds-on-platform 7%, distribution 3% |
builds-on 8 · publishes apps on other platforms' stores
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Electric |
51.7 |
4 |
0 / 4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 25%, builds-on-platform 75% |
| Tuya |
48.3 |
6 |
0 / 6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 17%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Emerge Tools |
36.4 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 33%, distribution 67% |
| Revel Systems |
19.7 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Shopkeep |
19.7 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Dark Sky |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
| Hark |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
| Thunkable |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
coverage 1 · reaches banks, carriers, systems or channels (an aggregator)
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Raycast |
51.8 |
424 |
33 / 391 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
partner-built 8%, coverage 91%, builds-on-platform 1% |
covered 7 · reached mainly through aggregators
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Devialet |
37.7 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, covered 50% |
| Molekule |
37.7 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, covered 50% |
| Rokid |
36.1 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, covered 50% |
| Cowboy |
34.5 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, covered 50% |
| Argmax |
26.8 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
covered 50%, distribution 50% |
| Halo Collar |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
covered 100% |
| Rabbit |
9.6 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
covered 100% |
regulated 1 · named in a regulator's register or partners' contracts
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Apple Pay |
57.9 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
contract 100% |
standard 26 · listed by a voluntary standard's own directory
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Lenovo |
61.2 |
14 |
0 / 14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
standard 86%, builds-on-platform 7%, distribution 7% |
| Razer |
60.9 |
4 |
0 / 4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Zebra Technologies |
58.2 |
5 |
0 / 5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 80%, builds-on-platform 20% |
| EcoFlow |
58.1 |
6 |
0 / 6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
contract 17%, standard 67%, covered 17% |
| Sony |
57.1 |
11 |
0 / 11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 91%, builds-on-platform 9% |
| Bosch |
55.6 |
6 |
0 / 6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Eaton |
55.2 |
12 |
0 / 12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 83%, covered 8%, builds-on-platform 8% |
| SanDisk |
54.8 |
7 |
0 / 7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| ecobee |
45.8 |
4 |
0 / 4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 25%, standard 75% |
| Sonos |
43.8 |
4 |
0 / 4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 25%, standard 50%, covered 25% |
| IKEA |
42.5 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Samsung |
42.5 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Level Home |
38.3 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Skullcandy |
37.7 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Varjo |
35.2 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Flic |
35.0 |
5 |
0 / 5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
ipaas-bridge 40%, standard 40%, covered 20% |
| Iru |
34.5 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Lima |
23.6 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Sensibo |
22.9 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 50%, standard 50% |
| Insta360 |
22.0 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| AO Smith |
21.1 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Boldr |
18.9 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Native Instruments |
18.8 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Nothing |
18.8 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Atari |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Deeploi |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
mixed 3 · no single mode dominates
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Garmin |
53.0 |
6 |
0 / 6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
contract 33%, standard 17%, covered 33%, unknown 17% |
| Xiaomi |
49.0 |
10 |
0 / 10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
standard 45%, covered 36%, builds-on-platform 9%, unknown 9% |
| August |
40.2 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 33%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33% |
long-tail 1 · reached only through iPaaS bridges
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Apple Music |
2.5 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 100% |
distribution 3 · only sells through cloud marketplaces
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Limrun |
19.2 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
distribution 100% |
| ContextSDK |
9.6 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
distribution 100% |
| Mirai |
9.6 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
distribution 100% |
undeclared 89 · declares nothing we can read: no number
Top workflows by market votes
Workflows (Arazzo) and their phrasing are generated by API Evangelist, ranked by market votes (integration edges in the graph, weighted by channel).
In-market workflows only: a step on the market provider's side maps to this market's business capabilities (), and the partner is not a generic export/notify app. Other workflows are counted as bridges (including any whose steps do not resolve to a capability yet). Methodology.
In-market: 1; bridges: 0.