established · -0.2 market

Hardware

Score 28.3 / 100 691 providers +19 via APIs 26 APIs Search apis.io →

Business capabilities this tag reaches

Providers using this tag (691)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps

ParticleIoTCellularWi-FiBluetooth2 APIs62.2 Google Quantum AIQuantum ComputingQuantumNISQ1 API57.7 IonQQuantum ComputingTrapped IonQPUARIA1 API56.7

Developing 21 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

Wahoo FitnessFitnessCyclingEndurance TrainingBike Computers1 API51.9 TARXANCompanyAI AgentsAgent RuntimeLocal-First AI3 APIs50.3 Cisco HardwareInfrastructureNetworkingRouter1 API48.5 NestCompanySmart HomeIoT1 API47.8 Alice BobCompanyQuantum ComputingQuantumCloud Computing1 API47.7 AgiBotCompanyRoboticsHumanoid RobotsEmbodied AI3 APIs47.1 Google Distributed CloudDistributed InfrastructureEdge ComputingHybrid Cloud1 API47.0 First ResonanceCompanyInfrastructureManufacturingMES1 API46.7 Dell ServersInfrastructureManagementMonitoring2 APIs46.4 OxideCloud ComputingInfrastructureComputeVirtualization1 API46.1 CofactrCompanyPhysical AIComponent IntelligenceElectronics1 API45.6 WingtraCompanyDronesUAVAerial Surveying2 APIs44.7 IQM Quantum ComputersQuantum ComputingQuantum CloudHigh Performance ComputingResearch1 API44.4 RenesasCompanySemiconductorsMicrocontrollersElectronics1 API43.4 FuriosaAIArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningInferenceSemiconductors2 APIs43.3 RokidSmart GlassesAugmented RealityWearablesArtificial Intelligence2 APIs42.5 Advanced NavigationCompanyNavigationInertial NavigationGNSS1 API42.3 VioletlabsCompanyEngineeringManufacturing1 API42.3 Analog DevicesEmbedded SystemsIoTSemiconductors4 APIs41.8 Tarana WirelessCompanyNetworkingTelecommunicationsFixed Wireless Access1 API41.6 QuanergyCompanyLiDARSensorsPhysical Security1 API39.8

Thin 38 Limited public surface area

CloverRestaurantPoint-of-SalePaymentsRetail14 APIs38.1 Looking GlassCompanyHolographic DisplaysLight Field3D1 API38.0 ColdSnapCompanyCommerceE-CommerceRetail3 APIs37.5 Liquid InstrumentsCompanyTest and MeasurementInstrumentation2 APIs37.2 AferoCompanyIoTIoT PlatformConnected Devices1 API36.5 PrintNodePrintingCloud PrintingRemote PrintingPrint Jobs1 API36.5 EthernoviaCompanySemiconductorsAutomotiveEthernet2 APIs36.3 Point One NavigationLocationGNSSPositioningGeospatial3 APIs35.3 Stanley Black & DeckerToolsManufacturingIoT1 API35.0 AtmosicCompanySemiconductorsBluetooth Low EnergyWireless34.9 Formlabs3D PrintingAdditive ManufacturingSLASLS1 API34.6 FlicCompanySmart ButtonsIoTSmart Home33.6 ShapewaysCompany3D PrintingAdditive ManufacturingManufacturing1 API33.5 HailoArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSemiconductorsEdge Computing2 APIs33.3 SiFiveCompanySemiconductorsRISC-VProcessor IP1 API33.3 TaalasCompanyArtificial IntelligenceInferenceSemiconductors3 APIs32.9 ModRetroCompanyConsumer ElectronicsGamingRetro Gaming1 API32.6 NeurableNeurotechnologyBrain-Computer InterfaceEEGNeuroscience6 APIs32.5 NominalCompanyDeep TechTest and Measurement1 API32.4 AxeleraaiCompanyArtificial IntelligenceEdge Computing2 APIs31.9 Confidential Computing ConsortiumAttestationConfidential ComputingLinux Foundation2 APIs31.5 Cypress SemiconductorAcquiredBluetoothCapSenseEmbedded Systems6 APIs30.7 MangoBoostCompanyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningInfrastructure3 APIs30.7 UltraleapCompanyHand TrackingComputer VisionSpatial Computing4 APIs30.4 Ace HardwareRetailHome ImprovementTools3 APIs30.3 VirtuixVirtual RealityGamingAgentic Commerce1 API30.1 Nine FivesCompanyRF Test EquipmentTest and Measurement5 APIs29.6 TelemetronCompanyArtificial IntelligenceCustomer SupportIoT4 APIs29.5 SeyondCompanyLiDARSensorsAutonomous Driving1 API29.4 MakerbotCompany3D PrintingManufacturingThingiverse1 API29.0 AIDIN ROBOTICSRoboticsSensorsIndustrial Automation1 API28.3 DevialetAudioConsumer ElectronicsSmart SpeakersHome Automation1 API28.3 HYPERLABSsignal-integrityTest and MeasurementElectronic ComponentsInstrumentation1 API28.3 Super Micro ComputerServersData CenterServer Management1 API28.2 TindieCompanyMarketplaceElectronics1 API27.9 VayyarCompanyDeep TechSensorsRadar27.6 Native InstrumentsCompanyMusicSoftware1 API26.9 GrabCADCompanyB2B3D PrintingAdditive Manufacturing1 API26.4

Emerging 133 Early or largely undocumented

Minimal 479 Almost no public developer surface

Unrated 17 Not yet scored

APIs with this tag (26)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

Replicate Hardware APIThe Hardware API from Replicate — 1 operation(s) for hardware.53.1 Pure Storage Hardware APIOperational status is reported by most of the hardware components in an array, including the chassis, contr...52.6 VergeSense Hardware APIThe Hardware API from VergeSense — 2 operation(s) for hardware.51.7 Livepeer Hardware APIThe Hardware API from Livepeer — 2 operation(s) for hardware.49.8 OpenShift Provisioning APIAPI for managing bare metal and infrastructure provisioning resources including BareMetalHost, Provisioning...49.5 GDC Hardware Management APIThe GDC Hardware Management API provides programmatic access to manage hardware lifecycle for Google Distri...47.0 Limitless PendantWearable AI pendant that captures ambient audio, transcribes it, and stores it as Lifelogs in the user's Li...45.5 Analog Devices PyADI-IIO Python APIPyADI-IIO provides Python interfaces for ADI hardware with IIO drivers, enabling Python developers to inter...41.8 Skydio Attachment ICDMechanical, electrical, and power interface specification for building custom attachments and payloads for ...40.4

Thin 5 Limited public surface area

Clover Android SDKNative SDK for Android apps running on Clover devices, with access to merchant data and device hardware.38.1 Fluence Hardware APIHardware API endpoints36.3 Together AI Hardware APIThe Hardware API from Together AI — 1 operation(s) for hardware.34.5 PennyLane PluginsThe PennyLane plugin layer exposes a uniform `qml.device` interface across third-party quantum SDKs and QPU...30.7 Ace Hardware Retail CommerceAce Hardware's online retail platform at acehardware.com offers customers the ability to shop for hardware,...30.3

Emerging 11 Early or largely undocumented

Apache TVM RPC APIThe TVM RPC (Remote Procedure Call) system enables remote compilation, deployment, and profiling of optimiz...25.2 SenseGlove Core APIThe SenseGlove Core API is a native C++ and C# library (SGCore namespace) that reads sensor and hand-pose d...24.4 OpenBMC APIAPI for interacting with OpenBMC baseboard management controller firmware, providing programmatic access to...22.7 Clip PinPad APIDrive a Clip PinPad device (fixed, high-volume terminal) from a merchant's own POS software — initiate card...21.3 Fleet Complete Unity Devices & Cameras APILook up telematics hardware by ID or serial (getDeviceById, getDevicesBySerial; the older getDeviceBySerial...21.3 Velo3D Sapphire PrintersThe Sapphire family (Sapphire, Sapphire XC, Sapphire 1MZ) of laser powder bed fusion metal 3D printers, usi...17.8 CerteroX ITAMCerteroX ITAM is Certero's IT asset management module that discovers, inventories, and tracks hardware asse...16.2 CLIPS Seed-Treatment DeviceOn-farm seed-treatment application hardware used to apply biotrinsic products to seed prior to planting. Ha...14.8 CropX Sensor HardwareIn-field IoT hardware - SV soil sensors, ET evapotranspiration sensors, WS weather stations, RG rain gauges...14.4 Inmarsat Fleet Edge Hardware Replacement APIThe Fleet Edge Hardware Replacement API supports lifecycle workflows for swapping and provisioning Fleet Ed...13.8 udevDevice manager for the Linux kernel handling device nodes and hotplug events under /dev.12.3

Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface

Fortune Brands Innovations APIThe Fortune Brands Innovations API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration...9.5

Companies reaching this through an API (19)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Hardware” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Apache TVM Certero Clip CropX Fleet Complete Fluence Indigo Agriculture Inmarsat Limitless Linux Livepeer Pure Storage Red Hat OpenShift Replicate Skydio Together AI Velo3D VergeSense Xanadu

Score breakdown

Frequency

78.5

log-scaled weighted occurrences

Breadth

17.9

spread across providers

Quality lift

12.5

mean composite of providers using it

Cohesion

11.5

strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

691 providers carry this tag directly, and 692 counting the 1 narrower tag below — 1 more to reach.

Power Electronics 12 providers

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag691

Api tag26

Openapi tag5

Openapi op tag11

Cohort brief

Auto-generated

The 564 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Hardware, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers

564

all scored

Mean Kin Score

11.8

-11.1 vs catalog 22.9

Mean Agent Readiness

3.7

-8.2 vs catalog 11.9

Spread

0–62.2

median 8.3 · σ 11

How the 564 split by band

Exemplar 0Strong 3Developing 21Thin 38Emerging 132Minimal 370

Facet averages, against the whole catalog

Facet	This cohort	Catalog	Difference	Scored
Contract Governance	2.9	6.3	-3.4	564
Discoverability	53.4	58.1	-4.7	564
Operational Transparency	4.1	13.7	-9.6	564
Developer Ergonomics	12.6	23.2	-10.6	564
Access Clarity	13.2	26.5	-13.3	564
Contract Quality	3.7	17.6	-13.9	564

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes

Artifact	This cohort	Catalog	Difference
MCP server (any)	6%	14%	-8
MCP server (first-party)	2%	12%	-10
Agent Skills	0%	0%	0
OAuth scopes	6%	11%	-5
Security	97%	98%	-1
Arazzo workflows	0%	2%	-2
Governance rules	3%	14%	-11

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score

1 Particle 62.2
2 Google Quantum AI 57.7
3 IonQ 56.7
4 Wahoo Fitness 51.9
5 TARXAN 50.3
6 Cisco Hardware 48.5
7 Nest 47.8
8 Alice Bob 47.7
9 AgiBot 47.1
10 Google Distributed Cloud 47

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