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 →

Exemplar 6 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready

Salesforce IoT REST APIThe Salesforce IoT REST API provides programmatic access to Salesforce IoT data including contexts, orchest...88.8 ThingSpeak REST APIIoT analytics platform REST API for reading and writing data to channels, creating and managing channels, a...70.8 HERE Tracking APIAsset tracking platform: ingests positions and telemetry from devices, manages devices and projects, and ex...70.2 Cumulocity MQTT and SmartREST APIConstrained-device MQTT broker fronting the Cumulocity REST API with a CSV-based SmartREST 2.0 payload form...68.1 Cumulocity MQTT Service APIStandards-compliant, multi-tenant MQTT broker for application-level messaging that does not need Cumulocity...68.1 Edge Impulse Remote Management APIA two-way WebSocket protocol between edge devices and Edge Impulse Studio, used to drive a connected device...67.9

Strong 12 Solid coverage with minor gaps

Amazon SageMaker Edge Manager APISageMaker Edge Manager dataplane service for communicating with active edge agents running ML models on edg...65.9 Oracle Iot APIThe iot API from Oracle — 24 operation(s) for iot.65.9 Orange Business IoT Managed Global Connectivity APIManage Orange Business cellular IoT SIM fleets worldwide — activation, suspension, usage, location, diagnos...65.3 aedifion MQTT APIMQTT 3.1.1 broker interface at mqtt.aedifion.io for streaming building telemetry into and out of the aedifi...64.6 Aeris AerFrame Device Communication and Control APIRESTful SMS and device-control API on the Aeris network: send mobile-terminated SMS, receive delivery notif...61.9 Aeris AerTraffic Reports APIWeb service interface for retrieving device traffic and billing data from the Aeris AerTraffic system: crea...61.9 Aeris IoT Accelerator SOAP APIThe legacy SOAP/WSDL service portal API of the IoT Accelerator platform, covering subscription management, ...61.9 Red Hat Edge Management APIAPI for fleet edge management capabilities including device provisioning, image management, update orchestr...60.8 Rachio Public APIThe Public API from Rachio — 21 operation(s) for public.57.8 MOVE IOT Connect APITata Communications MOVE platform IOT API, permitting management of a tenancy of the MOVE IOT Connect produ...56.0 MOVE SIM Connect APIFull-service API for the Tata Communications MOVE platform SIM Connect product, supporting management of a ...56.0 Claro Geofencing APIMonitors M2M/IoT devices on the Claro Brasil network against geographic fences and raises cellular-network ...55.7

Developing 36 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

ETSI MEC 033 IoT APIThe IoT API from ETSI GS MEC 033, defining how IoT device registration, IoT platform selection and device-t...53.7 ETSI NGSI-LD API (ISG CIM)The NGSI-LD API standardised by ETSI ISG CIM in GS CIM 009, a JSON-LD context information management API fo...53.7 Adafruit IO MQTT APIMQTT broker at io.adafruit.com for publish/subscribe access to Adafruit IO feeds and groups. TLS on port 88...53.5 Soracom Auth and Access Management APIAuthenticate operators (email/password or AuthKey), issue short-lived API Keys + Tokens, manage operator pr...51.5 Soracom Batch APIBatch processing — create batch groups, define jobs that invoke API operations across many SIMs or devices,...51.5 Soracom Billing APIRetrieve usage charges (monthly bills, daily bill items, per-SIM and per-bill-item summaries), export bills...51.5 Soracom Cloud Camera Services APIManage Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) devices, livestream URLs, image exports, recording exports, ...51.5 Soracom Group Configuration APIManage Soracom groups and per-service configuration. Groups bind SIMs and devices to namespaced configurati...51.5 Soracom Lagoon APIManage Soracom Lagoon (managed Grafana) subscription, plan tier, organization, dashboards, users, licenses,...51.5 Soracom SIM Management APIManage Soracom Air for Cellular SIMs (and Subscribers) — list, get, create Arc virtual SIMs, activate/deact...51.5 Soracom Stats and Diagnostics APIRetrieve cellular data usage statistics (per SIM/subscriber/group/account), API and Napter audit logs, oper...51.5 ThingSpeak Alerts APISend email alerts from a channel via the alerts API or React, and retrieve alert history. Useful for enviro...50.9 ThingSpeak Channels APIList, create, read, update, and delete ThingSpeak channels — the primary container for time-series IoT data...50.9 ThingSpeak Charts APIServer-rendered chart embeds for any channel/field — line, bar, column, spline — with parameters for color,...50.9 ThingSpeak MATLAB Analysis APIRun scheduled or React-triggered MATLAB code against channel data — the differentiator that separates Thing...50.9 ThingSpeak MATLAB Visualization APIGenerate custom plots from MATLAB code and embed them on ThingSpeak channel pages or external dashboards. S...50.9 ThingSpeak MQTT APILightweight pub/sub MQTT broker at `mqtt3.thingspeak.com` over TCP (1883), TLS (8883), WebSocket (80), and ...50.9 ThingSpeak React APIReact lets channels react to incoming data — running ThingHTTP requests, MATLAB Analysis snippets, TalkBack...50.9 ThingSpeak ThingHTTP APIOutbound HTTP requests stored as named "ThingHTTP" actions and fired by React, TimeControl, or device polle...50.9 ThingSpeak TimeControl APICron-style scheduler that fires ThingHTTP, TalkBack, or MATLAB Analysis actions at a chosen time, recurring...50.9 ThingSpeak Update APIWrite a single channel entry via `/update` or push high-volume telemetry via `/channels/{channel_id}/bulk_u...50.9 Rogers Control Centre IoT APIsRogers Control Centre is Rogers' managed IoT and M2M connectivity management platform, a white-labelled dep...50.5 HiveMQ MQTT over WebSocketMQTT 3.x and MQTT 5 messaging endpoints exposed over WebSocket for browser and edge clients to publish and ...49.3 emnify GraphQL APIemnify GraphQL API for flexible, single-request queries against the emnify data model with customizable res...49.1 DNV Veracity Platform APIDNV Veracity is an open and secure industry data platform facilitating exchange of datasets, APIs, applicat...47.0 Proficy Operations Hub REST APIsTwo REST surfaces on an Operations Hub installation. The integration APIs let a third-party server authenti...45.6 Arduino Iot APIThe Iot API from Arduino — 4 operation(s) for iot.43.4 Notecard APIThe Notecard API is the firmware-level JSON API for interacting with Blues Notecard hardware modules direct...43.1 Siemens MindConnect Node.js SDKTypeScript and JavaScript community SDK for Industrial IoT APIs providing convenient wrappers around the Mi...41.9 Siemens MindSphere Agent Management APIAPI to onboard, offboard, update, and delete MindConnect agents that act as gateways connecting field devic...41.9 Siemens MindSphere Event Management APIThe Event Management Service captures and manages events generated by industrial devices in MindSphere. Eve...41.9 Siemens MindSphere IoT File Service APIFile management service for files related to IoT assets. Enables uploading, downloading, and managing files...41.9 AVEVA CONNECT Data Services APIAVEVA CONNECT (formerly AVEVA Data Hub / OSIsoft Cloud Services) provides cloud-native REST APIs for indust...40.4 HKUST API Gateway and API PortalHKUST's Azure API Management tenant, operated by the IT Services Office. The gateway is live and callable a...40.0 HKUST Open Data PlatformCentral Elastic Stack repository established by ITSO to collect, search and visualise smart-campus data, in...40.0 Synse Server API (v3)Synse Server exposes a uniform HTTP and WebSocket API for reading from and writing to physical and virtual ...39.8

Thin 27 Limited public surface area

Wyze Developer APIThe first-party Wyze cloud API reached with a personal API Key and Key ID generated from the Wyze Developer...39.2 China Mobile IoT Card Capability Open Platform APIThe 物联卡能力开放平台 (IoT Card Capability Open Platform) exposes cellular M2M SIM lifecycle and subscriber-informa...39.0 OneNET IoT Open Platform APIOneNET is China Mobile's IoT PaaS, operated by its CMIOT subsidiary, for device connection, device manageme...39.0 Apache MiNiFiMiNiFi is a lightweight agent for edge data collection that is a subproject of NiFi. MiNiFi C++ (nifi-minif...38.3 Afero Cloud Devices APIThe Afero Cloud Devices API lists the devices linked to an Afero account and, via the expansions query para...36.5 CloudEvents MQTT Protocol BindingThe MQTT protocol binding for CloudEvents defines how events are mapped to MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5.0 messages...36.2 Zephyr Networking APIThe Zephyr networking stack exposes BSD-like sockets, TLS/DTLS, MQTT, CoAP, LWM2M, HTTP, WebSocket, gRPC, a...35.7 PTC ThingWorx WebSocket/AlwaysOn APIPTC ThingWorx AlwaysOn WebSocket API enables persistent bidirectional connections for industrial edge devic...35.6 Sense Realtime APIThe Sense Realtime API delivers live electricity usage data via a WebSocket connection, streaming second-by...34.4 Estimote Cloud APIREST API for managing Estimote devices (beacons): list and configure devices, associate cloud Attachments (...34.2 IKEA DIRIGERA Smart Home Hub API (Unofficial, Local)The DIRIGERA hub is IKEA's next-generation smart home gateway (replacing TRADFRI). It exposes a private, lo...34.1 Inspur Cloud IoT Platform APICloud-side and device-side API for the Inspur Cloud IoT platform, with an MQTT device protocol, device dyna...34.1 Stanley X IoT APIStanley X is the innovation arm of Stanley Black & Decker that provides IoT connectivity APIs enabling smar...33.5 EnOS Open APIThe EnOS platform open APIs cover the core platform services — model, device connection, asset, asset tree,...32.9 Trimble Agriculture Telematics APIThe Trimble Agriculture Telematics API provides access to real-time and historical equipment telematics dat...32.9 Tuya Device Management APIThe Tuya Device Management API provides endpoints to query, control, and manage IoT devices registered to a...31.9 Tuya Smart Home APIThe Tuya Smart Home API provides management capabilities for smart home deployments, including home and roo...31.9 Gausium Cloud Open APIREST API for the Gausium Cloud platform. Authenticated with OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens (custom open-access gra...30.5 RUCKUS IoT Platform APIREST API (v2.2) for the RUCKUS IoT Platform Controller. Manages the IoT controller, IoT-enabled access poin...30.1 IoT Managed Global Connectivity APISIM management and device monitoring for IoT deployments across Orange's global cellular footprint.29.4 MQTTOASIS standard messaging protocol for the Internet of Things. Lightweight publish/subscribe transport for r...29.3 COSMOPlat IoT Telemetry (MQTT)The MQTT publish/subscribe surface of the COSMOPlat IoT development platform, documented in 数据流转引擎 (data fl...28.9 ABM ConnectABM Connect is a data intelligence platform that unifies facility, financial, equipment, IoT, and service-d...28.6 Blynk Device HTTPS APIToken-authenticated HTTPS REST API used by individual devices to read and write datastream values, batch up...27.5 Blynk Device Streaming ProtocolBi-directional low-latency streaming connection protocol used by the Blynk Library and Blynk.Edgent to main...27.5 Blynk Platform HTTPS APIEnterprise-tier OAuth2 REST API for full programmatic CRUD across Blynk Cloud tenancy. Resources include de...27.5 Otis Building Management APIAPI that moves elevator and escalator data into Building Management Systems (BMS), Building Automation Syst...26.5

Emerging 32 Early or largely undocumented

GanjaMon MCP ServerRemote Model Context Protocol server at https://grokandmon.com/mcp/v1 (also answers at /mcp; protocol versi...25.7 Grok & Mon REST APIThe JSON REST origin under https://grokandmon.com/api/ that the website, the MCP tools and the ACP endpoint...25.7 AIROC Wi-Fi (formerly WICED)AIROC Wi-Fi is the Infineon-rebranded Cypress WICED Wi-Fi stack and SDK, including the Wi-Fi Host Driver (W...25.2 Zebra RFID IoT Connector REST APIThe Zebra IoT Connector (ZIOTC) provides a local deployment REST API for managing RFID reader configuration...24.7 EcoStruxure IT Expert APIThe EcoStruxure IT Expert API provides programmatic access to data center infrastructure management data. I...23.3 Overhaul Device APIReal-time tracking across modes and regions using customer-owned IoT devices, loggers, tags and sensors or ...22.0 Ubidots Data API v1.6The Ubidots Data API v1.6 provides REST endpoints for sending and retrieving time-series data (dots) from I...20.6 Ubidots Data API v2The Ubidots Data API v2 adds advanced filtering and sorting, bulk asynchronous operations for thousands of ...20.6 Ubidots MQTT APIUbidots supports MQTT for lightweight device telemetry ingestion. Devices publish dots to Ubidots broker to...20.6 Thermo King ConnectedSuiteConnectedSuite is Thermo King's umbrella of connected products — TracKing telematics, TracKing Pro (energy ...20.5 Thermo King TracKing TelematicsThermo King TracKing is the flagship telematics platform for transport refrigeration units (TRUs) — trailer...20.5 Trane Symbio Digital Equipment ControllersSymbio is Trane's portfolio of digital equipment controllers (chillers, rooftop units, air handlers) provid...20.5 Helium Console / LoRaWAN Network Server APIREST + WebSocket / MQTT integration surface exposed by Helium-compatible LoRaWAN Network Servers (e.g. Nova...19.1 Hitachi Construction Machinery Telematics APIThe Hitachi Construction Machinery Telematics API provides operational data about construction equipment in...18.4 Sony Spresense SDKSpresense is Sony's hexa-core Cortex-M4F IoT board powered by the CXD5602 chipset. The Spresense SDK provid...17.4 MQTT ProtocolMQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport, ISO/IEC 20922) is a lightweight pub/sub messaging protocol widel...17.3 NTT Communications Things CloudIoT device-management platform exposing a documented OpenAPI specification for device, measurement, alarm, ...17.0 NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS Developer PortalUnified API gateway for NTT Communications / NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS enterprise services. Catalogs APIs across ...17.0 RushCare TelematicsRushCare Telematics provides fleet visibility and vehicle data monitoring powered by Geotab, the world's la...16.1 MQTT Version 3.1.1 ProtocolPrevious OASIS Standard version of MQTT, still widely deployed across IoT brokers, devices, and cloud platf...16.0 MQTT Version 5.0 ProtocolOASIS Standard publish/subscribe messaging protocol for IoT and M2M communication. MQTT v5.0 defines the wi...16.0 Whirlpool Amazon Dash ReplenishmentWhirlpool was the first appliance company to integrate Amazon Dash Replenishment Service. Whirlpool smart w...15.4 Whirlpool Connected Appliances APIThe Whirlpool connected appliances cloud API enables control and monitoring of Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAi...15.4 Bosch IoT Edge AgentBosch IoT Edge Agent is a device enablement solution for edge computing scenarios. The agent runs on edge g...15.2 Bosch IoT Edge ServicesBosch IoT Edge Services provide edge infrastructure and management capabilities for distributed edge comput...15.2 Bosch IoT InsightsBosch IoT Insights collects, processes, stores, assesses, and visualizes IoT data. The service provides tel...15.2 Bosch IoT Remote ManagerBosch IoT Remote Manager enables management, updating, control, and servicing of IoT devices throughout the...15.2 Bosch IoT RolloutsBosch IoT Rollouts is a software update deployment solution for managing and orchestrating over-the-air fir...15.2 Bryte IQ Network-as-a-Service APIBryte IQ is Charter Communications' NaaS developer platform built on the Linux Foundation's CAMARA open API...14.9 XAG Open PlatformXAG's developer Open Platform (Chinese-language) integrating application management, device data authorizat...14.1 Inmarsat IsatData Pro Messaging APIThe IsatData Pro (IDP) Messaging API is a web service for sending and receiving short binary messages over ...13.8 Inmarsat NB-NTN NIDD API (Proof of Concept)A Viasat / Inmarsat Enterprise proof-of-concept API for Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD) over NB-NTN (Narrowband...13.8

Minimal 9 Almost no public developer surface

KubeEdge Edge APIKubeEdge extends the Kubernetes API to manage edge nodes and devices. It includes custom resources for devi...10.7 T-Mobile Developer PortalT-Mobile operates a developer portal that provides programmatic access to T-Mobile services for partners, e...10.6 Philips HealthSuite Digital Platform (HSDP)HSDP is Philips' cloud platform for building connected health applications. It packages a suite of building...10.0 LF Edge APIProgrammatic access to LF Edge project resources, APIs, and edge computing framework tools.9.1 Neolink Camera APIREST API for managing Reolink cameras through the Neolink bridge, providing RTSP streaming, camera control,...8.6 CropX Sensor HardwareIn-field IoT hardware - SV soil sensors, ET evapotranspiration sensors, WS weather stations, RG rain gauges...8.4 ParklioSeamlessly integrate your existing systems or products with Parklio API so you can scale your operations an...8.4 OceanMedallionOceanMedallion is Carnival Corporation's wearable IoT device and experience platform deployed across Prince...7.3 Ninja Blocks REST APIHistorical RESTful API for the Ninja Blocks IoT platform, used to read device/sensor data and actuate devic...0.0

Companies reaching this through an API (22)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “IoT” 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.

Score breakdown

Frequency

76.1

log-scaled weighted occurrences

Breadth

12.4

spread across providers

Quality lift

23.8

mean composite of providers using it

Cohesion

8.4

strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

554 providers carry this tag directly, and 616 counting the 2 narrower tags below — 62 more to reach.

Cellular 10 providers Industrial IoT 73 providers

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag557

Api tag122

Openapi tag1

Openapi op tag4

Markets provisional

Kin Score markets whose measured providers carry this tag. Share is the fraction of the market's measured providers that carry it — it describes the market, not this tag.

Market	Share of the market's providers
IoT and Smart Home	71%
Building Automation (HVAC, BACnet, KNX, smart buildings)	49%
Telecom Network APIs (CAMARA)	48%
Wireless and Wired Connectivity Certification (Thread, USB-IF, Wi-Fi Alliance)	48%
Home Assistant Custom Integrations (HACS)	38%
Automotive and Mobility	36%
ENERGY STAR Certified Products (appliances, electronics, data-center equipment, EV chargers, smart thermostats)	36%
Apple Accessory & Device Ecosystem (MFi, Matter, Apple partners)	28%
FMCSA Registered Electronic Logging Devices	26%
Energy and Utilities	24%

Cohort brief

Auto-generated

The 522 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged IoT, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers

522

of 554 in the catalog

Mean Kin Score

23.9

+1.7 vs catalog 22.2

Mean Agent Readiness

12.3

+0.3 vs catalog 12

Spread

0–91.6

median 18.3 · σ 17.7

How the 522 split by band

Exemplar 7Strong 31Developing 73Thin 90Emerging 155Minimal 166

Facet averages, against the whole catalog

Facet	This cohort	Catalog	Difference	Scored
Developer Ergonomics	26.5	23.2	+3.3	522
Discoverability	59.9	57.9	+2	522
Contract Quality	18.8	17.2	+1.6	522
Contract Governance	7.6	6.5	+1.1	522
Operational Transparency	13.4	13	+0.4	522
Access Clarity	23.5	23.9	-0.4	522

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)	10%	13%	-3
MCP server (first-party)	7%	12%	-5
Agent Skills	0%	0%	0
OAuth scopes	13%	11%	+2
Security	99%	98%	+1
Arazzo workflows	2%	2%	0
Governance rules	17%	16%	+1

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 Twilio 91.6
2 Telnyx 86.1
3 Kontakt.io 71.4
4 The Things Network / The Things Stack 70.9
5 Hubble Network 70.5
6 Losant 70
7 Edge Impulse 67.9
8 Amazon FreeRTOS 65.9
9 Orange Business 65.3
10 Aedifion 64.6

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