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Key Management

Score 20.7 / 100 19 providers +13 via APIs 14 APIs Search apis.io →
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Developer Platform & API Ecosystem Management 1 Cybersecurity Management 1

Providers using this tag (19)

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

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Amazon KMSCryptographyData ProtectionEncryption1 API62.1Azure Key VaultCertificatesCloud SecurityCryptography1 API60.6
Developing 8 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
IronCore LabsCompanyEncryptionPrivacySecurity2 APIs52.6OpenBaoSecrets ManagementSecurityIdentity and Access ManagementEncryption1 API51.6VirtruCompanyCybersecurityData SecurityEncryption15 APIs49.1Google Cloud Secret ManagerConfigurationCredentialsGoogle Cloud1 API47.5Google Cloud KMSCryptographyEncryptionGoogle Cloud1 API47.0FortanixCompanySecurityEncryption3 APIs44.0CubistCompanyDeveloper ToolsWallets1 API43.2VenafiCompanySecurityCertificatesPKI4 APIs43.1
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
CipherTrustCompanySecurityEncryption1 API38.0TurnkeyCryptoWalletsSigning1 API34.9DfnsWalletsMPCDigital Assets1 API34.0Vault12CompanyCryptocurrencySecurityBackup1 API33.1Virgil SecurityCompanySecurityEncryptionEnd-to-End Encryption1 API31.5
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
KeybaseCompanySecurityEncryptionCryptography1 API22.0Lit ProtocolWeb3MPCProgrammable Keys1 API20.7EntropyCompanyCryptographyThreshold SignaturesDistributed Key Generation16.3
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
KeynexusCompanySecurityEncryption3.4

APIs with this tag (14)

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Exemplar 4 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Delinea Key Management APIView and configure Key Management settings77.4IBM Key ProtectProvision and manage encrypted keys for data-at-rest protection across IBM Cloud services.71.3OCI Vault APIAPIs for managing encryption keys and secrets to securely access Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources, wit...68.4honeycomb Key Management APIManage API keys for a team, including listing, creating, updating, and deleting keys.67.2
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Key Management API (KMA)Manages the keys and tweaks used for ALTR Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE). The reference is served per o...59.2APIClaw key management APIThe key management API from APIClaw — 15 operation(s) for key management.54.5
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Dream Sports Key Management APIThe Key Management API from Dream Sports — 1 operation(s) for key management.50.2Algorand KMD REST APIThe Key Management Daemon (KMD) REST API provides local key storage and transaction signing for Algorand no...47.5University of Amsterdam key management APIThe key management API from University of Amsterdam — 15 operation(s) for key management.47.0Autodesk Fusion Key Management APIThe Key Management API from Autodesk Fusion — 2 operation(s) for key management.42.3
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
Polygon ID Key Management APICollection of endpoints related to Key Management34.7Notation Plugin ExtensibilityThe Notation plugin extensibility specification defines the interface that third-party plugins must impleme...34.1TUF on CIA TUF repository management and signing tool designed for use in CI/CD pipelines. Enables teams to maintain...26.6
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Keybase APIKeybase public HTTP JSON API (v1.0). Read-oriented endpoints for user lookup and discovery by social proof,...22.0

Companies reaching this through an API (13)

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

Algorand ALTR APIClaw Autodesk Fusion Delinea Dream Sports Honeycomb IBM Notary Project Oracle Polygon ID The Update Framework (TUF) University of Amsterdam

Score breakdown

Frequency
44.3
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.5
spread across providers
Quality lift
47.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
0.0
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

Security broader

Related tags

Encryption 14 co-occurrences Cryptography 11 co-occurrences Signing 6 co-occurrences Secrets Management 5 co-occurrences Certificates 5 co-occurrences Credentials 5 co-occurrences Secrets 5 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag14
Provider tag19
Openapi tag5
Openapi op tag23

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