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Matchmaking

Score 16.9 / 100 22 providers 8 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (22)

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

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Heroic LabsGame BackendMultiplayerReal-TimeWebSocket4 APIs70.4
Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Amazon GameLiftCloud ComputingGame ServersGamingMultiplayer104 APIs53.3PlayFabAuthenticationAzureBackendBackend-as-a-Service16 APIs49.8Epic GamesAchievementsAnti-CheatCross-PlatformEOS14 APIs47.0BeamableGame BackendLiveOpsPlayer AccountsVirtual Currency3 APIs45.5UnityReal-Time 3DGame EngineGamingMultiplayer19 APIs45.0NakamaGamingGame BackendBackendReal-Time11 APIs40.2
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
AccelByteGamingBackendBackend-as-a-ServiceLive Services13 APIs37.0EdgegapGame ServersOrchestrationEdge Computing8 APIs36.7BrellaEventEvent NetworkingEvent Platform7 APIs35.0
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
Epic GamesGame ServicesGamingCross-PlatformAchievements10 APIs23.6BlindmateCompanyDatingSocial14.6Dil MilCompanyDatingSocial11.4GanksterCompanyConsumerGamingEsports11.0
Minimal 8 Almost no public developer surface
East Meet EastCompanyDatingSocialConsumer10.6HawayaCompanyDatingMuslim10.2Marriage PactCompanyDatingConsumer9.9Matrimony ComCompanyMatrimonyWedding Services6.4Aladdin B2BCompanyB2BMeetings6.3Matrimony.comCompanyConsumerMatrimony6.0Bharat MatrimonyCompanyConsumerMatrimony5.0jiayuanCompanyOnline DatingSocial5.0

APIs with this tag (8)

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Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Nakama APIThe Nakama API is the core REST and WebSocket API for Heroic Labs' open-source game backend server. It prov...70.4
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
PlayFab Matchmaking APIThe PlayFab Matchmaking API exposes ticket-based matchmaking, queue management, match results, and matchmak...49.8Unity Lobby APIPlayer-meeting service for creating, listing, joining, and managing lobbies with custom metadata, host migr...45.0Unity Matchmaker APIRule-based matchmaker that places players into game sessions using skill, latency, party, and custom attrib...45.0Nakama Realtime Socket APIPersistent WebSocket connection carrying realtime features - status presence, realtime chat channels, relay...40.2
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
AccelByte Matchmaking APIMatchmaking V2 pools and tickets.37.0Edgegap Matchmaking APICreate and poll matchmaking tickets.36.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Epic Online Services Lobby and Sessions APIThe EOS Lobby and Sessions APIs provide matchmaking primitives for multiplayer games, including lobby creat...23.6

Score breakdown

Frequency
40.9
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.6
spread across providers
Quality lift
31.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
1.6
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Game Backend 5 co-occurrences Dating 6 co-occurrences Leaderboards 7 co-occurrences Multiplayer 7 co-occurrences Social 9 co-occurrences Gaming 6 co-occurrences Consumer 8 co-occurrences Authentication 5 co-occurrences

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