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Network Automation

Score 19.5 / 100 23 providers 10 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (23)

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

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Palo Alto NetworksCloud SecurityCybersecurityFirewallNetwork Security468 APIs65.9Cisco Catalyst CenterIntent-Based NetworkingNetworkingAssurance27 APIs64.2
Developing 10 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Cisco ACISDNData-CenterNetworkingFabric1 API53.5NetBox LabsCompanyNetworkingDCIMIPAM1 API52.2Cisco CrossworkService ProviderOrchestrationNetworking50 APIs50.6InfobloxCloudDDIDHCPDNS1 API50.5OpsMillCompanyInfrastructure SaasSource Of Truth1 API47.9MistCompanyNetworkingWirelessWi-Fi1 API47.7BrocadeData-CenterDirectorsFibre Channel1 API45.9CiscoFortune 100CollaborationEnterpriseNetworking8 APIs45.3ArubaCloudInfrastructureNetwork ManagementNetworking1 API45.1CienaMEFNETCONFNetwork Management1 API43.0
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Forward NetworksCompanyNetworksNetwork Digital Twin1 API39.2pfSenseFirewallNetwork SecurityRouterVPN1 API32.5Cisco Nexus DashboardData-CenterInfrastructureNetworking1 API31.4NetBoxData-CenterDCIMInfrastructure as CodeIPAM1 API30.5
Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented
NokiaTelecommunicationsTelecom5G6G6 APIs21.5InfineraCompanyHardwareOptical NetworkingTelecommunications17.6CloudgenixCompanySD-WANNetworkingCloud1 API14.1NileNetworkingEnterprise NetworkingNetwork As A ServiceNaaS13.0DriveNetsCompanyAi MlNetworkingNetwork Operating System12.8LabLabeeCompanyTelecommunicationsTraining12.5
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
StatelessCompanyNetworkingNetwork Function Virtualization5.0

APIs with this tag (9)

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 →

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
PAN-OS OpenConfig APIManagement interface for PAN-OS based on OpenConfig standard data models, providing gNMI and gNOI services ...65.9Cisco Catalyst Center MCP ServerFirst-party open-source Model Context Protocol server for Catalyst Center, published by Cisco under Apache-...64.2
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Infoblox NetMRI APIRESTful API for the Infoblox NetMRI network change and configuration management platform. Enables automatio...50.5Cisco Catalyst Center APIREST API for Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center), providing intent-based networking capabilities in...45.3Aruba AOS-CX REST APIREST API for AOS-CX switches providing full programmability of switches running the AOS-CX operating system...45.1
Thin 1 Limited public surface area
pfSense REST API (pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI)Community-maintained REST and GraphQL API package for pfSense CE and pfSense Plus exposing 200+ endpoints u...32.5
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
Nokia Network Services Platform (NSP) APIREST-based automation and assurance API for Nokia's multilayer (IP + optical) Network Services Platform. Pr...21.5Nokia SR LinuxModern, Linux-based, fully model-driven network operating system for data-center and service-provider routi...21.5Nokia SR OS pySROS SDK and YANG ModelspySROS is the official Python SDK for model-driven configuration, operational data retrieval, and automatio...21.5

Score breakdown

Frequency
39.6
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.6
spread across providers
Quality lift
43.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
5.1
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Network Management 7 co-occurrences Data-Center 7 co-occurrences Wireless 5 co-occurrences Networking 14 co-occurrences Telemetry 6 co-occurrences Orchestration 5 co-occurrences Infrastructure 7 co-occurrences Monitoring 5 co-occurrences

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