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 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready

CarsXE Recognition APIImage recognition — 2 operations (recognizePlate, vinOcr) that read a license plate or a VIN out of a suppl...76.8

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps

IBM Recognition APIRecognize and transcribe audio.64.9 Space Frontiers Recognition APIDocument recognition: PDF, EPUB, and DJVU to structured Markdown with quality reports.62.7

Thin 5 Limited public surface area

Shazam Recognition APIAudio fingerprint recognition against the Shazam catalog38.7 Xoxoday Reward Points APIAPI for distributing, tracking, and managing loyalty and engagement points programs. Supports sending point...38.7 animalchecklist-com Recognition APIPhoto suggestions for signed-in accounts.36.4 Nectar Recognition APIThe Recognition API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for recognition.34.4 AudD Recognition APIMusic recognition from a short clip, file or URL (api.audd.io), and the enterprise endpoint for audio and v...28.9

Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented

Tiffany & Co. Corporate Gifting PlatformTiffany & Co.'s B2B corporate gifting and recognition program platform, providing procurement and delivery ...20.3 Awardco Recognition APIProgrammatically recognize employees and issue recognition tied to an organization's programs and values. A...11.4

Companies reaching this through an API (8)

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

animalchecklist-com AudD CarsXE IBM Nectar Shazam Space Frontiers Tiffany & Co.

Score breakdown

Frequency

35.0

log-scaled weighted occurrences

Breadth

0.1

spread across providers

Quality lift

32.4

mean composite of providers using it

Cohesion

0.0

strength of nearest seed neighbor

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Provider tag5

Openapi tag7

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