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Reverse Proxy

Score 17.9 / 100 12 providers +4 via APIs 8 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (12)

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

Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
NGINXNGINXAPI GatewayCachingCloud-Native1 API46.9HAProxyHigh AvailabilityLoad BalancingNetworking1 API42.7Traefik LabsAI GatewayAPI GatewayAPI ManagementDeveloper Portal1 API42.5
Thin 7 Limited public surface area
Azure Application GatewayLayer-7Load BalancingWAF2 APIs38.0Express GatewayAPI CompositionAPI GatewayBFFOpen-Source1 API35.4Apache HTTP ServerApacheLoad BalancerOpen-SourceProxy1 API33.7SafeLineProxyWAFSecurityOpen-Source1 API33.7frpNAT TraversalTunnelingOpen-Source2 APIs31.7CaddyAutomatic HTTPSGoLoad Balancer6 APIs29.7SozuProxyLoad BalancingRust3 APIs27.7
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Containous (Traefik Labs)CompanyCloud-NativeLoad Balancer21.6Varnish CacheCachingCaching ProxyContent DeliveryHTTP Accelerator3 APIs20.2

APIs with this tag (8)

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Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
F5 NGINX Plus APIREST API for NGINX Plus providing real-time live activity monitoring, dynamic upstream configuration, key-v...64.7
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
PostHog reverse_proxy APIThe reverse_proxy API from PostHog — 3 operation(s) for reverse_proxy.51.1NGINXNGINX is a versatile open-source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media...46.9Traefik ProxyTraefik Proxy is the flagship open-source (MIT) cloud-native reverse proxy, ingress controller, and load ba...42.5
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
Cequence DefenderCequence Defender is a reverse-proxy deployed inline with API traffic, enforcing API policies, filtering ma...38.2DataDome Server Modules & SDKsDataDome ships 40+ server-side integrations (web servers, CDNs, application frameworks, API gateways) that ...32.2Caddy Reverse Proxy APIThe Reverse Proxy API from Caddy — 1 operation(s) for reverse proxy.29.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Varnish Cache CLI APIThe Varnish Cache CLI management interface provides programmatic control over a running Varnish instance. I...20.2

Companies reaching this through an API (4)

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

Cequence Security DataDome F5 PostHog

Score breakdown

Frequency
36.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
38.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
6.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Load Balancer 5 co-occurrences Proxy 5 co-occurrences API Gateway 7 co-occurrences Configuration 6 co-occurrences Kubernetes 5 co-occurrences Open-Source 11 co-occurrences

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Api tag8
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