niche · 0.2 market domain

Verifiable Credentials

Score 19.3 / 100 21 providers +6 via APIs 11 APIs Search apis.io →
Workflows using this tag
Auth0 Find User by Email and Add to an Organization · Auth0 Auth0 Create Organization, Add Member and Assign Member Roles · Auth0 Auth0 Create Role and Assign to a User · Auth0 Auth0 Provision Machine-to-Machine Application · Auth0 Auth0 Find User by Email and Assign Role · Auth0 Auth0 Offboard User and Revoke Grants · Auth0 Auth0 Create User and Assign Roles · Auth0 Auth0 Create API, Role and Bind Permissions · Auth0
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Application Identity & Verification 3 Cybersecurity Management 1

Providers using this tag (21)

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

Strong 4 Solid coverage with minor gaps
MolTrustAI AgentsAgent IdentityDecentralized Identity4 APIs66.2InruptCompanySolidPersonal Data StoresDecentralized Identity1 API61.7AuthleteCompanyAuthenticationOpenID ConnectAuthorization1 API60.7Hive Agent IQAgentsAgentic CommerceA2AMCP4 APIs56.2
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Terminal 3CompanyIdentityDecentralized Identity1 API41.0HopaeCompanyIdentityIdentity VerificationDigital Identity1 API52.7Agent Health MonitorAgentsAgent TrustRisk ScoringWallet Intelligence4 APIs50.4AccredifyCompanyDigital CredentialsIdentity5 APIs49.3SIMBA ChainCompanyBlockchainSupply ChainTraceability2 APIs48.8AGNTCYAI AgentsInteroperabilitySpecificationOpen Source4 APIs47.8TradeverifydSupply ChainTrade ComplianceRisk Management2 APIs44.4GitcoinPublic GoodsGrantsBountiesQuadratic Funding3 APIs43.7Via ScienceCompanySecurityIdentityAuthentication1 API40.1
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Polygon IDIdentityZero-Knowledge ProofsSelf-Sovereign Identity2 APIs31.1CredlyDigital CredentialsOpen BadgesBadgingCertification1 API28.8BadgrDigital BadgesOpen BadgesMicro-CredentialsCredentialing1 API26.9SertifierDigital CredentialsCertificatesBadgesOpen Badges1 API26.3
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Self.IDDecentralized IdentityDIDCeramicSelf-Sovereign Identity1 API23.3SpruceIDDecentralized IdentityDIDsSign-In with Ethereum1 API23.6
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
Global IDCompanyIdentityDigital IdentityDecentralized Identity10.7BloomCompanyCryptocurrencyIdentity0.0

APIs with this tag (10)

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Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Auth0 Verifiable Credentials APIThe verifiable-credentials API from Auth0 — 2 operation(s) for verifiable-credentials.70.1MX Technologies verifiable credentials APIThe verifiable credentials API from MX Technologies — 3 operation(s) for verifiable credentials.66.7
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Microsoft Entra Verified ID APIMicrosoft Entra Verified ID is a managed verifiable credentials service that enables organizations to issue...66.0Inrupt Access Grant Service (VC API)The ESS Access Grant Service issues, queries, verifies, derives and status-checks W3C Verifiable Credential...61.7Microsoft Entra Verified ID APIAPI for issuing and verifying decentralized identity credentials.59.5
Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Tradeverifyd Verifiable Credentials APIOperations involving verifiable credentials44.4
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
VC APIVC API is an implementation of the W3C Verifiable Credentials API draft standard, exposing REST endpoints f...34.0SMART Health Cards FrameworkSpecification for issuing and verifying tamper-evident clinical records - vaccination history, lab results,...29.3
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
SpruceID OID4VCI Credential Issuance APISpruceID's OID4VCI (OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance) Rust library implements the OpenID4VC creden...23.6SpruceID SSI Core Library APIThe SpruceID SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity) core library provides a comprehensive Rust API for signing, issu...23.6

Companies reaching this through an API (6)

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

Auth0 Microsoft Active Directory Microsoft Entra MX Technologies OpenWallet Foundation SMART Health IT

Score breakdown

Frequency
42.0
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.5
spread across providers
Quality lift
41.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
3.1
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Decentralized Identity 12 co-occurrences Credentials 6 co-occurrences OpenID Connect 9 co-occurrences Identity 17 co-occurrences Blockchain 7 co-occurrences Authentication 17 co-occurrences Web3 5 co-occurrences Agents 7 co-occurrences

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