emerging · -0.3

Virtual Machines

Score 22.5 / 100 27 providers 21 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: Virtual MachinesVirtualMachines

Providers using this tag (27)

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

Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
CoastyCompanyComputer UseAI AgentsAutomation8 APIs62.2TensorDockGPUCloudMarketplaceCompute9 APIs58.6Amazon EC2Cloud ComputingComputeInfrastructure-as-a-ServiceInfrastructure8 APIs56.1
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Azure Virtual MachinesCloud ComputingComputeInfrastructure-as-a-ServiceInfrastructure10 APIs52.7Microsoft Azure CloudArtificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingDatabasesInfrastructure-as-a-Service13 APIs49.8Google Cloud Compute EngineComputeGoogle CloudInfrastructure-as-a-ServiceInfrastructure4 APIs47.9Azure DevTest LabsAzureDevelopmentInfrastructureLabs25 APIs46.7Microsoft Windows ServerData-CenterEnterpriseInfrastructureMicrosoft18 APIs45.1Pure StorageStorageData StorageFlash StorageEnterprise Storage130 APIs45.0Amazon Web Services (AWS)Cloud ComputingInfrastructure-as-a-ServiceInfrastructurePlatform-as-a-Service5 APIs40.8SkytapCompanyCloudIBM PowerInfrastructure-as-a-Service1 API39.4CommvaultBackupCloud StorageCyber RecoveryData Management24 APIs39.3
Thin 13 Limited public surface area
CUDO ComputeGPUCloud ComputeInfrastructure8 APIs37.5FluenceCompanyCrypto Web3Cloud ComputeDePIN12 APIs37.2VeeamBackupData ManagementDisaster RecoveryCloud Backup55 APIs36.7Voltage ParkGPUCloudAI InfrastructureH1007 APIs35.1KubeVirtCloud-NativeIncubatingKubernetesMigration8 APIs33.9fly-io9 APIs33.7exe.devCompanyDeveloper ToolsCloud Computing1 API33.1IncusContainersVirtualizationLinux22 APIs32.9Apache CloudStackApacheCloudInfrastructure-as-a-ServiceInfrastructure4 APIs32.7BroadcomCloud InfrastructureGatewaysManagementNetworks20 APIs31.4Unto LabsCompanyCryptoBlockchainLayer 12 APIs31.4Machine0CompanyCloudInfrastructure1 API28.7HashiCorpCloudDevOpsInfrastructurePlatform9 APIs28.5
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
NebiusArtificial IntelligenceCloudComputeGPU6 APIs25.6Kata ContainersContainersIsolationKubernetesOpen-Source1 API15.3

APIs with this tag (21)

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
TensorDock Instances APIThe current TensorDock Instances API (v2) at https://dashboard.tensordock.com/api/v2/instances for creating...58.6TensorDock Virtual Machines APIDeploy, list, start, stop, modify, and delete virtual machines58.6
Developing 8 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Azure Virtual Machines Virtual Machines APIOperations for creating, updating, deleting, and managing the lifecycle of Azure Virtual Machines including...52.7Microsoft Azure Cloud Virtual Machines APIVM lifecycle operations49.8Azure DevTest Labs VirtualMachines APIThe VirtualMachines API from Azure DevTest Labs — 15 operation(s) for virtualmachines.46.7Hyper-V Management APIAPIs for managing Hyper-V virtualization platform including virtual machines, virtual switches, and virtual...45.1Pure Storage Virtual Machines APIThe Virtual Machines API from Pure Storage — 3 operation(s) for virtual machines.45.0Amazon EC2Scalable virtual servers in the cloud.40.8Skytap Cloud REST APIREST API for managing Skytap environments (configurations), VMs, networks, templates, users, projects, asse...39.4Commvault Virtual Machines APIManage virtual machine backup and recovery39.3
Thin 9 Limited public surface area
CUDO Compute Virtual Machines APIThe Virtual Machines API from CUDO Compute — 10 operation(s) for virtual machines.37.5Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure REST APIREST API for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure, providing programmatic access to backup and restore operatio...36.7Voltage Park Virtual Machines APIDeploy and manage on-demand GPU virtual machines and instant VMs.35.1KubeVirt VirtualMachines APIOperations for managing VirtualMachine (VM) resources. A VirtualMachine defines the desired state and confi...33.9Fly.io Machines APIThe Fly.io Machines API is a low-level REST interface for provisioning and managing Fly Machines, which are...33.7Apache CloudStack Virtual Machines APIVirtual machine lifecycle management operations.32.7Broadcom Virtual Machines APIOperations for managing virtual machines31.4Machine0 Control PlaneThe machine0 control plane for creating, managing, snapshotting and connecting to persistent cloud VMs. Exp...28.7HashiCorp VagrantVagrant is the command line utility for managing the lifecycle of virtual machines for isolated, consistent...28.5
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Nebius Compute APIThe Nebius Compute API provisions and manages virtual machines and GPU clusters with NVIDIA GPUs and Infini...25.6Kata ContainersKata Containers is an open source container runtime that uses lightweight virtual machines to provide the s...15.3

Score breakdown

Frequency
48.5
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.7
spread across providers
Quality lift
47.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
5.1
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Infrastructure-as-a-Service 7 co-occurrences Virtualization 5 co-occurrences Cloud Computing 5 co-occurrences Networks 5 co-occurrences Instances 5 co-occurrences Compute 6 co-occurrences GPU 5 co-occurrences Infrastructure 17 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag15
Api tag21
Openapi tag9
Openapi op tag62

Cohort brief

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The 27 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Virtual Machines, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
27
all scored
Mean Kin Score
39.2
+18.5 vs catalog 20.7
Mean Agent Readiness
22
+12.3 vs catalog 9.7
Spread
15.3–62.2
median 37.2 · σ 10.5
How the 27 split by band
Exemplar 0Strong 3Developing 9Thin 13Emerging 2Minimal 0
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Contract Quality 45.4 17.5 +27.9 27
Developer Ergonomics 41.6 17.9 +23.7 27
Operational Transparency 28.5 11.3 +17.2 27
Access Clarity 35.9 22.3 +13.6 27
Discoverability 72.5 60.4 +12.1 27
Contract Governance 11 6.4 +4.6 27

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 26% 16% +10
MCP server (first-party) 11% 7% +4
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 22% 9% +13
Security 100% 88% +12
Arazzo workflows 4% 2% +2
Governance rules 52% 13% +39

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 Coasty 62.2
  2. 2 TensorDock 58.6
  3. 3 Amazon EC2 56.1
  4. 4 Azure Virtual Machines 52.7
  5. 5 Microsoft Azure Cloud 49.8
  6. 6 Google Cloud Compute Engine 47.9
  7. 7 Azure DevTest Labs 46.7
  8. 8 Microsoft Windows Server 45.1
  9. 9 Pure Storage 45
  10. 10 Amazon Web Services (AWS) 40.8
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 Coasty 42.9
  2. 2 Veeam 29.8
  3. 3 Fluence 29
  4. 4 Amazon EC2 28.7
  5. 5 Machine0 28.2
  6. 6 Unto Labs 27.9
  7. 7 Apache CloudStack 24.8
  8. 8 Azure DevTest Labs 24.8
  9. 9 Google Cloud Compute Engine 24.8
  10. 10 Microsoft Azure Cloud 24.8
All 27 members of this roster resolve to a scored provider in the catalog.Generated from the catalog build of 25 August 2026, across 26891 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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