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VPN

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Information Technology Management 1

Providers using this tag (24)

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

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Amazon VPNNetworkingSecurityIPsec1 API74.6
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
ZeroTierCompanyNetworkingSoftware Defined NetworkingSDN2 APIs64.8Nord SecurityCybersecurityThreat IntelligenceDark Web MonitoringAttack Surface Management7 APIs56.4
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Nym TechnologiesCompanyPrivacyMixnet2 APIs51.3DuckDuckGoSearchPrivacyBrowserAI Chat1 API46.8Border0Zero TrustNetwork AccessSecurityIdentity and Access Management1 API45.9PulseIvantiNetwork SecuritySecure AccessSSL VPN3 APIs40.0
Thin 6 Limited public surface area
TailscaleMesh NetworkingWireGuardZero Trust1 API39.1NetBirdNetworkingZero TrustOpen Source1 API37.3Cisco Secure ClientEndpoint SecurityRemote AccessSecurity1 API36.6VPNEncryptionNetworkingPrivacySecurity6 APIs31.0pfSenseFirewallNetwork SecurityRouter1 API30.8Perimeter 81CompanyCybersecuritySASEZero Trust1 API28.6
Emerging 7 Early or largely undocumented
OPNsenseFirewallNetworkingSecurity1 API23.0IntegoCompanyConsumerCybersecurityAntivirus19.1SonicWallCybersecurityNetwork SecurityFirewallNext-Generation Firewall17.8AuraCompanyConsumerDigital SafetyIdentity Theft Protection17.5OpenVPNZero TrustNetwork SecurityRemote Access2 APIs15.5Orchid LabsCompanyPrivacyDecentralized13.3instabridgeCompanyWi-FieSIMConnectivity12.0
Minimal 4 Almost no public developer surface
Post-QuantumCompanySecurityCybersecurityQuantum8.8NortonLifeLockCompanyCybersecurityConsumer SecurityIdentity Protection3.7UroamCompanySecurityRemote Access2.5Network AlchemyCompanySecurityNetworking0.0

APIs with this tag (16)

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
AWS VPN APIThe AWS VPN API (part of the Amazon EC2 API) provides programmatic access to create and manage VPN connecti...74.6
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Azure VPN Gateway APIEstablish secure cross-premises connectivity between Azure and on-premises networks.62.6NetBox Labs Vpn APIThe vpn API from NetBox Labs — 20 operation(s) for vpn.60.5NordVPN Public Server APIUnauthenticated JSON API that NordVPN's own clients and the open-source Linux client use to enumerate the s...56.4
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Network Policy Server (NPS) RADIUS APINetwork Policy Server providing centralized RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting for wirele...48.1Ivanti Connect Secure REST APIREST API for managing Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) VPN appliances. Provides endpoi...40.0
Thin 6 Limited public surface area
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center APIThe Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API configures remote-access VPN gateways, group policies, and ...36.6NetBox Vpn APIThe vpn API from NetBox — 20 operation(s) for vpn.35.6RouterOS VPN APIVPN tunnels and configurations35.6AWS VPN APIAWS Site-to-Site VPN and AWS Client VPN provide managed VPN solutions on AWS infrastructure. Managed via th...31.0Azure VPN Gateway APIAzure VPN Gateway provides managed site-to-site, point-to-site, and VNet-to-VNet VPN connections. Managed v...31.0Tailscale APITailscale provides a REST API for managing tailnets (private mesh networks), devices, users, access control...31.0
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
OPNsense Core REST APIREST API covering all core OPNsense modules including firewall, NAT, interfaces, VPN (IPsec, OpenVPN, WireG...23.0Arcstar Universal One APIsFamily of APIs for NTT Communications' Arcstar Universal One managed VPN/network service — including traffi...17.1CloudConnexa Public APIREST API for managing CloudConnexa Zero Trust networks, users, networks, connectors, DNS, routes, and acces...15.5OpenVPN Access Server XML-RPC APIXML-RPC management API exposing hundreds of methods to control and monitor every aspect of an OpenVPN Acces...15.5

Companies reaching this through an API (6)

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

Azure Networking Services Microsoft Windows Server NetBox NetBox Labs NTT RouterOS

Score breakdown

Frequency
43.7
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.6
spread across providers
Quality lift
36.7
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
10.4
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Remote Access 6 co-occurrences Firewall 6 co-occurrences Zero Trust 11 co-occurrences Network Security 6 co-occurrences DNS 6 co-occurrences Networking 15 co-occurrences Gateways 5 co-occurrences Privacy 8 co-occurrences

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