Use Case
IoT, Devices & Edge Computing
Connecting devices and processing data at the edge.
35 providers
123 APIs
24 declared variants
Operating device fleets — onboarding and provisioning, telemetry ingestion, firmware updates — and running the local compute, gateways, and buffering that keep processing close to the sensor.
35 API providers on the APIs.io network offer iot, devices & edge computing. The highest-rated are Azure Kubernetes Service, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon FreeRTOS, Verizon, Amazon Keyspaces.
Providers
Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.
Exemplar 3 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Azure Kubernetes ServiceAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS) simplifies deploying a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure by offloading the...Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracle's public cloud, exposed as a REST control plane of 159 service ...Amazon FreeRTOSAmazon FreeRTOS is an open source, real-time operating system for microcontrollers that makes it easy to pr...
Strong 8 Solid coverage with minor gaps
VerizonVerizon is a leading telecommunications company providing wireless, wireline, broadband, and global enterpr...Amazon KeyspacesAmazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is a scalable, highly available, and managed Apache Cassandra-compa...Amazon DynamoDBAmazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance wi...Google Cloud PlatformGoogle Cloud Platform enables developers to build, test, and deploy applications on Google's highly-scalabl...Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform is an enterprise automation solution that provides a framework for buil...AppleCollection of Apple's public APIs and developer resources.Amazon DynamoDBA fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalabi...Amazon IoT CoreAWS IoT Core is a managed cloud service that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud...
Developing 8 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Amazon IoT Device ManagementAWS IoT Device Management makes it easy to securely onboard, organize, monitor, and remotely manage your Io...Amazon Snow FamilyAWS Snow Family is a collection of physical devices and capacity points that help customers with data trans...AT&TAT&T Inc. is a multinational telecommunications holding company providing wireless and wireline communicati...Microsoft Azure CloudA comprehensive collection of Microsoft Azure cloud service APIs covering compute, storage, databases, AI, ...SAP HANAAPIs for SAP HANA, an in-memory, column-oriented, relational database management system developed and marke...ArubaAPIs for HPE Aruba Networking cloud networking, security, and infrastructure solutions including Central, A...OpenShiftA comprehensive API definition for Red Hat OpenShift, the enterprise Kubernetes platform.DreamFactoryAutomate the building, securing, and documenting of REST APIs for data products with built-in enterprise se...
Thin 8 Limited public surface area
Apache CouchDBApache CouchDB is an open-source distributed document-oriented NoSQL database governed by the Apache Softwa...Apache GeodeApache Geode is an in-memory data management platform that provides real-time, consistent access to data-in...Apache ActiveMQApache ActiveMQ is an open-source, high-performance message broker written in Java, developed by the Apache...AkriAkri is a CNCF Sandbox project that exposes heterogeneous leaf devices (such as IP cameras and USB devices)...Cypress SemiconductorCypress Semiconductor was a US-based semiconductor company known for its PSoC programmable system-on-chip m...AkamaiAkamai is a global content delivery network (CDN), cloud services, and cybersecurity company that helps org...Apache FlinkApache Flink is a framework and distributed processing engine for stateful computations over unbounded and ...AMQPAMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol) is an open standard for message-oriented middleware governed by OA...
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
BLEBluetooth Low Energy (BLE), also known as Bluetooth Smart, is a wireless personal area network technology d...Apache OpenWhiskApache OpenWhisk is an open-source serverless cloud platform that executes functions in response to events ...Analog DevicesAnalog Devices (ADI) is a global semiconductor company designing high-performance analog, mixed-signal, and...Apache MINAApache MINA is a network application framework that helps develop high-performance and high-scalability net...BoschBosch is a German multinational engineering and technology company producing automotive components, industr...
Minimal 3 Almost no public developer surface
BeldenBelden Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets networking, connectivity, and cable products and solutions f...Binary FormatBinary format refers to data encoding and serialization methods that use binary rather than text representa...American TowerAmerican Tower Corporation is one of the largest global REITs and a leading independent owner, operator, an...
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Connected IoT DevicesDisconnected Edge ComputingEdge ComputingEdge Computing DeploymentEdge IoT Device ManagementEnterprise Device ManagementIIoT Device IntegrationIndustrial IoTIndustrial IoT SensorsIoT Data AggregationIoT Data CollectionIoT Data ProcessingIoT Data StorageIoT Data TransmissionIoT Device CommunicationIoT Device ManagementIoT Device OnboardingIoT Firmware UpdatesIoT MessagingIoT and Edge ComputingIot and Device ManagementOTA Firmware UpdatesRemote Device ManagementSecure IoT Devices
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