Use Case

Application Performance & Optimization

Finding and fixing latency and throughput problems.

37 providers 133 APIs 24 declared variants

Profiling and tuning running systems — APM traces, slow query and bottleneck analysis, capacity headroom, caching, and CDN and delivery optimization.

37 API providers on the APIs.io network offer application performance & optimization. The highest-rated are Dynatrace, Datadog, Amazon CodeGuru Profiler, New Relic, Automation Anywhere.

Providers

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

Exemplar 9 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
DynatraceDynatrace is a software intelligence platform that provides application performance monitoring, artificial ...7 published contracts86.6DatadogDatadog is a monitoring and analytics platform that helps organizations gain insight into their infrastruct...6 published contracts79.2Amazon CodeGuru ProfilerAmazon CodeGuru Profiler collects runtime performance data from your live applications, providing recommend...1 published contract77.3New RelicNew Relic offers an AI‑powered observability platform that provides application performance monitoring, dig...5 published contracts76.7Automation AnywhereAutomation Anywhere is an enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) platform that enables organizations t...7 published contracts74.6UmamiUmami is an open source, privacy-first web analytics platform that provides website traffic insights withou...2 published contracts74.3Amazon CloudWatchAmazon CloudWatch is an intelligent observability platform providing complete visibility into performance, ...2 published contracts70.1SolarWindsSolarWinds provides a comprehensive suite of APIs enabling programmatic access to its IT infrastructure man...5 published contracts67.8Google Search ConsoleGoogle Search Console gives site owners programmatic access to how their site appears in Google Search. Thr...5 published contracts67.2
Strong 11 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Amazon IoT SiteWiseAWS IoT SiteWise is a managed service that makes it easy to collect, store, organize, and monitor industria...1 published contract65.3SplunkSplunk is a data platform that enables organizations to search, monitor, analyze, and visualize massive str...1 published contract64.9Amazon Compute OptimizerAmazon Compute Optimizer analyzes the configuration and utilization metrics of your AWS resources and provi...1 published contract63.8Amazon ForecastAmazon Forecast is a fully managed service that uses machine learning to deliver highly accurate forecasts....1 published contract63.1Azure Log AnalyticsAzure Log Analytics is a service that helps you collect and analyze data generated by resources in your clo...5 APIs62.7Amazon Managed Service for PrometheusAmazon Managed Service for Prometheus is a serverless, Prometheus-compatible monitoring service for contain...1 published contract61.1Amazon DevOps GuruAmazon DevOps Guru is a machine learning-powered service that makes it easy to improve an application's ope...1 published contract60.9Amazon Managed GrafanaAmazon Managed Grafana is a fully managed service for open source Grafana developed in collaboration with G...1 published contract59.9Amazon X-RayAWS X-Ray is a distributed tracing service that helps developers analyze and debug production applications,...2 published contracts59.6Amazon Global AcceleratorAmazon Global Accelerator is a networking service that improves the performance and availability of applica...1 published contract58.5APIContextAPIContext (formerly APImetrics) is a synthetic API testing, monitoring and conformance platform. It calls ...5 published contracts58.0
Developing 8 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Veritas NetBackupEnterprise-grade data protection and backup solution with comprehensive REST APIs for backup, recovery, and...1 published contract52.7Oracle Enterprise ManagerOracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) provides a comprehensive management platform for managing Oracle IT infrast...1 published contract50.6AWS X-RayAWS X-Ray is a service that helps developers analyze and debug distributed applications by providing end-to...1 published contract50.2Pure StoragePure Storage is an American publicly traded technology company specializing in all-flash data storage hardw...3 published contracts48.0APIToolkit (Monoscope)APIToolkit (now Monoscope) is an open-source-friendly API observability and monitoring platform that helps ...1 published contract47.7Microsoft ProjectMicrosoft Project is a project management software product developed by Microsoft. It provides tools for de...21 APIs47.1Microsoft EdgeAPIs and resources for Microsoft Edge browser development and integration, including the Edge Add-ons API f...8 APIs44.2ARGUS EnterpriseARGUS Enterprise is the industry-standard commercial property valuation and cash flow forecasting software ...2 published contracts39.7
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
Solaris ZonesAPI for managing Solaris Zones (containers) and virtualization on Oracle Solaris systems.9 published contracts37.5ZipkinZipkin is an open source distributed tracing system for gathering timing data to troubleshoot latency probl...1 published contract37.5AppDynamicsAppDynamics, now part of Cisco, is an application performance monitoring (APM) and observability platform t...9 published contracts36.5Absence.ioAbsence.io is an innovative and efficient leave management software that simplifies the process of tracking...7 APIs30.8Apache CalciteApache Calcite is a dynamic data management framework developed by the Apache Software Foundation that prov...3 APIs27.8
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
Apache SkyWalkingApache SkyWalking is an open-source APM (Application Performance Monitoring) system that provides monitorin...3 APIs22.4VegetaVegeta is an open source HTTP load testing tool and library written in Go for generating constant request r...1 API21.5BlobrBlobr is an AI-powered Google Ads management platform that deploys specialized AI agents to automate campai...1 API16.8
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
API InsightsAPI Insights is a free online tool powered by Treblle that provides advanced API analysis and monitoring by...1 API9.8

What Providers Actually Declared

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API Performance MonitoringAPI Performance OptimizationApplication PerformanceApplication Performance ManagementApplication Performance MonitoringApplication Performance OptimizationBot Performance MonitoringCampaign Performance OptimizationCapacity PlanningCloud Application Performance MonitoringContinuous ProfilingEquipment Performance MonitoringFleet Capacity PlanningGlobal Application PerformanceInfrastructure Capacity PlanningOLAP Query OptimizationPerformance MonitoringPerformance OptimizationPortfolio Performance MonitoringProduction Performance OptimizationResource Capacity PlanningSEO Performance MonitoringWebsite Performance MonitoringWorkforce Capacity Planning

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