We are now in the final third of September(!) and that time of the week has already arrived again for us to look at some key API ratings over the past seven days. We recently launched API.expert as a simple way to provide everybody with insights into the API economy and the leading API ratings in different categories in particular. The basic service is free and will remain free. But other, related API ratings services will be built on top of it, including your very own API.expert dashboards if you want them! Each week, month, and year we’ll look at API ratings in a variety of sectors for their quality CASC score using our patented system (US Patent 10,644,962, if you fancy a little light bedtime reading) that allows you to see the API ratings and compare them to other ones, as well as factors like uptime and availability. If something is missing in our API ratings that you think should be here, don’t hesitate to drop us a line! Now, onto what the past week tells us about the state of API ratings during this insane week of an unending year.
API Performance Headlines
To compile our API ratings, we look at more than 200 APIs. Then we pull all the metrics together to give you a general feeling for API quality in a particular category. We do see that certain providers consistently vie for top spot in their API ratings category, including GitHub and Google. Others do less well, such as Halifax and the NHS.
Top API Ratings - CASC Score
Sept 14-21, 2020
Category
Organization
CASC score
Corporate Infrastructure
Github
9.68
COVID-19
COVID-10 Finnhub API
9.24
Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Coinpaprika
9.35
Fintech
Stripe
9.50
Search
9.43
Social Networks
9.69
Open Banking - PSD2
Nordea Bank
9.89
Open Banking - UK Sandbox
Royal Bank of Scotland (Sandbox)
9.85
Open Banking - UK Production
Royal Bank of Scotland
8.76
Open Banking - UK Open Data
Allied Irish Bank (GB)
9.80
UK Government
GOV.UK
9.86
US Government
Department of Justice
9.72
Three changes in API ratings this week:
- Coinpaprika swapping with OKEx in Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- Royal Bank of Scotland topping the new category of Open Banking – UK Production
- Allied Irish Bank (GB) replacing Bank of Ireland in Open Banking – UK Open Data
Nordea retains the overall title for the private sector with a CASC score of 9.89. A CASC score of over 9.00 is very good and one of 9.50 or more exceptional for an API rating. Six of the eleven categories are headed by organization with a CASC score of 9.50 or more this week, the same as last week. Sustaining a CASC score of >9.25 over a period of several weeks is a good showing for API ratings. Congrats to those organizations that achieved it. All API rating categories but one are headed by an API with CASC score of 9.20, which is an acceptable level of performance.
Top API Ratings - Latency
Sept 14-21, 2020
Category
Organization
Median Latency
Corporate Infrastructure
Microsoft Office
234 ms
COVID-19
CDC Tools