Dec 10, 2020
Fintech API Ratings, Nov 30 - Dec 7
A look at HSBC's consistently fast but low-ranking performance in the UK Open Banking Open Data API category.
Read more…Paul Cray
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Dec 9, 2020
API Ratings: Nov 30 - Dec 7 | The Year of Zoom
This week's ratings introduce a new Messaging category, comparing Zoom and Cisco WebEx Teams on uptime, pass rate, and handshake latency.
Read more…Paul Cray
Dec 4, 2020
Fintech API Ratings, Nov 24-30: Cryptocurrency Exchange
Cryptocurrency exchange APIs show wide performance variation, with several scoring above 9.00 in our CASC ratings.
Read more…Paul Cray
Dec 3, 2020
API Ratings: Nov 24-30 | The Social Networks
This week's ratings dig into the Social Networks category, where Etsy's slower-but-reliable API still beats faster rivals on CASC score.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 25, 2020
API Ratings: Nov 17-24 | Active Monitoring is Good Monitoring
Why active API monitoring matters for competitor benchmarking, with CASC score comparisons like Dropbox vs. Box and Zoom vs. Cisco WebEx Teams.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 25, 2020
Fintech API Ratings, Nov 17-24: NatWest Dips
NatWest Group's Fintech APIs remain performant overall, though non-Auth APIs saw a notable dip this week.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 20, 2020
Finance API Ratings, Nov 10-17: Open Banking Sandboxes
Sandboxes for financial APIs deserve more attention than they get, as some banks offer only bare-bones testing environments.
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Nov 19, 2020
API Ratings: Nov 10-17 | Foursquare Outage
Our weekly API ratings cover over 100 APIs, including a look at Foursquare's recent outage.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 17, 2020
Authentication in Open Banking APIs
How UK Open Banking APIs handle secure authentication through the trusted Third Party Provider (TPP) model.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 16, 2020
API Rant: You Call THAT Authentication?
A candid take on how authentication complexity continues to eat up developer time, years after our original OAuth research.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 12, 2020
Finance API Ratings, Nov 3–10: Fractal Labs & CMA9 Banks
In partnership with Fractal Labs, we now monitor all nine CMA9 banks for UK Open Banking performance.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 11, 2020
API Ratings: Nov 3–10 | Microsoft Office
Our weekly API ratings roundup covers Microsoft Office APIs and over 100 others using our CASC scoring system.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 5, 2020
Finance API Ratings, Oct 26–Nov 3: Open Banking
We've split Open Banking and other financial APIs into separate weekly and monthly reports for sharper focus.
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Nov 4, 2020
API Ratings: Oct 26–Nov 3 | Facebook Falls Back
Facebook's API ratings dip as our weekly roundup covers performance across the APIs we've tracked all year.
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Nov 3, 2020
APIs and the U.S. 2020 Election
As the 2020 US election unfolds, a look at how global interest is shaping API traffic and attention.
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Oct 28, 2020
API Ratings: Oct 19-26 | Foursquare Takes the Title
October's API ratings roundup features Foursquare taking the top spot, plus a note on expanding coverage.
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Oct 27, 2020
Finance API Ratings, Oct 19-26: Railsbank has a bad week
APImetrics breaks out a dedicated weekly finance API report as Open Banking adoption accelerates, with Railsbank posting a rough week.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 22, 2020
Financial API Ratings: Oct 12–19 | Oh Coinlore!
Financial API ratings for Oct 12-19: Coinlore lands last with a CASC score of 5.07, dragged down by huge regional latency swings.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 21, 2020
API Ratings: Oct 12 – 19 | #Twitter Outage
This week API.expert tracks Twitter's outage and reveals which providers, like GitHub and Google, consistently lead our API ratings.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 16, 2020
Monthly Financial API Ratings, Sept 2020
September's financial API ratings: Open Banking UK Production scores swing wildly, and Tide's surprisingly slow DNS lookups stand out.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 15, 2020
Monthly API Ratings, Sept 2020: Bing is King?
Our September 2020 monthly API ratings roundup from API.expert asks whether Bing edged out the competition on API quality.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 14, 2020
Financial API Ratings: Oct 5–12 | Railsbank is Speedy
Financial API ratings for Oct 5-12: Nordea Bank tops the PSD2 category, and Railsbank posts the fastest latency but a rough pass rate.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 13, 2020
API Ratings: Oct 5–12 | Flickr is Struggling
This week's API.expert ratings roundup finds Flickr struggling in performance while GitHub and Google keep their usual lead.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 6, 2020
API Ratings: Sept 28–Oct 5, 2020 | Fast Facebook
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup finds Facebook performing fast while other providers lag behind in the CASC rankings.
Read more…Paul Cray