Impact of Location and Cloud Service Host on API Performance

Measured API performance by cloud service and location, based on API tests run from January 2016 to June 2017.

This white paper from APImetrics reports API response times measured across cloud services and locations from January 2016 to June 2017. It shows how location and cloud service host affect performance. Read the full text on this page, or complete the form to receive the PDF.

• How API response times varied by cloud service and location, January 2016 to June 2017
• Why connection time and total time do not move together
• How the Great Firewall of China affected API calls
• Which clouds and countries performed best in each region

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# Impact of Location and Cloud Service Host on API Performance

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Description: Analysis of more than 285 million API tests from 2016 to 2017 showing how cloud service and location affect API call times\. From APImetrics\.

## Summary
Impact of Location and Cloud Service Host on API Performance\. Measured API performance by cloud service and location, based on API tests run from January 2016 to June 2017\.\. Analysis of more than 285 million API tests from 2016 to 2017 showing how cloud service and location affect API call times\. From APImetrics\.

## Page sections

### Measured API performance by cloud service and location, based on API tests run from January 2016 to June 2017\.
Category: White paper
This white paper from APImetrics reports API response times measured across cloud services and locations from January 2016 to June 2017\. It shows how location and cloud service host affect performance\. Read the full text on this page, or complete the form to receive the PDF\.

- How API response times varied by cloud service and location, January 2016 to June 2017
- Why connection time and total time do not move together
- How the Great Firewall of China affected API calls
- Which clouds and countries performed best in each region

## Key facts
- This white paper from APImetrics reports API response times measured across cloud services and locations from January 2016 to June 2017\. It shows how location and cloud service host affect performance\.
- Read the full text on this page, or complete the form to receive the PDF\.
- How API response times varied by cloud service and location, January 2016 to June 2017
- Why connection time and total time do not move together
- How the Great Firewall of China affected API calls
- Which clouds and countries performed best in each region

## Primary entities
- APIContext
- White paper
- Impact of Location and Cloud Service Host on API Performance
- API monitoring
- API resilience

## Audience
- technology leaders
- API teams
- platform teams
- SRE teams

## Primary links
- [Download the white paper](/resources/global-api-performance-2016-2017)