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The Week in API Metrics – Winners & Losers

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If you don’t know your API metrics then you don’t know what your users are experiencing. Let’s look at this week’s winners and losers and where they fell on the API metrics leaderboard.

Most Improved API Metrics

Liquid in the Exchanges collection increased by 49% from 5.55 (in the Red Zone) to 8.3 (in the Green Zone). This was due to a large outage in the previous week where HTTP 503 responses were returned.
 
Here’s what this improvement looks like on the API metrics dashboard. First image is before, then the after:
Liquid in the Exchanges collection API metrics before
Liquid in the Exchanges collection API metrics after

While it’s far from perfect, the improvement is noticeable. Good going, Liquid!

Largest Drops in API Metrics

 

NHS API metrics in the UK Government collection

NHS in the UK Government collection decreased by 18% from 8.79 (in the Green Zone) to 7.2 (in the Yellow Zone). This was due to a large climb in server processing time affecting their GP Connect endpoints beginning around the 7th of December.

Barclays API metrics in the Open Banking UK Open Data collection

Barclays in the Open Banking UK Open Data collection decreased by 22% from 7.87 (in the Yellow Zone) to 6.08 (in the Yellow Zone). This was again due to a large increase in DNS loookup time (much clearer on this graph) across all endpoints.

FDA API metrics in the US Government collection

FDA in the US Government collection decreased by 25% from 8.32 (in the Green Zone) to 6.24 (in the Yellow Zone). This was mainly due to a few large clusters of outliers along with some HTTP 503 failures.

NASA API metrics in the US Government collection

NASA in the US Government collection decreased by 16% from 9.18 (in the Green Zone) to 7.65 (in the Yellow Zone). This was again mainly to do with the large jump in processing time that has been affecting this endpoint for years.

API Metrics Highlights

  • ZB.com in the Exchanges collection was in the Red Zone with a CASC score of 4.22. Looks like it’s depricated. The ZB.com v1 endpoints appear to no longer work, but there are no v2 ones or anything on the developer portal to suggest what any new endpoints might be.
  • Allied Irish Bank in the Open Banking UK Open Data category takes the overall title for best API again this week with a CASC score of 9.78.
  • Contentful in the GGV Capital API-First category is the fastest API again this week with an average latency of 52 ms, down from 53 ms last week.
  • Santander is the best-performing bank in the Open Banking UK Production category with monitored AISP (non-consent) endpoints again this week with a CASC score of 9.52, up from 9.46 last week.
  • ZB.com in the Exchanges category is the overall worst performing API again this week with a CASC score of 4.22.
  • 10 categories are topped by an API with a CASC score of 9.50 or more, up from 8 last week.
  • 13 categories are topped by an API with a CASC score of 9.00 or more, the same as last week.
  • 1 categories have bottom API with a CASC score of 9.00 or more, the same as last week.
  • 6 categories have bottom API with a CASC score of 8.00 or more, down from 14 last week.
  • 1 APIs (ZB.com in the Exchanges collection with a CASC score of 4.22) are in the Red Zone with a CASC score of less than 6.00 this week, down from 3 last week.

Top Drops

CollectionProjectChange
Corporate InfrastructureSendgrid-3
Corporate MessagingAfrica’s Talking-1
ExchangesZB.com-23
FintechYapily-1
GGV Capital API-FirstBelvo-9
Open Banking UK Open DataDanske Bank-1
Open Banking UK ProductionNewDay – Amazon Mastercard-8
Open Banking UK SandboxesBarclays Personal Sandbox-3
SocialTumblr-1
UK GovernmentDEFRA-2
US GovernmentBureau of Labor Statistics-5

Changes

Corporate Infrastructure

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Sendgrid8.89.031411-3
Adobe8.979.11210-2
Microsoft Graph (Sharepoint)9.299.376-1
Google Workspace9.339.28671
Dropbox8.858.9313141
PagerDuty9.018.9610122
Microsoft Graph (Office)9.018.9511132

Corporate Messaging

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Africa’s Talking9.019.1843-1
Twilio9.139.12341

Enterprise Messaging

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange

Exchanges

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
ZB.com4.229.2307-23
Bitfinex8.779.061912-7
Bitrrex8.728.992116-5
Korbit9.089.081210-2
Coincheck9.329.3343-1
CryptoCompare6.466.32928-1
Binance US9.219.2276-1
Kraken9.039.0114151
Bancor Network7.545.8828291
Gate.io9.19.0810111
Gemini9.349.32341
Bitstamp9.059.0413141
Binance8.458.4925261
Coinone9.189.11891
Coinbase9.099.0611132
BitMEX9.229.19682
SimpleSwap8.948.9316193
HitBTC8.98.8317203
bitFlyer8.988.9615183
Huobi Global8.828.7218213
Liquid8.35.5526304
Coinpaprika8.738.5820255
LA Token9.138.989178

Fintech

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Yapily8.458.6198-1
Intuit8.58.48891

GGV Capital API-First

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Belvo8.618.952112-9
Modern Treasury8.889.06148-6
Fidel API8.78.731917-2
Alpaca8.828.941513-2
Merge8.168.442624-2
EMnify8.418.482322-1
Lob8.969.05109-1
Deepgram8.148.212726-1
Stripe8.428.4822231
Gretel8.738.6818191
Truelayer8.748.6917181
Mapbox9.079.018102
MessageBird8.988.989112
Stytch8.888.813152
Radar8.928.9211143
Persona8.318.1824273
Unit8.898.812164
Alchemy8.828.5716215

IP Geolocators

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange

Open Banking UK Open Data

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Danske Bank9.779.8221-1
NatWest Group9.419.7254-1
Barclays6.087.8798-1
Santander9.559.62451
HSBC7.857.67891
Allied Irish Bank9.789.78121

Open Banking UK Production

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
NewDay – Amazon Mastercard8.428.82517-8
Halifax8.979.061712-5
Cater Allen Private Bank7.678.113026-4
NewDay – Aqua8.668.762320-3
Cashplus Bank8.068.262624-2
Tide Platform Ltd9.629.5975-2
Bank of Scotland9.038.971614-2
Barclays Business7.527.623130-1
Barclays Personal7.467.583231-1
Danske Bank (Personal)9.759.7421-1
Virgin Money9.189.121211-1
HSBC Bank (Personal)9.068.981413-1
Cumberland Building Society8.938.7718191
Tesco Bank8.698.5622231
HSBC Bank (Business)8.488.2324251
Lloyds Bank8.748.6821221
Revolut9.769.73121
Ulster Bank NI9.068.8215161
NatWest Production8.778.7519212
Allied Irish Bank (GB)9.649.55572
RBS Production9.128.8613152
Starling Bank9.238.7811187
TSB8.757.46203212

Open Banking UK Sandboxes

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Barclays Personal Sandbox7.729.2163-3
Allied Irish Bank Sandbox8.759.4832-1
Danske Sandbox8.328.68451
OBIE Sandbox8.227.28561
RBS Sandbox8.968.98242

Search

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange

Social

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Tumblr9.459.4954-1
LinkedIn9.469.49451

UK Government

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
DEFRA8.448.8331-2
NHS7.28.7942-2
Met Office8.767.89242
Police.UK8.918.7132

US Government

ProjectCurrent CASC ScorePrevious CASC ScoreCurrent RankPrevious RankChange
Bureau of Labor Statistics8.459.2683-5
FDA6.248.32149-5
NASA7.659.1895-4
FEC8.889.2564-2
Data.gov8.879.1476-1
Dept of Commerce6.387.581312-1
Dept of Energy6.47.4412131
FEMA7.417.6310111
FCC8.959.1572
Dept of Justice6.56.9911143
Veterans Affairs9.058.86385
US Census Bureau8.988.124106
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