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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in device-based api category. Our data sources in device-based api category include;
Device-based APIs collect/send data from/to devices such as mobile devices or IoT platforms.
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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in device-based api category. Our data sources in device-based api category include;
review websites
social media websites
search engine data for branded queries
According to the weighted combination of 7 data sources
Samsung SmartThings API
Particle API
GlobalSign Certificate Inventory API
Salto KS Connect API
ecobee API
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current device-based api market leaders. Market leaders are not the overall leaders since market leadership doesn’t take into account growth rate.
Samsung SmartThings API
Particle API
GlobalSign Certificate Inventory API
Salto KS Connect API
ecobee API
These are the number of queries on search engines which include the brand name of the solution. Compared to other Other APIs categories, Device-based API is more concentrated in terms of top 3 companies’ share of search queries. Top 3 companies receive 99%, 7% more than the average of search queries in this area.
47 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 26 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 39 companies with >10 employees are offering device-based api. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 800k employees. The largest company building device-based api is IBM with more than 300,000 employees.
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the fastest growing solutions:
Samsung SmartThings API
GlobalSign Certificate Inventory API
Particle API
Salto KS Connect API
ecobee API
We have analyzed reviews published in the last months. These were published in 4 review platforms as well as vendor websites where the vendor had provided a testimonial from a client whom we could connect to a real person.
These solutions have the best combination of high ratings from reviews and number of reviews when we take into account all their recent reviews.
This data is collected from customer reviews for all Device-based API companies. The most positive word describing Device-based API is “Easy to use” that is used in 6% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Difficult” with which is used in 3.00% of all the Device-based API reviews.
According to customer reviews, most common company size for device-based api customers is 1-50 Employees. Customers with 1-50 Employees make up 68% of device-based api customers. For an average Other APIs solution, customers with 1-50 Employees make up 64% of total customers.
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all Device-based APIs. Device-based APIs is most positively evaluated in terms of "Customer Service" but falls behind in "Ease of Use".
This category was searched on average for 617 times per month on search engines in 2022. This number has increased to 720 in 2023. If we compare with other other apis solutions, a typical solution was searched 2.4k times in 2022 and this decreased to 2.4k in 2023.