API Economy

API Economy ReadinessTM

APIs as products. Evaluate your API economy maturity and your capacity to create value through programmatic interfaces.

$2.2T
API Economy 2026
83%
Web traffic via APIs
6.5x
API Management ROI

API Design

Standards, patterns, documentation

Adoption of API standards (REST, OpenAPI, GraphQL)

25
NoneAd-hocGuidelinesEnforcedAPI-first

Quality and completeness of documentation

25
AbsentBasicCompleteInteractiveGenerated

Design uniformity across APIs

25
HeterogeneousVariablePartialHighTotal

Governance

Policies, lifecycle, versioning

API lifecycle management

25
Non-existentManualDocumentedTooledAutomated

API versioning strategy

25
NoneAd-hocDefinedAppliedSemantic

Centralized API inventory

25
Non-existentPartialCompleteSearchableSelf-service

Security

Authentication, authorization, protection

API authentication mechanisms

25
BasicAPI KeysOAuth 2.0OIDCZero Trust

Resource access control

25
NoneBasicRBACABACFine-grained

Defense against attacks (DDoS, injection)

25
MinimalWAFRate limitingCompleteAI-powered

Developer Experience

Portal, sandbox, onboarding

Existence and quality of developer portal

25
Non-existentDocumentationBasicAdvancedWorld-class

Testing and experimentation capability

25
NoneSwaggerMockSandboxProduction-like

Integration ease for developers

25
DifficultManualGuidedSelf-serviceInstant

Monetization

Business models, pricing, analytics

API monetization strategy

25
NoneInternalPartnersMarketplaceEcosystem

Pricing model sophistication

25
FreeFlatTieredUsage-basedValue-based

Usage and value measurement

25
NoneLogsMetricsDashboardPredictive

Organization Context