Put it to work
Potential use cases
A starting use for this source
Assess API-first adoption, discover collaboration and governance gaps, and validate demand for API testing, cataloging, documentation, security, or analytics products. API professionals and developers are a highly relevant audience for developer tooling and for data products built around integrations and machine-readable interfaces.
Pressure-test a planning assumption
Match the published cohort and metric definition to your company before comparing results. Use a gap to choose a question to investigate with your own data.
What it covers
Geography and granularity
Geography: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release.
Granularity: Assess API-first adoption, discover collaboration and governance gaps, and validate demand for API testing, cataloging, documentation, security, or analytics products.
Source type: API ecosystem survey
Access and cost
Public source
Public archive page links to the 2024 report PDF; no paid subscription is stated on the archive page.
Cost: Access may involve paid products or services; verify current pricing and licensing with the provider.
Update cadence: Release cadence was not normalized in this review; check the source's dates, update notes, and API limits before comparing periods.
Before you use it
Limits that matter
The sample is recruited through Postman's ecosystem and the publisher is an API-tool vendor, so it should be triangulated with independent customer research.