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ProgrammableWeb vs Apiman: What are the differences?

What is ProgrammableWeb? API directory and community. ProgrammableWeb is more than a directory and community, it's programmable. Our "API for APIs" gives you a simple and structured way to access the powerful registry and repository capabilities of PW. Use your favorite language to search and retrieve APIs, mashups, and other data from our catalog. We've got samples in PHP, Java, .NET and JavaScript to get you started.

What is Apiman? Open Source API Management. It provides an easy way for API/service providers to use a web UI to define service contracts for their APIs, apply these contracts across multiple APIs, and control role-based user access and API versioning.

ProgrammableWeb and Apiman can be categorized as "API Hub and Management" tools.

Some of the features offered by ProgrammableWeb are:

  • API Dashboard
  • API Directory (10,000+)
  • API News

On the other hand, Apiman provides the following key features:

  • Govern Your APIs
  • Rich Management Layer
  • Easily Embeddable

Apiman is an open source tool with 516 GitHub stars and 249 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Apiman's open source repository on GitHub.

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    What is Apiman?

    It provides an easy way for API/service providers to use a web UI to define service contracts for their APIs, apply these contracts across multiple APIs, and control role-based user access and API versioning.

    What is ProgrammableWeb?

    ProgrammableWeb is more than a directory and community, it's programmable. Our "API for APIs" gives you a simple and structured way to access the powerful registry and repository capabilities of PW. Use your favorite language to search and retrieve APIs, mashups, and other data from our catalog. We've got samples in PHP, Java, .NET and JavaScript to get you started.

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