API Development Services

API development services refer to the services that involve designing, creating, and maintaining Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). An API is a medium or an interface that enables different software systems, applications, or services to communicate and interact with each other and incorporate each other’s features. API services typically include:

– API Design services
– API Testing
– API Implementation
– API documentation amongst others

Here are some of the benefits a business gets when they opt for API development services from a reputed firm:

• Interoperability 
• Scalability and flexibility
• Increased Revenue
• Sustainability and cost effectiveness
• Increased productivity and timely delivery of software

Based on the intended level of access and scope of use, APIs are categorized into following types:

• Open APIs
• Partner APIs
• Internal APIs
• Composite APIs

Some of the industries that are implementing APIs are :

• FinTech
• Manufacturing 
• Telecommunications 
• Healthcare
• Professional services 
• Government bodies and state authorities amongst others

On average, it is observed that an API app usually takes roughly 70 hours to build. However, an API app can be built in less than 40 hours, or in as many as 100 hours. The exact timeline mostly depends on how complicated your app is.

To develop a successful API requires many elaborate phases including an effective marketing plan, hiring specialists and expert developers while using the internal marketing team to promote the API and reach the target audience.  Each phase requires few developers and specialist roles and can take up to 2-3 days, individually. Inclusive of all of these costs, businesses can expect to be charged anywhere from 5000$ to 20000$ for API development.