Offering other elements or features of an API that are included or not included within a plan to help API consumers understand scope of what is available.
Elements
Strategies
APIs Have Clear Business Models
All APIs must have defined business models that articulate the value exchange between producer and consumer, including pricing tiers, plan features, rate limits, and metrics, ensuring that APIs are...
APIs Have Clear Service Level Commitments
All production APIs must have defined service level agreements (SLAs) that specify uptime, availability, latency, and throughput commitments for each plan tier, providing consumers with the confide...
Lifecycle
balance Governance Production
Governance is how everything on this lifecycle stays aligned as an operation scales. Policies, rules, and standards applied consistently across teams are what keep APIs coherent without slowing eve...
