Developer Portals, API Catalogs, and Marketplaces
summary
Three distinct tools address different needs: developer portals provide SDKs, Postman collections, sandboxes and credential management for fast technical onboarding and self‑service integration; API catalogs give a centralized inventory with metadata, taxonomy and policy enforcement to combat API sprawl and enforce governance; marketplaces expose a curated set of APIs with pricing, billing, SLAs, ratings and partner onboarding to enable monetization. Registries act as the single source of truth storing definitions, versions and lifecycle state and sync to the access channels.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Developer portals and API tools
- 1:48API consumer pain points
- 3:13Developer portal features
- 4:59API catalogs: roles and benefits
- 7:02Marketplaces for monetization
- 8:49API lifecycle with registries
- 10:34Choosing the right tool
- 15:27Final takeaways and next steps
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