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powers the branding, company context, and search.
LiveUpdated 2026-09-19 16:50 UTC
Backend & APIs
Backend & APIs scores 41/100 on the Dev Radar money board (#10), with 445 posts and 12.9M views on X over the last 21 days.
20 new tools appeared in this market over the last 7 days, and 95 posts were published about it in the last 72 hours. Jev also rates the room for a newcomer here 1.12/4.
Top Backend & APIs tools
Circle Docs
Circle's hosted x402 facilitator for USDC settlement on Arc, Base, and Polygon PoS
Merge API Documentation
Browse the catalog
OrcaRouter
API (official weight)
Baseten
A speed-optimized GLM-5.3 Model API built for real-time workloads
merge.dev
Schedule a product demo to learn how Merge can reduce your AI costs and optimize spend across your orginization.
Inco
Prepaid, pay-per-token inference. Sign up, add credit, get an API key, and call an OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoint.
WorkOS
Ship your own auth.md today
Hermes API Fleet by Shagghie
API Fleet
Higgsfield API
Every image and video generation model on Higgsfield API, with live pricing. Search the catalog, compare modalities, and open any model in the playground.
Fireworks AI
Build your own frontier
Real API Pricing
Compare the real cost of AI. Explore subscription allowances, model benchmarks and the price–performance frontier, with transparent sources.
You.com
Type " " in the node panel to start.
o1 Exchange
You can launch tokens on @o1_exchange on @arc @circle via API ( ).
openwa
Free, Open Source, Self-Hosted WhatsApp API Gateway - rmyndharis/OpenWA
docs.stripe.com
Help AI agents find, book, and pay for your services.
Monad
A public catalog of off-chain APIs, settled per call with x402 on Monad.
go.moderntreasury.com
Save your spot
AIsa
Use Similarweb, Ahrefs, Semrush, Apollo, WaveInflu, Oxylabs, and social data through one $39 AIsa Growth Plan and API key.
Google Cloud Documentation
Model Context Protocol overview | API Gateway | Google Cloud Documentation
coingecko.com
Show HN: Orthogonal
We just posted orthogonal on hacker news if you'd like to check it out!
GLM-5.3-Flash
Compare pricing, performance, benchmarks, and integrations for GLM-5.3-Flash by z.ai. From $0.07/M input, $0.25/M output tokens. Access through one unified API.
Developer Portal
📚 Model docs
FAQ
Is there money in backend & apis?
Jev rates buyer spend 3.92/4, search demand 3.5/4, sponsor budgets 2.65/4 and growth 2.75/4. Overall market score: 41/100 (#10 of 12).
What are the newest backend & apis tools?
context.dev, Circle Docs, Merge API Documentation, OrcaRouter, Baseten. Updated 2026-09-19 16:50 UTC.
How is this ranked?
35% money (Jev judgment), 25% traction on X, 20% momentum over 72 hours, 10% new tools, 10% room for newcomers. See methodology.
Every post is read and classified by Jev (TypeSafe): what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 11.3k posts from 4.9k X accounts over the last 21 days, 1.2k tools, 12 markets. Collected every 5 minutes, fully re-ranked every hour — last update 2026-09-19 16:50 UTC. Full method.