At Pipedream, we believe helping developers be 10x more productive is how we can have the greatest impact on the world. We have been heads down building out our workflow automation platform for developers and a key part of that effort is integrating the most popular APIs on the internet.
There is a long tail of APIs we have to integrate for our 800k+ users but we've stayed focused on APIs that have large user bases, are popular with developers, and are requested by customers with business use cases.
To give you a sense of how unique this scale of API integrations is, here is a list of apps with the most API integrations:
- Zapier: 6000+ API integrations
- Pipedream: 2000+ API integrations
- Make: 1500+ API integrations
- Workato: 1200+ API integrations
Of course, what makes Pipedream unique is that you execute custom logic using Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash, so can interact with any API regardless of whether it is integrated or not. We like to say "code when you need it and no code when you don't." Integrated apps allow you to use pre-built triggers and actions, or use your authenticated account within a code step.
We loved Yahoo! Pipes. While there are some similarities, the product has matured far beyond the original vision of Pipes. I encourage you to check it out as it is free for developers to start out and get a feel for it.
In your opinion, are there underexplored opportunities to build on top of Pipedream as a platform, or is the opportunity still mostly for existing tools to extend themselves via integrating?
Pipedream can be used to extend existing tools but if that is your understanding of the platform then there are definitely underexplored opportunities.
