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Data integration

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WebServius can take input from a variety of data sources.

  • Support for data-feeds in CSV, XML, flat-file and other formats
  • Support for FTP, HTTP and other delivery
  • Periodic updates, full or incremental
  • Integration with your own APIs or web services, both REST and SOAP
  • Integration with custom/proprietary data formats

Data hosting

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WebServius can host your data for later delivery through APIs or direct download.

  • We provide reliable and scalable hosting for real-time data access
  • No need to worry about server capacity on your end
  • Data can be hosted in Amazon Web Services SimpleDB
  • You can retain full control over cloud hosting account

API for your data

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WebServius creates a developer API for easy integration and real-time access to your data.

  • Best-practices API automatically created for any dataset
  • Easy-to-use REST API with both XML and JSON support
  • Supports querying, column selection, sorting, pagination
  • Consistent API across all data types
  • API Documentation and code samples can also be created

Direct download for your data

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WebServius creates a direct download portal (also known as a "count tool") for end-user access to your data.

  • Customizable, user-friendly download page automatically created for any dataset
  • Users may choose columns and apply filters to select the exact data they want
  • Download page shows the number of matching records and their price
  • Users may instantly download data in an Excel-compatible (CSV) format
  • Configurable data types allow you to further control the functionality of the download page

Data pricing

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WebServius allows you to price your data with great flexibility.

  • Set up pay-per-record, fixed-fee or limited-free-trial pricing schemes
  • Set per-record prices for each dataset
  • Set premium per-column pricing for your most valuable data columns
  • Price sets of related columns together (e.g. "address", "city", "zip", "state")
  • Configure your business rules (e.g. do users pay for selected columns if they're blank?)

WebServius provides a rich set of features to bill your users.

  • Charge periodic (monthly) fees and usage-based fees
  • Create limited free trials, one-time promotions and discounts (annual, quarterly, etc)
  • Easily define "ladder" pricing (cheaper unit pricing at higher volumes)
  • Charge users by credit card or PayPal (including automated payments)
  • No merchant account is required; We handle all billing details, refunds, chargebacks, etc.
  • Use your own billing processes (for all customers or only the larger ones) if you prefer

User management

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WebServius allows you to easily manage your data buyers / API users.

  • See all users and their subscriptions at a glance
  • Easily disable or suspend a specific user's access
  • Easily assign special privileges or pricing to a specific user
  • Manage restricted data / API functionality that may only be accessed by certain users
  • Can integrate with your existing user management system / web site user accounts

Self-service capabilities

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WebServius optionally allows your users to perform many tasks online, by themselves, without your involvement, reducing your costs.

  • Users may sign up to use your data / API by themselves
  • You may require users to accept a license of your choosing before signup
  • WebServius can verify the user's identity (email, telephone number) before allowing signup
  • Users may access the data download page and select, pay for and download data by themselves
  • Users may pay for data / API access online, using a credit card or PayPal
  • Users may access a self-service portal to retrieve API keys, data/API documentation
  • Users can see their own usage and payment history

WebServius provides you with detailed analytics on how your users use your data.

  • See usage reports by dataset, by user, by API operation, and more
  • Access historical usage for any date range
  • Find your most profitable users or your most promising upsell candidates
  • Report data is downloadable in CSV format for your own analysis
  • Custom reports and charts may be added upon request

API management

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WebServius provides a full set of API management features, which work with any REST API (whether created by WebServius or by you).

  • Issuing API keys to developers, enforcing API key usage
  • Metering API usage to enforce free usage quotas or apply pricing schemes
  • Flexible metering (per call, per operation, result-dependent, XML result counting, HTTP response code dependent, etc)
  • Throttling API calls (per service, per user) including adaptive throttling
  • Determining API operations based on URL templates, applying access policies to operations
  • Both proxy (pass-through) and proxyless API management available
  • See the full list of API management features

White-labeling

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WebServius allows you to white-label / co-brand all user-facing components, to seamlessly integrate with your other products.

  • All user-facing web pages (signup, payment, data download) can be white-labeled to match your branding
  • White-labeling based on IFrame technology (pages are integrated into your site)
  • Support for your domains (e.g. api.yourcompany.com, developers.yourcompany.com, data.yourcompany.com)
  • All emails sent from WebServius can be customized with your text
  • Custom web development is available to facilitate the white-labeling process

Enterprise features

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WebServius can deliver a scalable, reliable, enterprise-grade data delivery and monetization solution.

  • High SLAs (Service Level Agreements, or reliability guarantees) are available
  • 24-7 support with guaranteed emergency response times is available
  • Support for private installations of the WebServius technology
  • Support for geographical data center distribution

Services

In addition to the product features above, WebServius will do whatever it takes to make your data monetization or API project a success. For information on our professional services, click here.

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