| Use Case | Best API Type |
|---|---|
| Standard web services (CRUD operations) | REST |
| Enterprise-level security (banking, finance) | SOAP |
| Microservices with high efficiency | gRPC (RPC-based) |
| Simple remote function calls | JSON-RPC / XML-RPC |
| Flexible, data-efficient API (UI-heavy apps, GraphQL-based APIs) | GraphQL |
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