About Us

Optics built by people who've replaced enough of them at 3 a.m.

NetAPI started because every network engineer on our founding team had, at some point, spent a weekend swapping out OEM optics that should have just worked. We figured the industry could do better, same spec, lower cost, real warranty, real support.

What we do

We design, test, and ship optical transceivers for fiber networks. SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+, QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP-DD, and OSFP modules, from 1G all the way to 800G, coded to drop into any major switch platform.

Every module is built against MSA specifications, programmed for the target OEM (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Dell, HPE, NVIDIA/Mellanox, and 25+ more), and validated end-to-end before it ships. The result: an optic that costs 60–80% less than the OEM SKU, performs identically, and is backed by a 5-year advance-replacement warranty.

What's different about NetAPI

We test the link, not just the module

Anyone can ship a module that passes a bench loopback. We test every SKU on real production switches, Catalyst 9300s, Nexus 9000s, EX4400s, QFX5120s, 7280Rs — against live OEM modules, on the firmware versions our customers actually run. The release engineer signs off on link state, DDM readings, and BER. Then we ship.

We stand behind the SKU for five years

OEM warranties are typically one year, sometimes three with a paid service contract. Ours is five, and it's advance-replacement, meaning the new module ships before you return the failed one. Your link is back up the same day; the paperwork follows later.

We exchange the SKU when your network changes

The single largest source of waste in network operations is over-ordered optics. Our Free Compatibility Exchange program covers that: send it back, get the right module, no fee. Same with vendor changes, Cisco-coded today, Juniper-coded tomorrow, on us. See how it works →

We answer the phone

Our support team are network engineers, not tier-1 script-readers, not an offshore queue. When you email or call, the person on the other end has logged into a Nexus and show interface transceiver detail-d their way out of a real problem.