# Aerohive

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aerohive/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Aerohive Networks was a cloud-managed networking company founded in 2006 by Changming Liu and headquartered in Milpitas, California. It pioneered controller-less, cloud-managed Wi-Fi and edge networking, managed through its HiveManager NG (later ExtremeCloud IQ) platform and access points. Aerohive went public on the NYSE under the ticker HIVE and was acquired by Extreme Networks in a deal that closed on 2019-08-09 for approximately $272 million. The company operated an Aerohive Developer Program with a public developer portal (developer.aerohive.com) and REST APIs for the HiveManager NG / ACS platform, plus a GitHub organization of reference applications. Following the acquisition the products were folded into ExtremeCloud IQ, and the legacy Aerohive API and its developer portal were retired (shutdown dated 2026-07-12), with integrators directed to migrate to the Extreme Platform ONE Developer Portal. This profile enriches the historical Aerohive API surface; it is a retired/acquired provider.

## Kin Score — 6.4 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 6.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Networking, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cloud Management, Enterprise Networking, Access Points, Edge Computing

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/aerohive/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.