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Akeyless

Akeyless is a cloud-native identity security platform that unifies secrets management, machine identity, and privileged access for AI agents, machines, and humans at scale. The platform provides a REST API with 200+ endpoints covering secrets vaulting, dynamic secrets generation, certificate lifecycle management, encryption and multi-cloud KMS, and SSH access governance. Built on patented Distributed Fragments Cryptography (DFC) technology, Akeyless delivers zero-knowledge, quantum-safe security without requiring central key storage. The API supports multiple authentication methods including AWS IAM, Azure AD, GCP, Kubernetes, SAML, OIDC, LDAP, and API key authentication.

Akeyless publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: v2 API. Tagged areas include Secrets Management, Zero Trust, Cloud Security, Identity Security, and Machine Identity.

The Akeyless catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Akeyless’ developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 11 more developer resources.

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42.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Secrets ManagementZero TrustCloud SecurityIdentity SecurityMachine IdentityCertificate ManagementPKIKMSEncryptionSSH AccessDynamic SecretsPrivileged Access ManagementDevSecOps

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 42.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Akeyless v2 API

The v2 API from Akeyless — 256 operation(s) for v2.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Akeyless Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Akeyless Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Akeyless Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Akeyless Context

43 classes · 20 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Akeyless API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Akeyless Auth Request

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Akeyless Dynamic Secret

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Akeyless Secret

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Akeyless Auth Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Akeyless Create Secret Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Akeyless Encrypt Decrypt Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Akeyless Get Secret Value Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Akeyless Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Akeyless Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Akeyless Agentic Access

256 operations · 256 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

256 operations · 256 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: akeyless
name: Akeyless
description: Akeyless is a cloud-native identity security platform that unifies secrets management, machine identity, and
  privileged access for AI agents, machines, and humans at scale. The platform provides a REST API with 200+ endpoints covering
  secrets vaulting, dynamic secrets generation, certificate lifecycle management, encryption and multi-cloud KMS, and SSH
  access governance. Built on patented Distributed Fragments Cryptography (DFC) technology, Akeyless delivers zero-knowledge,
  quantum-safe security without requiring central key storage. The API supports multiple authentication methods including
  AWS IAM, Azure AD, GCP, Kubernetes, SAML, OIDC, LDAP, and API key authentication.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/akeyless.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akeyless/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Secrets Management
- Zero Trust
- Cloud Security
- Identity Security
- Machine Identity
- Certificate Management
- PKI
- KMS
- Encryption
- SSH Access
- Dynamic Secrets
- Privileged Access Management
- DevSecOps
apis:
- aid: akeyless:akeyless-v2-api
  name: Akeyless v2 API
  description: The v2 API from Akeyless — 256 operation(s) for v2.
  humanURL: https://docs.akeyless.io/
  baseURL: https://api.akeyless.io
  tags:
  - v2
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/akeyless-v2-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.akeyless.io/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akeyless/refs/heads/main/json-schema/akeyless-secret.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akeyless/refs/heads/main/json-schema/akeyless-auth.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akeyless/refs/heads/main/json-schema/akeyless-dynamic-secret.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akeyless/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/akeyless-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akeyless/refs/heads/main/json-ld/akeyless-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/akeyless-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/akeyless-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/akeyless-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.akeyless.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.akeyless.io/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/akeylesslabs
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akeyless
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.akeyless.io/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.akeyless.io/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.akeyless.io/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/akeylessio
- type: Plans
  url: plans/akeyless-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/akeyless-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/akeyless-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com