Akita Software

Akita Software was an API observability and analysis platform that used passive traffic monitoring to automatically map APIs, detect changes, and identify issues without requiring code changes or proxies. Akita was acquired by Postman in July 2023 (announced 2023-07-19) and its technology has been integrated into the Postman platform as Postman Live Insights. The Akita agent is now available as the open-source Postman Insights Agent.

Akita Software publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Acquired, API Discovery, API Mapping, API Observability, and Traffic Analysis.

Akita Software’s developer surface includes documentation, CLI, changelog, authentication, and 15 more developer resources.

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27.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 11/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemium

2 APIs 5 Features 4 Use Cases

Acquired API DiscoveryAPI MappingAPI Observability Traffic Analysis

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 27.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 8.1 / 18

Access Clarity 6.2 / 18

Operational Transparency 2.2 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.0 / 9

Open Source Surface 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 11/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.

The six quality facets above are damped to 90 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 10. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 90% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 2

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

Akita Software

Akita Software provided an API observability platform that used passive traffic monitoring to automatically discover, map, and model APIs without requiring code changes or proxy...

Postman Live Insights

Postman Live Insights is the successor to Akita Software, now integrated into the Postman platform. The Postman Insights Agent (open source) makes it easy to see the behavior of...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Akita Software Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Akita Software Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Akita Software Finops

FINOPS

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Passive Traffic Monitoring

Monitors API traffic passively without code changes, SDK installation, or proxying, minimizing operational overhead and risk.

Automatic API Spec Generation

Generates OpenAPI specifications automatically from observed traffic, keeping documentation always up to date.

Breaking Change Detection

Detects breaking API changes by comparing observed traffic patterns across deployments and branches.

API Performance Monitoring

Tracks API response times, error rates, and traffic patterns to help identify performance regressions.

Multi-Platform Integration

Integrates with Docker, Kubernetes, NGINX, Rails, Django, Flask, FastAPI, and Heroku for broad platform coverage.

Security Posture 2

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

Akita Software Authentication

0 schemes

SECURITY

Akita Software Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

API Documentation Generation

Engineering teams automatically generate and maintain up-to-date API specs from production traffic without manual effort.

API Change Management

Teams detect unintentional API breaking changes between branches or deployments before they reach production.

API Discovery

Organizations discover undocumented and shadow APIs by monitoring actual network traffic across their services.

Production API Monitoring

DevOps teams monitor API behavior and performance in production to quickly identify and diagnose issues.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Docker

Docker extension and container integration for traffic monitoring

Kubernetes

Kubernetes deployment support for monitoring microservice APIs

NGINX

NGINX module for mirroring API traffic to the Akita agent

Heroku

Heroku buildpack for integrating Akita with Heroku applications

Postman

Acquired by Postman in 2023; technology integrated as Postman Live Insights

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Conventions

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

CLI

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Releases

Releases

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Plans

Plans

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: akita-software
name: Akita Software
description: Akita Software was an API observability and analysis platform that used passive traffic monitoring to automatically
  map APIs, detect changes, and identify issues without requiring code changes or proxies. Akita was acquired by Postman in
  July 2023 (announced 2023-07-19) and its technology has been integrated into the Postman platform as Postman Live Insights.
  The Akita agent is now available as the open-source Postman Insights Agent.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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/akita-software.png
tags:
- Acquired
- API Discovery
- API Mapping
- API Observability
- Traffic Analysis
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akita-software/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-08'
modified: '2026-08-30'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: akita-software:akita-software
  name: Akita Software
  description: Akita Software provided an API observability platform that used passive traffic monitoring to automatically
    discover, map, and model APIs without requiring code changes or proxying. It could generate API specs from traffic, detect
    breaking changes, and monitor API performance. Akita was acquired by Postman in July 2023 (announced 2023-07-19), and
    its capabilities are now available as Postman Live Insights with the open-source Postman Insights Agent.
  humanURL: https://www.akitasoftware.com
  tags:
  - API Discovery
  - API Mapping
  - API Observability
  - Traffic Analysis
  properties:
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    url: https://github.com/akitasoftware
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/postmanlabs/observability-cli
- aid: akita-software:postman-live-insights
  name: Postman Live Insights
  description: Postman Live Insights is the successor to Akita Software, now integrated into the Postman platform. The Postman
    Insights Agent (open source) makes it easy to see the behavior of production APIs, discover API endpoints, and find and
    fix issues through passive traffic monitoring.
  humanURL: https://www.postman.com/product/postman-insights/
  baseURL: https://api.observability.postman.com
  tags:
  - API Discovery
  - API Monitoring
  - API Observability
  - Postman
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learning.postman.com/docs/insights/overview/
  - type: GitHubRepository
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  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learning.postman.com/docs/insights/get-started/overview/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.postman.com/pricing/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.postman.com/legal/terms/
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://privacy.postman.com/policies/
  - type: Support
    url: https://community.postman.com/
common:
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-insights-agent/releases
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-insights-agent/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-insights-agent/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/akita-software-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.akitasoftware.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learning.postman.com/docs/insights/overview/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/akitasoftware
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/akitasoftware
- type: Packages
  url: packages/akita-software-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/akita-software-cli.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/akita-software-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/akita-software-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/akita-software-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/akita-software-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/akita-software-conventions.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/akita-software-llms.txt
- type: Plans
  url: plans/akita-software-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/akita-software-rate-limits.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akita-software/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Passive Traffic Monitoring
    description: Monitors API traffic passively without code changes, SDK installation, or proxying, minimizing operational
      overhead and risk.
  - name: Automatic API Spec Generation
    description: Generates OpenAPI specifications automatically from observed traffic, keeping documentation always up to
      date.
  - name: Breaking Change Detection
    description: Detects breaking API changes by comparing observed traffic patterns across deployments and branches.
  - name: API Performance Monitoring
    description: Tracks API response times, error rates, and traffic patterns to help identify performance regressions.
  - name: Multi-Platform Integration
    description: Integrates with Docker, Kubernetes, NGINX, Rails, Django, Flask, FastAPI, and Heroku for broad platform coverage.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: API Documentation Generation
    description: Engineering teams automatically generate and maintain up-to-date API specs from production traffic without
      manual effort.
  - name: API Change Management
    description: Teams detect unintentional API breaking changes between branches or deployments before they reach production.
  - name: API Discovery
    description: Organizations discover undocumented and shadow APIs by monitoring actual network traffic across their services.
  - name: Production API Monitoring
    description: DevOps teams monitor API behavior and performance in production to quickly identify and diagnose issues.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Docker
    description: Docker extension and container integration for traffic monitoring
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Kubernetes deployment support for monitoring microservice APIs
  - name: NGINX
    description: NGINX module for mirroring API traffic to the Akita agent
  - name: Heroku
    description: Heroku buildpack for integrating Akita with Heroku applications
  - name: Postman
    description: Acquired by Postman in 2023; technology integrated as Postman Live Insights
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-30'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 10
  pass: local-v1

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