# Amazon EBS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-ebs/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides persistent block storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. EBS volumes are highly available and reliable storage volumes that can be attached to any running instance in the same Availability Zone, offering consistent and low-latency performance for workloads that require persistent storage.

## Kin Score — 53.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 53.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 69.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 59.2 |
| Access Clarity | 59.2 |

## Agent readiness — 35.0 (agent-ready)

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

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **Amazon EBS Amazon EBS Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) API API** — The Amazon EBS Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) API API from Amazon EBS — 1 operation(s) for amazon ebs amazon elastic block store (ebs) api.
- **Amazon EBS #AttachVolume API** — The #AttachVolume API from Amazon EBS — 1 operation(s) for #attachvolume.
- **Amazon EBS #CreateSnapshot API** — The #CreateSnapshot API from Amazon EBS — 1 operation(s) for #createsnapshot.
- **Amazon EBS #DeleteVolume API** — The #DeleteVolume API from Amazon EBS — 1 operation(s) for #deletevolume.
- **Amazon EBS #DescribeSnapshots API** — The #DescribeSnapshots API from Amazon EBS — 1 operation(s) for #describesnapshots.
- **Amazon EBS #DetachVolume API** — The #DetachVolume API from Amazon EBS — 1 operation(s) for #detachvolume.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Ebs Agentic Access** — 7 operations · 5 acting

## Security (4)

- **Amazon Ebs Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Ebs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Ebs Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Amazon Ebs Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon Ebs Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Relational Databases** — High-performance persistent storage for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server databases.
- **NoSQL Databases** — Low-latency block storage for MongoDB, Cassandra, and other NoSQL workloads.
- **Enterprise Applications** — SAN workload migration for I/O-intensive SAP, Oracle, and other enterprise applications.
- **Big Data Analytics** — Resizable storage for Hadoop, Spark, and other big data cluster deployments.
- **Boot Volumes** — OS and application boot volumes for all EC2 instance types.

## Tags

Amazon Web Services, Block Storage, EBS, EC2, Snapshots, Storage, Volumes

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