Amazon MSK

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is a fully managed service that enables you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data, with the infrastructure management handled by AWS.

Amazon MSK publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Clusters API, Compatible Kafka Versions API, Configurations API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Broadcasting, Media Processing, and Media.

The Amazon MSK catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon MSK’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, and 12 more developer resources.

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62.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 44/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs 6 Features 4 Use Cases

BroadcastingMedia ProcessingMedia

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Composite quality — 62.4/100 · strong

Contract Quality 18.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 13.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 44/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 6

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Msk Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Amazon Msk Finops

FINOPS

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Fully Managed Kafka

Automatically provisions, configures, and maintains Apache Kafka clusters without operational overhead.

High Durability

Multi-AZ deployments with automatic replication and failover for data durability.

MSK Serverless

Serverless cluster mode that automatically scales capacity to match streaming demand.

MSK Connect

Fully managed Kafka Connect to stream data to and from databases and other services.

Tiered Storage

Offload older data to low-cost Amazon S3 storage while keeping recent data on brokers.

Schema Registry

Manage and enforce schemas for Kafka topics with AWS Glue Schema Registry integration.

JSON Schema 135

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

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JSON Structure 135

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

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Examples 135

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Real-Time Data Streaming

Build real-time data pipelines for clickstream analytics, log aggregation, and metrics.

Event Sourcing

Implement event sourcing patterns with durable, ordered Kafka topics.

Stream Processing

Process streaming data with Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or custom consumers.

Database Change Data Capture

Stream database changes to downstream systems using Debezium and MSK Connect.

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Console

Console

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Contact

Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: amazon-msk
name: Amazon MSK
description: Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is a fully managed service that enables you to build and
  run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data, with the infrastructure management handled by AWS.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-msk.png
tags:
- AWS
- Broadcasting
- Media Processing
- Media
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-msk/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-msk:amazon-msk-clusters-api
  name: Amazon MSK Clusters API
  description: The Clusters API from Amazon MSK — 18 operation(s) for clusters.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/
  baseURL: http://kafka.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-msk-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/faqs/
- aid: amazon-msk:amazon-msk-compatible-kafka-versions-api
  name: Amazon MSK Compatible Kafka Versions API
  description: The Compatible Kafka Versions API from Amazon MSK — 1 operation(s) for compatible kafka versions.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/
  baseURL: http://kafka.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Compatible Kafka Versions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-msk-compatible-kafka-versions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/faqs/
- aid: amazon-msk:amazon-msk-configurations-api
  name: Amazon MSK Configurations API
  description: The Configurations API from Amazon MSK — 4 operation(s) for configurations.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/
  baseURL: http://kafka.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Configurations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-msk-configurations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/faqs/
- aid: amazon-msk:amazon-msk-kafka-versions-api
  name: Amazon MSK Kafka Versions API
  description: The Kafka Versions API from Amazon MSK — 1 operation(s) for kafka versions.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/
  baseURL: http://kafka.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Kafka Versions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-msk-kafka-versions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/faqs/
- aid: amazon-msk:amazon-msk-operations-api
  name: Amazon MSK Operations API
  description: The Operations API from Amazon MSK — 1 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/
  baseURL: http://kafka.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-msk-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/faqs/
- aid: amazon-msk:amazon-msk-tags-api
  name: Amazon MSK Tags API
  description: The Tags API from Amazon MSK — 2 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/
  baseURL: http://kafka.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-msk-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/faqs/
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-msk/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-msk-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-msk-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-msk-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-msk-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-msk-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/msk/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/msk/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-msk-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-msk-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Fully Managed Kafka
    description: Automatically provisions, configures, and maintains Apache Kafka clusters without operational overhead.
  - name: High Durability
    description: Multi-AZ deployments with automatic replication and failover for data durability.
  - name: MSK Serverless
    description: Serverless cluster mode that automatically scales capacity to match streaming demand.
  - name: MSK Connect
    description: Fully managed Kafka Connect to stream data to and from databases and other services.
  - name: Tiered Storage
    description: Offload older data to low-cost Amazon S3 storage while keeping recent data on brokers.
  - name: Schema Registry
    description: Manage and enforce schemas for Kafka topics with AWS Glue Schema Registry integration.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Real-Time Data Streaming
    description: Build real-time data pipelines for clickstream analytics, log aggregation, and metrics.
  - name: Event Sourcing
    description: Implement event sourcing patterns with durable, ordered Kafka topics.
  - name: Stream Processing
    description: Process streaming data with Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or custom consumers.
  - name: Database Change Data Capture
    description: Stream database changes to downstream systems using Debezium and MSK Connect.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
    description: Process MSK streams with Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink.
  - name: AWS Lambda
    description: Trigger Lambda functions from MSK topics for serverless stream processing.
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Use MSK Connect to sink data from Kafka topics to S3 buckets.
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch
    description: Monitor cluster and broker metrics with CloudWatch dashboards and alarms.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Authenticate Kafka clients using IAM roles for MSK cluster access control.
  - name: AWS Glue Schema Registry
    description: Enforce data schemas for Kafka producers and consumers.
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Agent Mode
- name: Sign in
- name: Become a Channel Partner
- name: Resources
- name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
- name: Why AWS Marketplace?
- name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
- name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Amazon MSK

APIs 6

Postman Collections 6

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Features 6

Fully Managed Kafka

High Durability

MSK Serverless

MSK Connect

Tiered Storage

Schema Registry

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 135