Amazon S3 Glacier

Amazon S3 Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost Amazon S3 storage class purpose-built for long-term data archiving and digital preservation. It provides comprehensive security and compliance capabilities that can help meet even the most stringent regulatory requirements, with retrieval options ranging from minutes to hours depending on your access needs.

Amazon S3 Glacier publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Vaults API. Tagged areas include Archive, Backup, and Storage.

The Amazon S3 Glacier catalog on APIs.io includes 5 JSON-LD contexts and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon S3 Glacier’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, signup flow, code examples, and 32 more developer resources.

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60.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

ArchiveBackupStorage

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Composite quality — 60.4/100 · strong

Contract Quality 15.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 16.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware

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 0 / 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 1

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon S3 Glacier Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 4

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

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Portal

Signup

Login

Documentation 6

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 11

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

JSONLD

JSONLD

JSONLD

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

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Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

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

Source (apis.yml)

name: Amazon S3 Glacier
description: Amazon S3 Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost Amazon S3 storage class purpose-built for long-term
  data archiving and digital preservation. It provides comprehensive security and compliance capabilities that can help meet
  even the most stringent regulatory requirements, with retrieval options ranging from minutes to hours depending on your
  access needs.
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://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-s3-glacier/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-s3-glacier:amazon-s3-glacier-vaults-api
  name: Amazon S3 Glacier Vaults API
  description: The Vaults API from Amazon S3 Glacier — 4 operation(s) for vaults.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/glacier/
  baseURL: https://glacier.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Vaults
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-s3-glacier-vaults-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-s3-glacier/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-s3-glacier-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-s3-glacier-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-s3-glacier-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-s3-glacier-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-s3-glacier-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/glacier/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/
- 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: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Portal
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/glacier/
- type: Signup
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: Login
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/console/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-s3-glacier-api-describe-vault-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-s3-glacier-api-job-parameters-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-s3-glacier-api-list-vaults-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-s3-glacier-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-s3-glacier-vault-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-s3-glacier-api-describe-vault-output-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-s3-glacier-api-job-parameters-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-s3-glacier-api-list-vaults-output-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-s3-glacier-vault-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-s3-glacier-api-describe-vault-output-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-s3-glacier-api-job-parameters-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-s3-glacier-api-list-vaults-output-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-s3-glacier-vault-structure.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-s3-glacier-api-describe-vault-output-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-s3-glacier-api-job-parameters-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-s3-glacier-api-list-vaults-output-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-s3-glacier-vault-example.json
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-s3-glacier-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-s3-glacier-vocabulary.yaml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/amazon-s3-glacier-api-openapi.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/
integrations:
- name: Partner Programs
- name: Resources
- name: Success Stories
- name: Work with an AWS Partner
- name: AWS Marketplace
- name: AWS Partner Central
- name: Partner Paths
- name: co-sell with AWS
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
tags:
- Archive
- AWS
- Backup
- Storage

Amazon S3 Glacier

APIs 1

Postman Collections 1

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Semantic Vocabularies 5

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 4

JSON Structure 4

Examples 4

Security Posture 4

Agentic Access 1

Get Started 5

Documentation 6

Agent Surfaces 1

Design & Contract 11

Build 6

Access & Security 4

Operate 3

Commercial 2

Source (apis.yml)