# Amazon S3 Glacier

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-s3-glacier/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 45.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 60.1 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 51.3 |
| Access Clarity | 51.3 |

## Agent readiness — 30.6 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| 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 (1)

- **Amazon S3 Glacier Vaults API** — The Vaults API from Amazon S3 Glacier — 4 operation(s) for vaults.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon S3 Glacier Agentic Access** — 7 operations · 4 acting

## Security (4)

- **Amazon S3 Glacier Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon S3 Glacier Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon S3 Glacier Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Amazon S3 Glacier Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon S3 Glacier Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Archive, Backup, Storage

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-s3-glacier/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.