# Apache Geode

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-geode/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

Apache Geode is an in-memory data management platform that provides real-time, consistent access to data-intensive applications throughout widely distributed cloud architectures. It pools memory, CPU, network resources, and local disk storage across multiple processes, offering a REST API for data access, OQL queries, function execution, and cluster management.

## Kin Score — 34.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 56.0 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 23.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 23.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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 — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (5)

- **Apache Geode Java Client API** — Java API for cache operations, continuous queries, function execution, and data serialization in Apache Geode clusters.
- **Apache Geode Administration API** — The Administration API from Apache Geode — 2 operation(s) for administration.
- **Apache Geode Functions API** — The Functions API from Apache Geode — 2 operation(s) for functions.
- **Apache Geode Queries API** — The Queries API from Apache Geode — 2 operation(s) for queries.
- **Apache Geode Regions API** — The Regions API from Apache Geode — 4 operation(s) for regions.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Geode Agentic Access** — 14 operations · 5 acting

## Security (2)

- **Apache Geode Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Apache Geode Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Geode Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Session Caching** — Replace Redis or Memcached with Geode for distributed session caching with ACID guarantees.
- **Real-Time Analytics** — Perform OQL queries on in-flight event data for real-time analytical processing.
- **Financial Transaction Processing** — Low-latency transaction processing with ACID guarantees for financial trading and payments.
- **Microservices Shared State** — Share state between microservices with consistent in-memory data across distributed nodes.
- **IoT Data Aggregation** — Aggregate and query high-velocity IoT telemetry data in memory for real-time responses.

## Tags

Apache, Caching, Data Grid, Distributed Systems, In-Memory, Open-Source

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