# Apache HBase

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

Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational database modeled after Google's Bigtable. It provides random, real-time read/write access to big data and runs on top of Apache Hadoop HDFS, offering a REST API (Stargate), Thrift API, and Java client API for table and cell-level operations.

## Kin Score — 35.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 55.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 20.5 (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 | no |
| 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 HBase Java Client API** — Java client API for all HBase data operations including table administration, filters, coprocessors, batch operations, and async client for high-throughput workloads.
- **Apache HBase Regions API** — Region information
- **Apache HBase Rows API** — Row and cell operations
- **Apache HBase Scans API** — Table scanning operations
- **Apache HBase Tables API** — Table management operations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Hbase Agentic Access** — 13 operations · 6 acting

## Security (2)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Hbase Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Time-Series Data Storage** — Store high-velocity time-series sensor or log data with row keys designed for time range scans.
- **Event Logging** — Persist event streams from web applications or IoT devices for analytics and audit.
- **User Profile Storage** — Store sparse user profile attributes at scale with efficient random access by user ID.
- **Graph Storage Backend** — Use HBase as a backend storage engine for graph databases like Apache TinkerPop/JanusGraph.
- **Machine Learning Feature Store** — Store and serve pre-computed ML features at low latency for online prediction.

## Tags

Apache, Big Data, Bigtable, Database, Hadoop, NoSQL, Open-Source, Wide Column

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