# Apache Ignite

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-ignite/  
**APIs profiled:** 15

Apache Ignite is a distributed database for mission-critical high-velocity applications requiring in-memory performance. It provides ACID transactions, SQL queries, key-value storage, compute grid, and backpressured streaming across distributed clusters. Governed by the Apache Software Foundation under the Apache 2.0 license.

## Kin Score — 42.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 58.9 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 36.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 41.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| 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 (15)

- **Apache Ignite Java Client API** — The Ignite Java client API provides native Java access to Ignite clusters for table operations, SQL queries, transactions, and compute task execution.
- **Apache Ignite .NET Client API** — The Ignite .NET client API provides native C# and .NET access to Ignite clusters for table operations, SQL queries, and distributed computing.
- **Apache Ignite clusterConfiguration API** — The clusterConfiguration API from Apache Ignite — 2 operation(s) for clusterconfiguration.
- **Apache Ignite clusterManagement API** — The clusterManagement API from Apache Ignite — 2 operation(s) for clustermanagement.
- **Apache Ignite clusterMetric API** — The clusterMetric API from Apache Ignite — 3 operation(s) for clustermetric.
- **Apache Ignite compute API** — The compute API from Apache Ignite — 3 operation(s) for compute.
- **Apache Ignite deployment API** — The deployment API from Apache Ignite — 6 operation(s) for deployment.
- **Apache Ignite nodeConfiguration API** — The nodeConfiguration API from Apache Ignite — 2 operation(s) for nodeconfiguration.
- **Apache Ignite nodeManagement API** — The nodeManagement API from Apache Ignite — 3 operation(s) for nodemanagement.
- **Apache Ignite nodeMetric API** — The nodeMetric API from Apache Ignite — 4 operation(s) for nodemetric.
- **Apache Ignite recovery API** — The recovery API from Apache Ignite — 12 operation(s) for recovery.
- **Apache Ignite sql API** — The sql API from Apache Ignite — 3 operation(s) for sql.
- **Apache Ignite system API** — The system API from Apache Ignite — 2 operation(s) for system.
- **Apache Ignite topology API** — The topology API from Apache Ignite — 2 operation(s) for topology.
- **Apache Ignite transactions API** — The transactions API from Apache Ignite — 2 operation(s) for transactions.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Ignite Agentic Access** — 50 operations · 22 acting · 7 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

- **Apache Ignite Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Apache Ignite Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Apache Ignite Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Ignite Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Event Stream Processing** — Ingest, enrich, and process high-velocity event streams with in-memory speed.
- **Microservices State Management** — Distributed state store for microservices with ACID guarantees.
- **Session Management** — High-speed session caching for web applications.
- **AI/ML Feature Store** — Low-latency feature serving for machine learning model inference.
- **Real-Time Analytics** — SQL analytics over continuously updated distributed datasets.

## Tags

Caching, Compute Grid, Distributed Database, In-Memory, Open-Source, SQL

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