# Apache Jclouds

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-jclouds/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Apache jclouds is an open-source multi-cloud toolkit for the Java platform that provides a portable abstraction for cloud APIs. It supports over 30 cloud providers including AWS, Azure, GCP, Rackspace, and OpenStack for compute, blobstore, and DNS operations.

## Kin Score — 20.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 20.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| 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 (2)

- **Apache Jclouds Compute API** — The jclouds Compute API provides a unified Java interface for managing virtual machine instances, images, hardware profiles, and networking across 30+ cloud providers including ...
- **Apache Jclouds BlobStore API** — The jclouds BlobStore API provides a unified Java interface for object storage operations across AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, GCP Cloud Storage, Rackspace Cloud Files, and OpenSt...

## Security (2)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Jclouds Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (3)

- **Multi-Cloud Deployments** — Deploy applications across multiple cloud providers with a single codebase.
- **Cloud Migration** — Migrate workloads between cloud providers using portable APIs.
- **Cloud Cost Optimization** — Switch cloud providers transparently based on pricing or availability.

## Tags

Abstraction Layer, Cloud, Java, Multi-Cloud, Open-Source

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