# Apache Kylin

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-kylin/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Apache Kylin is an open-source distributed analytics engine designed to provide a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) on large-scale datasets. It provides sub-second query latency on trillion-record datasets via pre-computed cubes and works on top of Hadoop, Spark, and cloud storage.

## Kin Score — 37.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 60.4 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 37.1 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| 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 (7)

- **Apache Kylin JDBC Driver** — The Kylin JDBC driver provides SQL-over-Kylin access for BI tools and SQL clients, enabling standard JDBC connectivity to Kylin OLAP cubes.
- **Apache Kylin Authentication API** — User authentication
- **Apache Kylin Jobs API** — Build job management
- **Apache Kylin Models API** — Data model management
- **Apache Kylin Projects API** — Project management
- **Apache Kylin Query API** — SQL query execution
- **Apache Kylin Tables API** — Table and datasource management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Kylin Agentic Access** — 11 operations · 6 acting

## Security (3)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Kylin Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Data Warehouse Query Acceleration** — Accelerate slow Hive or Spark queries with Kylin cube pre-computation.
- **BI Tool Integration** — Connect Tableau, PowerBI, and Superset to Kylin via JDBC for analytics.
- **Real-Time OLAP** — Stream data into Kylin incrementally for near-real-time OLAP analytics.
- **Large-Scale Reporting** — Generate business reports over trillion-record datasets in seconds.

## Tags

Analytics, Big Data, cube, OLAP, Open-Source, SQL

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