# Apache Samza

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-samza/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Apache Samza is a distributed stream processing framework that provides a simple API for building stateful stream processing applications. It integrates with Apache Kafka for messaging and supports both stream and batch processing.

## Kin Score — 29.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 29.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 53.8 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| 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 (3)

- **Apache Samza Checkpoints API** — The Checkpoints API from Apache Samza — 1 operation(s) for checkpoints.
- **Apache Samza Jobs API** — The Jobs API from Apache Samza — 4 operation(s) for jobs.
- **Apache Samza Tasks API** — The Tasks API from Apache Samza — 1 operation(s) for tasks.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Samza Agentic Access** — 6 operations · 2 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Samza Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Event Stream Processing** — Real-time processing of Kafka event streams
- **Stateful Aggregations** — Windowed aggregations over streaming data
- **Stream Joins** — Join multiple Kafka streams for enrichment
- **Change Data Capture** — Process CDC events from databases in real time

## Tags

Big Data, Hadoop, Kafka, Stream Processing, Streaming, Apache, Open-Source

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