# Apiary

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apiary/  
**Website:** https://apiary.io  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Apiary is an API design and documentation platform, now part of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. With 486,000+ users and 591,000+ APIs managed, it uses API Blueprint and Swagger/OpenAPI specifications to produce interactive API documentation, mock servers, automated testing, and collaborative API design workflows. Apiary enables teams to design APIs before writing code, generate documentation automatically, and validate implementations against specifications.

## Kin Score — 23.5 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 23.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 53.9 |
| Access Clarity | 53.9 |

## 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)

- **Apiary API** — The Apiary API provides programmatic access to manage API projects, documentation, and team collaboration. It allows creating and updating API Blueprint and Swagger/OpenAPI docu...
- **API Blueprint** — API Blueprint is a high-level API design language created by Apiary for designing and documenting web APIs. It uses a Markdown-based syntax that is human-readable and machine-pa...

## Security (1)

- **Apiary Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Apiary Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Design-First API Development** — Design APIs in API Blueprint or OpenAPI before writing code, enabling parallel frontend and backend development.
- **API Documentation Generation** — Automatically generate interactive API documentation from API specifications for developer consumption.
- **Mock Server Prototyping** — Generate instant mock servers from specs to enable frontend development without a live backend.
- **Contract Testing** — Validate API implementations against their specifications using Dredd to catch regressions.
- **Team API Governance** — Collaborate on API design standards and review API changes in a shared workspace.

## Tags

API Blueprint, API Design, API Testing, Collaboration, Design-First, Documentation, Mock Servers, Oracle

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