Arena

aid: arena
name: Arena
description: Arena is an AI-powered audience engagement platform that lets publishers, media companies, and brands build first-party
  communities directly on their own websites and apps. Its products include Live Chat, Live Blog, Comments, Polls, and Q&A,
  plus moderation, analytics, and monetization tooling designed to increase traffic, boost engagement, generate leads, and
  monetize audiences. Developers integrate through the Arena Platform API (V3) and official JavaScript, Android, and iOS SDKs,
  authenticating with a site API key or a JWT that also powers Single Sign-On for Live Chat and Live Blog. Arena is a developer-tools
  / audience-engagement company backed by CRV, Felicis, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Techstars.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- crv
- felicis
- lightspeed-venture-partners
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://dashboard-sandbox.arena.im/js/imgs/arena-logo-purple.png
tags:
- Company
- Developer Tools
- Audience Engagement
- Live Chat
- Live Blog
- Comments
- Community
- Real-Time
- Moderation
- Media
apis:
- name: Arena Platform API
  description: Arena's REST Platform API (V3) for programmatically managing engagement resources — Liveblog, Live Chat, Analytics,
    Account, Stream, Users, Moderation, Polls, and Q&A — mirroring the Arena Dashboard. Authenticated with an API key or JWT
    via the Authorization header.
  humanURL: https://developers.arena.im/
  baseURL: https://api.arena.im/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arena.im/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.arena.im/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/arena-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://arena.im/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.arena.im/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.arena.im/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api-docs.arena.im/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.arena.im/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.arena.im/
- type: Blog
  url: https://arena.im/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://arena.im/pricing/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.arena.im/auth/create
- type: Login
  url: https://app.arena.im/auth/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://arena.im/terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://arena.im/privacy-policy/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/stationfy
- type: Packages
  url: packages/arena-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/arena-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/arena-authentication.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/arena-components.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/arena-conventions.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/arena-webhooks.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/arena-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/arena-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence