# Amazon S3 API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aws-s3/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/s3/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance for storing and retrieving any amount of data.

## Kin Score — 44.8 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 58.4 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 55.3 |
| Access Clarity | 55.3 |

## Agent readiness — 44.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | verified |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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 (2)

- **Amazon S3 API Amazon Simple Storage Service API** — The Amazon Simple Storage Service API from Amazon S3 API — 48 operation(s) for amazon simple storage service.
- **Amazon S3 API WriteGetObjectResponse#x Amz Request Route&x Amz Request Token API** — The WriteGetObjectResponse#x Amz Request Route&x Amz Request Token API from Amazon S3 API — 1 operation(s) for writegetobjectresponse#x amz request route&x amz request token.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Aws S3 Agentic Access** — 97 operations · 54 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

## Security (4)

- **Aws S3 Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Aws S3 Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Aws S3 Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Aws S3 Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Aws S3 Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Data Lake Storage** — Store raw data for analytics pipelines using AWS Glue, Athena, and Redshift Spectrum.
- **Static Website Hosting** — Host static websites and single-page applications directly from S3.
- **Backup and Archive** — Store backups and archives with lifecycle policies to move data to Glacier for long-term retention.
- **Media Storage and Distribution** — Store and serve images, videos, and documents globally via CloudFront CDN.
- **Application Data Storage** — Store user-generated content, application logs, and configuration files.

## Tags

Cloud Storage, Object Storage, Storage

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/aws-s3/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.