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Axiom Controller

Axiom is a cloud-native observability platform providing APIs for ingesting, querying, and managing telemetry data including logs, traces, and metrics with support for datasets, monitors, and organization management.

Axiom Controller publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Axiom Ingest API. Tagged areas include Analytics, Cloud Native, Logging, Monitoring, and Observability.

Axiom Controller’s developer surface includes developer portal, authentication, engineering blog, pricing, documentation, getting-started guide, and 8 more developer resources.

45.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 64/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
2 APIs 7 Agent Skills 7 Features
AnalyticsCloud NativeLoggingMonitoringObservabilityTelemetry

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 45.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 8.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 64/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Axiom Ingest API

API for ingesting logs, events, and telemetry data into Axiom datasets.

Axiom Query API

API for querying and analyzing data stored in Axiom datasets using APL (Axiom Processing Language).

Agent Skills

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controlling-costs

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query-metrics

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Collections

Pricing Plans

Rate Limits

Axiom Controller Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps

Features

Log Ingestion

Ingest logs from any source at massive scale with compression.

APL Query Language

Query telemetry data using Axiom Processing Language (APL), inspired by KQL.

Dataset Management

Organize telemetry data in datasets for granular access control and retention.

Monitors and Alerts

Set up threshold-based and anomaly-detection monitors with PagerDuty/Slack integrations.

OpenTelemetry Support

Native support for OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs via OTLP.

Long-Term Retention

Store telemetry data for extended periods at low cost with queryable archives.

Dashboards

Build custom dashboards with rich visualization for monitoring application health.

Use Cases

Application Logging

Centralize application logs for debugging and troubleshooting.

Infrastructure Monitoring

Monitor infrastructure metrics and detect anomalies.

Security Analytics

Analyze security logs and audit trails for threat detection.

Distributed Tracing

Trace requests across microservices with OpenTelemetry.

Business Analytics

Analyze user behavior and business events stored as structured logs.

Integrations

OpenTelemetry

Ingest OTLP data from any OpenTelemetry-compatible source.

Vercel

Built-in Vercel log drain integration for edge function and deployment logs.

AWS CloudWatch

Forward CloudWatch logs to Axiom via Lambda log forwarder.

Kubernetes

Deploy Axiom Helm charts to collect Kubernetes logs and metrics.

GitHub Actions

Send CI/CD pipeline logs to Axiom from GitHub Actions workflows.

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Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: Axiom Ingest Controller API
  version: 1.0.0
items:
- info:
    name: Ingest data to a dataset
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: https://api.axiom.co/v1/ingest/:dataset
    params:
    - name: dataset
      value: ''
      type: path
      description: Target dataset name
    body:
      type: json
      data: '{}'
  docs: Accepts JSON, NDJSON, or CSV formatted event data for ingestion into the specified dataset.
- info:
    name: Ingest data to edge deployment
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: https://api.axiom.co/v1/datasets/:dataset/ingest
    params:
    - name: dataset
      value: ''
      type: path
  docs: Ingest data to edge deployment
- info:
    name: Run APL query against edge deployment
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: https://api.axiom.co/v1/edge/query
    body:
      type: json
      data: '{}'
  docs: Run APL query against edge deployment
- info:
    name: Run batch query against edge deployment
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: https://api.axiom.co/v1/edge/query/batch
  docs: Run batch query against edge deployment
- info:
    name: Run MPL metrics query against edge deployment
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: https://api.axiom.co/v1/edge/metrics
  docs: Run MPL metrics query against edge deployment
bundled: true