# Backendless

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/backendless/  
**Website:** https://backendless.com  
**APIs profiled:** 8

Backendless is a visual app development and backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that exposes a full set of REST APIs for data persistence, user management, file storage, publish-subscribe messaging, push notifications, geolocation, caching, and atomic counters, plus serverless Cloud Code (custom API services and timers). Requests are authenticated with an application id and REST API key carried in the URL path and a user-token header for authenticated sessions.

## Kin Score — 37.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 53.4 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 34.1 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| 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 (8)

- **Backendless Cache API** — Server-side key/value cache.
- **Backendless CloudCode API** — Invocation of custom serverless API services.
- **Backendless Counters API** — Thread-safe atomic counters.
- **Backendless Data API** — CRUD and search over schema-backed database tables.
- **Backendless Files API** — File and directory storage operations.
- **Backendless Geo API** — Geolocation point management and proximity search.
- **Backendless Messaging API** — Publish-subscribe messaging, push notifications, and email.
- **Backendless Users API** — User registration, authentication, and session management.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Backendless Agentic Access** — 26 operations · 16 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Backendless Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Backendless Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Backendless Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Backend-as-a-Service, Visual Development, Low-Code, Database, Real-Time

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