Balena

Balena is a complete platform for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Linux devices. The platform combines balenaOS, balenaEngine, balenaCloud, the balena CLI, and the balena SDK so teams can build container-based device images and continuously deliver them to devices in the field. The balenaCloud REST API exposes device, fleet, release, and organization management using OData-style queries.

Balena publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Devices API, Releases API, Applications API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Containers, Device Management, Edge, Embedded Linux, and Fleet Management.

Balena’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, CLI, GitHub presence, engineering blog, pricing, support, and 14 more developer resources.

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49.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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Containers Device Management Edge Embedded Linux Fleet Management IoT OTA Provisioning Releases

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 49.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.3 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 7.7 / 18

Access Clarity 12.3 / 18

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.8 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 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 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Balena Cloud API

The balenaCloud REST API is the primary interface to the balena platform. It exposes resources for devices, fleets (applications), releases, environment variables, organizations...

Balena Devices API

Provision, inspect, configure, and remove devices in balenaCloud, including environment variables, tags, status, and OS information.

Balena Fleets (Applications) API

Manage balena fleets, formerly known as applications, that group devices and releases for deployment.

Balena Releases API

Manage container-based releases and their assets, pinning, and rollout across a fleet.

Balena Supervisor API

On-device REST API exposed by balena Supervisor for local control of containers, application state, host configuration, reboot, shutdown, and update checks.

Balena Applications API

Fleets (applications)

Balena Device Tags API

Tags associated with devices

Balena Devices API

IoT devices managed by balena

Balena Releases API

Container image releases

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Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Balena Cloud Applications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Balena Cloud Applications Device Tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

Balena Cloud Applications Devices API

OPEN COLLECTION

Balena Cloud Applications Releases API

OPEN COLLECTION

Balena Cloud API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Balena Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Balena Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Balena Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Balena Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Balena Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Balena Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Balena Trust Center

ISO 27001

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Balena Agentic Access

12 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SDKs

SDKs

CLI

CLI

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

Support

Community

ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Developer

Developer

Source (apis.yml)

aid: balena
name: Balena
description: Balena is a complete platform for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Linux devices. The platform
  combines balenaOS, balenaEngine, balenaCloud, the balena CLI, and the balena SDK so teams can build container-based device
  images and continuously deliver them to devices in the field. The balenaCloud REST API exposes device, fleet, release, and
  organization management using OData-style queries.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/balena.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/balena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
- Containers
- Device Management
- Edge
- Embedded Linux
- Fleet Management
- IoT
- OTA
- Provisioning
- Releases
apis:
- aid: balena:balena-cloud-api
  name: Balena Cloud API
  description: The balenaCloud REST API is the primary interface to the balena platform. It exposes resources for devices,
    fleets (applications), releases, environment variables, organizations, and user accounts with bearer-token authentication
    and OData-style filtering, field selection, and resource expansion.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Device Management
  - Fleet Management
  - OData
  - Releases
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/#authentication
- aid: balena:balena-devices-api
  name: Balena Devices API
  description: Provision, inspect, configure, and remove devices in balenaCloud, including environment variables, tags, status,
    and OS information.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/device/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Devices
  - Provisioning
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/device/
- aid: balena:balena-fleets-api
  name: Balena Fleets (Applications) API
  description: Manage balena fleets, formerly known as applications, that group devices and releases for deployment.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/application/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Application
  - Fleet Management
  tags_raw:
  - Applications
  - Fleet Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/application/
- aid: balena:balena-releases-api
  name: Balena Releases API
  description: Manage container-based releases and their assets, pinning, and rollout across a fleet.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/release/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - OTA
  - Releases
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/release/
- aid: balena:balena-supervisor-api
  name: Balena Supervisor API
  description: On-device REST API exposed by balena Supervisor for local control of containers, application state, host configuration,
    reboot, shutdown, and update checks.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/supervisor/supervisor-api/
  baseURL: http://127.0.0.1
  tags:
  - Devices
  - Local API
  - Supervisor
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/supervisor/supervisor-api/
- aid: balena:balena-applications-api
  name: Balena Applications API
  description: Fleets (applications)
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-applications-api-openapi.yml
- aid: balena:balena-device-tags-api
  name: Balena Device Tags API
  description: Tags associated with devices
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Device Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-device-tags-api-openapi.yml
- aid: balena:balena-devices-api
  name: Balena Devices API
  description: IoT devices managed by balena
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Devices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-devices-api-openapi.yml
- aid: balena:balena-releases-api
  name: Balena Releases API
  description: Container image releases
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Releases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-releases-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/balena-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/balena-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/balena-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/balena-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/balena-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.balena.io/
- type: Developer
  url: https://docs.balena.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-sdk
- type: CLI
  url: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-cli
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/balena-io
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.balena.io/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.balena.io/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.balena.io/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.balena.io/support
- type: Community
  url: https://forums.balena.io/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.balena.io/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.balena.io/terms-of-service
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/balena-io/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.balena.io/partners
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.balena.io/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: AWS
- name: Microsoft Azure
- name: Google Cloud
- name: Memfault
- name: Docker
- name: GitHub Actions
- name: Raspberry Pi
- name: NVIDIA Jetson
- name: Intel
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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