# Buoyant

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/buoyant/  
**Website:** https://buoyant.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Buoyant is the creator of Linkerd, the CNCF-graduated service mesh for Kubernetes. Linkerd provides zero-trust security via mutual TLS, ultra-high availability with automated failover, and observability for microservices including AI/LLM workloads. Buoyant Enterprise Linkerd adds enterprise features including FIPS 140-2/140-3 validated encryption and multi-cluster support.

## Kin Score — 20.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 20.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| 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 — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **Linkerd Service Mesh** — Linkerd is a CNCF-graduated service mesh for Kubernetes that transparently adds mutual TLS encryption, latency-aware load balancing, retries, timeouts, circuit breaking, and obs...
- **Buoyant Enterprise Linkerd (BEL)** — Buoyant Enterprise Linkerd is the enterprise-supported distribution of Linkerd with additional features including FIPS-validated cryptography, lifecycle automation, multi-cluste...

## Security (1)

- **Buoyant Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Buoyant Plans Pricing**

## Tags

AI Observability, Kubernetes, Linkerd, mTLS, Observability, Service Mesh, Zero Trust

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