Cloudgenix

CloudGenix was a cloud-native SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) company founded in 2013 and backed by Mayfield. Its AppFabric platform let enterprises build application-defined, policy-driven WANs managed from a cloud controller, with a full REST API (the CloudGenix Cloud Controller / AppFabric API) and first-party SDKs in Python, C#, Java, and JavaScript plus a CI-capable configuration CLI. Palo Alto Networks acquired CloudGenix in April 2020 for more than $420M and rebranded the product as Prisma SD-WAN, now part of the Prisma SASE portfolio. The public developer tooling remains published under the official CloudGenix GitHub organization.

Cloudgenix publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, SD-WAN, Networking, Cloud, and Software Defined Networking.

Cloudgenix’s developer surface includes documentation, CLI, authentication, and 3 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4

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CompanySD-WANNetworkingCloudSoftware Defined NetworkingNetwork AutomationSASEInfrastructure

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Composite quality — 16.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 10/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

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Documentation

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cloudgenix
name: Cloudgenix
description: CloudGenix was a cloud-native SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) company founded in 2013 and backed
  by Mayfield. Its AppFabric platform let enterprises build application-defined, policy-driven WANs managed from a cloud controller,
  with a full REST API (the CloudGenix Cloud Controller / AppFabric API) and first-party SDKs in Python, C#, Java, and JavaScript
  plus a CI-capable configuration CLI. Palo Alto Networks acquired CloudGenix in April 2020 for more than $420M and rebranded
  the product as Prisma SD-WAN, now part of the Prisma SASE portfolio. The public developer tooling remains published under
  the official CloudGenix GitHub organization.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudgenix/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- mayfield
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: Palo Alto Networks
x-acquired-date: '2020-04-21'
x-successor-product: Prisma SD-WAN
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/CloudGenix
tags:
- Company
- SD-WAN
- Networking
- Cloud
- Software Defined Networking
- Network Automation
- SASE
- Infrastructure
apis:
- name: CloudGenix Cloud Controller API
  description: REST API for the CloudGenix AppFabric / Cloud Controller — manage sites, elements (ION devices), WAN networks,
    application policies, and telemetry. Token-authenticated via the X-Auth-Token header.
  humanURL: https://developers.cloudgenix.com/
  baseURL: https://api.elcapitan.cloudgenix.com
  tags:
  - SD-WAN
  - Networking
  - Cloud
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudgenix.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cloudgenix-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.cloudgenix.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/CloudGenix
- type: Packages
  url: packages/cloudgenix-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/cloudgenix-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/cloudgenix-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cloudgenix-authentication.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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Source (apis.yml)