Compose

Compose (Compose, Inc., compose.io) was a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider that offered production-ready, auto-scaling, hosted deployments of open-source databases — MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, RethinkDB, ScyllaDB, etcd, MySQL, and Disque — each provisioned with high availability, automated backups, and a REST API for programmatic management. Founded in 2010 as MongoHQ and rebranded to Compose in 2014, the company was backed by DCVC (Data Collective) and was acquired by IBM in 2015, after which the offering was folded into IBM Cloud as "IBM Compose" / IBM Cloud Databases. The standalone Compose service and its developer surface (compose.com, compose.io, apidocs.compose.com) have since been deprecated and taken offline. This profile documents the surviving, verifiable first-party artifacts — the archived GitHub organization at github.com/compose, the official Go SDK (gocomposeapi) wrapping the Compose REST API, and the official command-line tools (bach, cocli).

Compose is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Database, Database as a Service, DBaaS, and MongoDB.

Compose’s developer surface includes CLI and 4 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyDatabaseDatabase as a ServiceDBaaSMongoDBPostgreSQLRedisElasticsearchCloudManaged Database

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Composite quality — 10.0/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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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Source (apis.yml)

aid: compose
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  onboarding: unknown
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  try_now: false
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  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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name: Compose
description: Compose (Compose, Inc., compose.io) was a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider that offered production-ready,
  auto-scaling, hosted deployments of open-source databases — MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, RethinkDB,
  ScyllaDB, etcd, MySQL, and Disque — each provisioned with high availability, automated backups, and a REST API for programmatic
  management. Founded in 2010 as MongoHQ and rebranded to Compose in 2014, the company was backed by DCVC (Data Collective)
  and was acquired by IBM in 2015, after which the offering was folded into IBM Cloud as "IBM Compose" / IBM Cloud Databases.
  The standalone Compose service and its developer surface (compose.com, compose.io, apidocs.compose.com) have since been
  deprecated and taken offline. This profile documents the surviving, verifiable first-party artifacts — the archived GitHub
  organization at github.com/compose, the official Go SDK (gocomposeapi) wrapping the Compose REST API, and the official command-line
  tools (bach, cocli).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/compose/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: IBM
x-acquired-year: 2015
x-service-status: defunct
x-former-names:
- MongoHQ
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Database
- Database as a Service
- DBaaS
- MongoDB
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Elasticsearch
- Cloud
- Managed Database
apis: []
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/compose
  name: Compose GitHub organization (archived; "Compose were acquired by IBM")
- type: Packages
  url: packages/compose-packages.yml
  name: First-party Compose client libraries and CLIs
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/compose-packages.yml
  name: Official Go SDK for the Compose REST API (gocomposeapi)
- type: CLI
  url: cli/compose-cli.yml
  name: Official command line for the Compose API (bach)
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/compose/gocomposeapi
  name: gocomposeapi - Go wrapper around the Compose REST API (Apache-2.0)
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence