Datalastic

Datalastic is a maritime data API providing real-time AIS vessel tracking, historical ship movements, vessel specifications, and global port data over a simple REST interface. A database of 750,000+ ships is queryable by MMSI, IMO, or UUID for live position, speed, course, heading, destination, and ETA, plus zone traffic monitoring around any coordinate or port, up to 31 days of historical track per request, vessel and port finder search, and asynchronous bulk reports. Access is subscription-based with a monthly credit model and api-key authentication.

Datalastic publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Historical API, Live Tracking API, Ports API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Vessel Tracking, Maritime, AIS, Ships, and Ports.

Datalastic’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, pricing, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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36.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

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1 APIs

Vessel Tracking Maritime AIS Ships Ports Shipping

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 36.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.3 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 18

Access Clarity 7.1 / 18

Operational Transparency 3.7 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 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

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APIs 6

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

Datalastic Historical API

Past AIS positions for vessels and zones.

Datalastic Live Tracking API

Real-time AIS vessel position and voyage data.

Datalastic Ports API

Global maritime port search.

Datalastic Reports and Usage API

Asynchronous bulk report jobs and account usage statistics.

Datalastic Vessel Data API

Static ship specifications and vessel search.

Datalastic Zone Traffic API

Vessels within a radius of a point, port, or moving vessel.

Open Collections 8

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Datalastic Maritime Historical API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datalastic Maritime Historical Live Tracking API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datalastic Maritime Historical Ports API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datalastic Maritime Historical Reports and Usage API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datalastic Maritime Historical Vessel Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datalastic Maritime Historical Zone Traffic API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datalastic Maritime API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Datalastic Plans Pricing

6 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Datalastic Rate Limits

7 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Datalastic Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Datalastic Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Datalastic Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Datalastic Agentic Access

12 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: datalastic
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datalastic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Datalastic
kind: company
description: Datalastic is a maritime data API providing real-time AIS vessel tracking, historical ship movements, vessel
  specifications, and global port data over a simple REST interface. A database of 750,000+ ships is queryable by MMSI, IMO,
  or UUID for live position, speed, course, heading, destination, and ETA, plus zone traffic monitoring around any coordinate
  or port, up to 31 days of historical track per request, vessel and port finder search, and asynchronous bulk reports. Access
  is subscription-based with a monthly credit model and api-key authentication.
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: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/datalastic.png
tags:
- Vessel Tracking
- Maritime
- AIS
- Ships
- Ports
- Shipping
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: datalastic:datalastic-historical-api
  name: Datalastic Historical API
  description: Past AIS positions for vessels and zones.
  humanURL: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  baseURL: https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Historical
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datalastic-historical-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://datalastic.com/api-reference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-historical-data-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/vessel-finder-api/
- aid: datalastic:datalastic-live-tracking-api
  name: Datalastic Live Tracking API
  description: Real-time AIS vessel position and voyage data.
  humanURL: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  baseURL: https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Live Tracking
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datalastic-live-tracking-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://datalastic.com/api-reference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-historical-data-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/vessel-finder-api/
- aid: datalastic:datalastic-ports-api
  name: Datalastic Ports API
  description: Global maritime port search.
  humanURL: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  baseURL: https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Ports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datalastic-ports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://datalastic.com/api-reference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-historical-data-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/vessel-finder-api/
- aid: datalastic:datalastic-reports-and-usage-api
  name: Datalastic Reports and Usage API
  description: Asynchronous bulk report jobs and account usage statistics.
  humanURL: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  baseURL: https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Reports and Usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datalastic-reports-and-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://datalastic.com/api-reference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-historical-data-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/vessel-finder-api/
- aid: datalastic:datalastic-vessel-data-api
  name: Datalastic Vessel Data API
  description: Static ship specifications and vessel search.
  humanURL: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  baseURL: https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Vessel Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datalastic-vessel-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://datalastic.com/api-reference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-historical-data-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/vessel-finder-api/
- aid: datalastic:datalastic-zone-traffic-api
  name: Datalastic Zone Traffic API
  description: Vessels within a radius of a point, port, or moving vessel.
  humanURL: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  baseURL: https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Zone Traffic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datalastic-zone-traffic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-tracking-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://datalastic.com/api-reference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/ship-historical-data-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalastic.com/vessel-finder-api/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/datalastic-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/datalastic-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/datalastic-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datalastic/
- type: Website
  url: https://datalastic.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.datalastic.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://datalastic.com/api-reference/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://datalastic.com/pricing/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/datalastic-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/datalastic-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/datalastic-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://datalastic.com/blog/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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