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Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is an open source search and analytics engine for all types of data, including textual, numerical, geospatial, structured, and unstructured. It provides a RESTful API for indexing, searching, and managing data, with powerful aggregation capabilities and real-time analytics at scale.

Elasticsearch publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Cat API, Cluster API, Document API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Analytics, Database, Full-Text Search, NoSQL, and Search.

Elasticsearch’s developer surface includes changelog, CLI, authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, and 30 more developer resources.

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56.5/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 49/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs 1 MCP Servers 12 Features
AnalyticsDatabaseFull-Text SearchNoSQLSearch

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 56.5/100 · strong
Contract Quality 12.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 15.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 7.5 / 13
Governance 1.4 / 12
Discoverability 9.1 / 10
Agent readiness — 49/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

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

Elasticsearch Cat API

The Cat API from Elasticsearch — 3 operation(s) for cat.

Elasticsearch Cluster API

The Cluster API from Elasticsearch — 3 operation(s) for cluster.

Elasticsearch Document API

The Document API from Elasticsearch — 3 operation(s) for document.

Elasticsearch Index API

The Index API from Elasticsearch — 1 operation(s) for index.

Elasticsearch Search API

The Search API from Elasticsearch — 1 operation(s) for search.

Open Collections 1

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

Elasticsearch REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Arazzo Workflows 8

Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.

Elasticsearch Bulk Load and Verify

Check the cluster can take writes, push an NDJSON bulk payload, verify the resulting document count, and inspect the index.

ARAZZO

Elasticsearch Cluster Health Triage

Walk cluster health, the cat health and nodes views, cluster stats, and cluster state to triage a degraded cluster.

ARAZZO

Elasticsearch Document Lifecycle

Index a document by id, read it back, apply a partial update, and confirm the merged result.

ARAZZO

Elasticsearch Purge a Document by Business Key

Locate a document by a business key, delete it by its internal id, and prove it is no longer retrievable or searchable.

ARAZZO

Elasticsearch Bootstrap an Index

Check the cluster is ready, create an index only if it does not already exist, and read back its settings and mappings.

ARAZZO

Elasticsearch Tear Down an Index

Confirm an index exists, capture its definition for the record, delete it, and verify it is gone.

ARAZZO

Elasticsearch Search and Fetch the Top Hit

Run a quick URI search to size a result set, re-run it as a paged DSL query, and fetch the full source of the top hit.

ARAZZO

Elasticsearch Upsert a Document by Business Key

Search an index for a document matching a business key and update it if found, otherwise index a new one.

ARAZZO

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

elasticsearch-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Elasticsearch Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Elasticsearch Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Elasticsearch Finops

FINOPS

Features 12

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Elasticsearch (Elastic): hundreds of services across Search and Observability
Detailed pricing: see https://www.elastic.co/pricing
Service: Elasticsearch Service
Service: Kibana
Service: Logstash
Service: Beats
Service: APM
Service: Synthetics
Service: Security (SIEM, Endpoint)
Service: Maps
Service: Canvas
Service: Stack Monitoring

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Security Posture 4

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

Elasticsearch Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Elasticsearch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Elasticsearch Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · contact published

SECURITY

Elasticsearch Trust Center

GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Elasticsearch Agentic Access

17 operations · 7 acting

17 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 14

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conventions
Conventions
 Components
Components
 DataModel
DataModel
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo

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Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 CLI
CLI
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 Pricing
Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: elasticsearch
name: Elasticsearch
description: Elasticsearch is an open source search and analytics engine for all types of data, including textual, numerical,
  geospatial, structured, and unstructured. It provides a RESTful API for indexing, searching, and managing data, with powerful
  aggregation capabilities and real-time analytics at scale.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · 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/elasticsearch.png
tags:
- Analytics
- Database
- Full-Text Search
- NoSQL
- Search
url: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch/
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-06-20'
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: elasticsearch:elasticsearch-cat-api
  name: Elasticsearch Cat API
  description: The Cat API from Elasticsearch — 3 operation(s) for cat.
  humanURL: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rest-apis.html
  baseURL: https://localhost:9200
  tags:
  - Cat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elasticsearch-cat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html
- aid: elasticsearch:elasticsearch-cluster-api
  name: Elasticsearch Cluster API
  description: The Cluster API from Elasticsearch — 3 operation(s) for cluster.
  humanURL: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rest-apis.html
  baseURL: https://localhost:9200
  tags:
  - Cluster
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elasticsearch-cluster-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html
- aid: elasticsearch:elasticsearch-document-api
  name: Elasticsearch Document API
  description: The Document API from Elasticsearch — 3 operation(s) for document.
  humanURL: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rest-apis.html
  baseURL: https://localhost:9200
  tags:
  - Document
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elasticsearch-document-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html
- aid: elasticsearch:elasticsearch-index-api
  name: Elasticsearch Index API
  description: The Index API from Elasticsearch — 1 operation(s) for index.
  humanURL: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rest-apis.html
  baseURL: https://localhost:9200
  tags:
  - Index
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elasticsearch-index-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html
- aid: elasticsearch:elasticsearch-search-api
  name: Elasticsearch Search API
  description: The Search API from Elasticsearch — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rest-apis.html
  baseURL: https://localhost:9200
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elasticsearch-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/elasticsearch-agentic-access.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/elasticsearch-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/elasticsearch-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/elasticsearch-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/elasticsearch-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/elasticsearch-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/elasticsearch-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/elasticsearch-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/elasticsearch-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/elasticsearch-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/elasticsearch-changelog.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/elasticsearch-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/elasticsearch-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/elasticsearch-data-model.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/elasticsearch-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/elasticsearch-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/elasticsearch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/elasticsearch-authentication.yml
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-index-bootstrap-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Bootstrap an Index
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-index-teardown-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Tear Down an Index
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-document-lifecycle-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Document Lifecycle
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-upsert-document-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Upsert a Document by Business Key
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-document-purge-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Purge a Document by Business Key
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-search-and-fetch-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Search and Fetch the Top Hit
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-bulk-load-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Bulk Load and Verify
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/elasticsearch-cluster-health-triage-workflow.yml
  name: Elasticsearch Cluster Health Triage
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elastic-co
- type: Website
  url: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.elastic.co/blog/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.elastic.co/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.elastic.co/agreements/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.elastic.co/pricing/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.elastic.co/support
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/elastic
- type: Features
  data:
  - 'Elasticsearch (Elastic): hundreds of services across Search and Observability'
  - 'Detailed pricing: see https://www.elastic.co/pricing'
  - 'Service: Elasticsearch Service'
  - 'Service: Kibana'
  - 'Service: Logstash'
  - 'Service: Beats'
  - 'Service: APM'
  - 'Service: Synthetics'
  - 'Service: Security (SIEM, Endpoint)'
  - 'Service: Maps'
  - 'Service: Canvas'
  - 'Service: Stack Monitoring'
  sources:
  - https://www.elastic.co/pricing
  - https://focus.finops.org/
  updated: '2026-05-04'
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.elastic.co/integrations
integrations:
- name: Become a partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com