Google Vault
Google Vault is the information-governance, legal-hold and eDiscovery service for Google Workspace. Its REST API (vault.googleapis.com v1) lets an administrator open matters, place and lift legal holds across Gmail, Drive, Groups, Chat, Voice, Calendar and Gemini, save and count search queries, and export matching data to Google Cloud Storage. Access is OAuth 2.0 only, gated on Workspace Vault privileges, and the contract is published as a Google Discovery document rather than an OpenAPI.
Google Vault publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Exports API, HeldAccounts API, Holds API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include eDiscovery, Legal Hold, Information Governance, Compliance, and Archiving.
The Google Vault catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Google Vault’s developer surface includes authentication, getting-started guide, developer console, changelog, engineering blog, documentation, API reference, and 46 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 6
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Google Vault Exports API
The Exports API from Google Vault — 2 operation(s) for exports.
Google Vault HeldAccounts API
The HeldAccounts API from Google Vault — 2 operation(s) for heldaccounts.
Google Vault Holds API
The Holds API from Google Vault — 4 operation(s) for holds.
Google Vault Matters API
The Matters API from Google Vault — 8 operation(s) for matters.
Google Vault Operations API
The Operations API from Google Vault — 3 operation(s) for operations.
Google Vault Saved Queries API
The Saved Queries API from Google Vault — 2 operation(s) for saved queries.
Open Collections 7
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Google Vault Exports API
OPEN COLLECTIONGoogle Vault Exports HeldAccounts API
OPEN COLLECTIONGoogle Vault Exports Holds API
OPEN COLLECTIONGoogle Vault Exports Matters API
OPEN COLLECTIONGoogle Vault Exports Operations API
OPEN COLLECTIONGoogle Vault Exports SavedQueries API
OPEN COLLECTIONGoogle Vault API
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Agent Skills 3
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
google-vault-close-and-delete-a-matter
AGENT SKILLgoogle-vault-open-matter-and-place-hold
AGENT SKILLgoogle-vault-size-and-run-an-export
AGENT SKILLGoogle Vault API pricing
Prices published by Google Vault, read 2026-10-28 from workspace.google.com/pricing.html.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Starter | $7 **/ user per month Includes: 30 GB pooled storage per person; secure custom business email; Gemini AI assistant in Gmail; video m |
| Standard | $14 **/ user per month Includes: 2 TB storage; Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Meet; recordings; 150 participants; eSignature |
| Plus | $22 **/ user per month Includes: 5 TB storage; eDiscovery; Vault to retain, archive, and search data; Secure LDAP; 500 participants |
| Enterprise | Contact sales Includes: 5 TB or upgrade for more; S/MIME; DLP; 1000 participants; Enterprise endpoint management |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Matter reads, organization-wide: 600 matter reads
- Export, matter and saved query reads: 120 read requests
- Hold reads: 228 read requests
Billed by: user · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 2
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Google Vault Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
Google Vault
SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Google Vault Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Google Vault Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Google Vault API Rules
SPECTRALOpenAPI Overlays 6
Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.
Google Vault Exports Api Overlay
DERIVEDGoogle Vault Holds Api Overlay
DERIVEDGoogle Vault Matters Api Overlay
DERIVEDJSON Schema 5
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Google Vault Trust Center
FedRAMP, CJIS, HIPAA, US Department of Defense requirements, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, SOC 2
SECURITYScopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 5
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 8
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 11
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
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Operate 7
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
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Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 4
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Google Vault API — frequently asked questions
Does Google Vault have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Google Vault, including Google Vault Exports API, Google Vault HeldAccounts API and Google Vault Holds API, and 3 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Google Vault API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Google Vault, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Google Vault API?
Google Vault documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Google Vault Authentication.
How much does the Google Vault API cost?
Google Vault publishes its prices; its Starter plan is $7 **/ user per month as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for Google Vault, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Google Vault API ready for AI agents?
Google Vault has a Kin Score of 74.5 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 35.0 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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