# Groq

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/groq/  
**Website:** https://groq.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

Groq builds custom Language Processing Unit (LPU) silicon optimized for low-latency LLM inference. The GroqCloud API serves popular open models (Llama, GPT OSS, Whisper, Orpheus) at industry-leading tokens-per-second with an OpenAI-compatible interface.

## Kin Score — 34.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.1 |
| Governance | 11.4 |
| Contract Governance | 11.4 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 32.4 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (9)

- **Groq Audio API** — The Audio API from Groq — 3 operation(s) for audio.
- **Groq Batch API** — The Batch API from Groq — 3 operation(s) for batch.
- **Groq Chat API** — The Chat API from Groq — 1 operation(s) for chat.
- **Groq Embeddings API** — The Embeddings API from Groq — 1 operation(s) for embeddings.
- **Groq Files API** — The Files API from Groq — 3 operation(s) for files.
- **Groq Fine Tuning API** — The Fine Tuning API from Groq — 2 operation(s) for fine tuning.
- **Groq Models API** — The Models API from Groq — 2 operation(s) for models.
- **Groq Reranking API** — The Reranking API from Groq — 1 operation(s) for reranking.
- **Groq Responses API** — The Responses API from Groq — 1 operation(s) for responses.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Groq Agentic Access** — 23 operations · 14 acting

## Security (4)

- **Groq Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Groq Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Groq Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Groq Trust Center** — SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Groq Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Inference, LPU, Low Latency

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/groq/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.