Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. Through the Nexus platform and product APIs, Hexagon delivers manufacturing intelligence capabilities spanning metrology, quality inspection, production monitoring, and digital factory solutions. The Nexus Developer Portal provides REST APIs authenticated via OAuth 2.0, enabling manufacturers and third-party developers to build connected, collaborative workflows integrating measurement data, quality processes, and industrial automation across the smart factory lifecycle.

Hexagon publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Nexus API. Tagged areas include Manufacturing, Metrology, Quality Inspection, Digital Factory, and Production Monitoring.

Hexagon’s developer surface includes API reference, getting-started guide, support, signup flow, changelog, authentication, FAQ, and 28 more developer resources.

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58.3/100 strong ▲ 22.5 Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessEnterpriseApproval

5 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Manufacturing Metrology Quality InspectionDigital FactoryProduction MonitoringIndustrial IoT Smart Manufacturing

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 58.3/100 · strong

Contract Quality 10.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 11.8 / 20

Access Clarity 20.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 5.8 / 13

Contract Governance 2.2 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 5 / 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 5

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

Hexagon Nexus API

REST APIs for the Nexus digital reality platform enabling manufacturers to build connected workflows integrating metrology, quality inspection, and production monitoring data. A...

HxGN EAM REST API

Enterprise Asset Management REST API providing programmatic access to asset lifecycle data including equipment management, work orders, preventive maintenance, document attachme...

HxGN SDx API Services

Smart Digital eXchange API Services enabling integration with Hexagon's engineering data management platform for plant design, document control, and digital twin workflows in pr...

Hexagon GeoCloud GraphQL API

The federated GraphQL API behind Hexagon GeoCloud (formerly HxDR / Reality Cloud Studio) for uploading, processing, organising, streaming and sharing reality-capture and geospat...

Hexagon GeoCloud MCP Server

A remote Model Context Protocol endpoint served from the Hexagon GeoCloud web property and discoverable through RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata and RFC 8414 authorization-s...

MCP Servers 1

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

Hexagon GeoCloud MCP

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Hexagon Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Hexagon Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Hexagon Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

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

Hexagon Authentication

2 schemes

SECURITY

Hexagon Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Hexagon Trust Center

SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, CSA STAR Level 1

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Hexagon Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Conformance

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Compliance

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

ChangeLog

Deprecation

FAQ

StatusPage

RateLimits

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: hexagon
name: Hexagon
description: Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies.
  Through the Nexus platform and product APIs, Hexagon delivers manufacturing intelligence capabilities spanning metrology,
  quality inspection, production monitoring, and digital factory solutions. The Nexus Developer Portal provides REST APIs
  authenticated via OAuth 2.0, enabling manufacturers and third-party developers to build connected, collaborative workflows
  integrating measurement data, quality processes, and industrial automation across the smart factory lifecycle.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hexagon.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hexagon/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Manufacturing
- Metrology
- Quality Inspection
- Digital Factory
- Production Monitoring
- Industrial IoT
- Smart Manufacturing
apis:
- aid: hexagon:nexus-api
  name: Hexagon Nexus API
  description: REST APIs for the Nexus digital reality platform enabling manufacturers to build connected workflows integrating
    metrology, quality inspection, and production monitoring data. All endpoints are authenticated via OAuth 2.0 and route
    through an Application Gateway for rate limiting, quota management, logging, and analytics.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://nexus.hexagon.com/developerportal
  baseURL: https://nexus.hexagon.com
  tags:
  - Manufacturing
  - Metrology
  - Quality
  - Production
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nexus.hexagon.com/documentationcenter/en-US/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://nexus.hexagon.com/developerportal
- aid: hexagon:hxgn-eam-api
  name: HxGN EAM REST API
  description: Enterprise Asset Management REST API providing programmatic access to asset lifecycle data including equipment
    management, work orders, preventive maintenance, document attachments, and service requests. Defined in OpenAPI 3 and
    available through the Hexagon documentation portal.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.hexagonali.com/r/en-US/HxGN-EAM-ION-API-Swagger/1278189
  baseURL: https://docs.hexagonali.com
  tags:
  - Enterprise Asset Management
  - Maintenance
  - Equipment
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.hexagonali.com/r/en-US/HxGN-EAM-ION-API-Swagger/1278189
- aid: hexagon:hxgn-sdx-api
  name: HxGN SDx API Services
  description: Smart Digital eXchange API Services enabling integration with Hexagon's engineering data management platform
    for plant design, document control, and digital twin workflows in process and power industries.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.hexagonali.com/r/en-US/HxGN-SDx-API-Services-Configuration/1445413
  baseURL: https://docs.hexagonali.com
  tags:
  - Digital Twin
  - Engineering Data
  - Plant Design
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.hexagonali.com/r/en-US/HxGN-SDx-API-Services-Configuration/1445413
- aid: hexagon-ab:geocloud-graphql
  name: Hexagon GeoCloud GraphQL API
  description: The federated GraphQL API behind Hexagon GeoCloud (formerly HxDR / Reality Cloud Studio) for uploading, processing,
    organising, streaming and sharing reality-capture and geospatial data. 1,125 types, 93 Query fields, 168 Mutation fields
    and 3 Subscription fields. Covers projects and folders, assets, grouped assets and artifacts, processing pipelines (auto-registration,
    meshing, format conversion), scenes and annotations, streaming subscriptions and OGC endpoints, accounts, users and project
    membership, and a data-store shop with cart, quotation and order flows. Introspection is open to anonymous callers; every
    data-returning field requires an OIDC bearer token and answers UNAUTHENTICATED without one.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/documentation/
  baseURL: https://hxdr.app/graphql
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - Reality Capture
  - GraphQL
  - Point Cloud
  - OGC
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/hexagon-hxdr.graphql
  - type: X-GraphQLIntrospection
    url: graphql/hexagon-hxdr-introspection.json
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hexagon-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hexagon-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hexagon-conventions.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/documentation/
- aid: hexagon-ab:geocloud-mcp
  name: Hexagon GeoCloud MCP Server
  description: A remote Model Context Protocol endpoint served from the Hexagon GeoCloud web property and discoverable through
    RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata and RFC 8414 authorization-server metadata on the same host. Two server routes are
    registered under the /wp-json/mcp namespace; both answer an anonymous tools/list with HTTP 401, so the tool set and its
    input schemas require authenticated introspection.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/
  baseURL: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/wp-json/mcp/mcp-oauth-server
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Agents
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/hexagon-mcp.yml
common:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/en/hexagon-geocloud/latest.md
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://nexus.hexagon.com/developerportal
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/en/hexagon-geocloud/latest/getting-started.md
- type: Support
  url: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/contact-support/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/free-demo/
- type: Login
  url: https://geocloud.hxdr.app/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hexagon.com/legal/privacy-notice
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/hexagon-changelog.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/hexagon-lifecycle.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/hexagon-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hexagon-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/hexagon-scopes.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/hexagon-well-known.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/hexagon-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/security-compliance/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/hexagon-trust-center.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/hexagon-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/hexagon-mcp.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/hexagon-packages.yml
- type: FAQ
  url: https://geocloud.hexagon.com/faq/
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/hexagon-oss
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hexagon-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hexagon.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://nexus.hexagon.com/documentationcenter/en-US/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/hexagonab
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hexagon-ab
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.manufacturing.hexagon.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://hexagon.com/products/product-groups/nexus
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.hxdr.app/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/hexagonab
- type: Plans
  url: plans/hexagon-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/hexagon-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/hexagon-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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