Instabee

Instabee is a European last-mile logistics technology company formed by the 2022 merger of Instabox and Budbee, operating consumer delivery brands Instabox (Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Budbee (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium) and Porterbuddy (Norway). It moves tens of millions of parcels a year across parcel lockers, home delivery and returns for 1,150+ merchant clients through 45+ parcel terminals, serving 10M+ active users. Instabee exposes a public REST developer API under the Budbee brand for creating and managing delivery orders, booking delivery intervals, discovering lockers/boxes and serviceable postal codes, generating shipping labels, booking returns, and subscribing to parcel-status webhooks across its Nordic and Benelux network.

Instabee publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Retail, Logistics, Last-Mile Delivery, and Shipping.

The Instabee catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Instabee’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, engineering blog, authentication, sandbox, and 15 more developer resources.

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32.2/100 thin Agent 41/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features
CompanyRetailLogisticsLast-Mile DeliveryShippingE-commerceParcel LockersReturnsNordics

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 32.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Budbee Delivery API

Budbee's public REST API for e-commerce merchants and integration partners to create delivery orders, book home and locker delivery intervals, validate serviceable postal codes,...

MCP Servers

instabee-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits

Instabee Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications

Instabee Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Login
Login
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Webhooks
Webhooks
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Conventions
Conventions
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits
 Deprecation
Deprecation

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 Careers
Careers

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: instabee
name: Instabee
description: Instabee is a European last-mile logistics technology company formed by the 2022 merger of Instabox and Budbee,
  operating consumer delivery brands Instabox (Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Budbee (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands,
  Belgium) and Porterbuddy (Norway). It moves tens of millions of parcels a year across parcel lockers, home delivery and
  returns for 1,150+ merchant clients through 45+ parcel terminals, serving 10M+ active users. Instabee exposes a public REST
  developer API under the Budbee brand for creating and managing delivery orders, booking delivery intervals, discovering
  lockers/boxes and serviceable postal codes, generating shipping labels, booking returns, and subscribing to parcel-status
  webhooks across its Nordic and Benelux network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instabee/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- eqt-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Retail
- Logistics
- Last-Mile Delivery
- Shipping
- E-commerce
- Parcel Lockers
- Returns
- Nordics
apis:
- name: Budbee Delivery API
  description: Budbee's public REST API for e-commerce merchants and integration partners to create delivery orders, book
    home and locker delivery intervals, validate serviceable postal codes, discover parcel lockers, generate shipping labels,
    book returns, and receive parcel-status webhooks across Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium.
  humanURL: https://developer.budbee.com/
  baseURL: https://api.budbee.com
  tags:
  - Delivery
  - Logistics
  - Shipping
  - Returns
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.budbee.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/instabee-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/instabee-rate-limits.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instabee-webhooks.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://instabee.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.budbee.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.budbee.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.budbee.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://press.instabee.com/
- type: Careers
  url: https://career.instabee.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://instabee.com/legal/general-terms-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://instabee.com/legal/external-privacy-notice
- type: Login
  url: https://partner.instabee.com/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/instabee-authentication.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/instabee-rate-limits.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/instabee-webhooks.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/instabee-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instabee-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instabee-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/instabee-lifecycle.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/instabee-sandbox.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/instabee-mcp.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instabee-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/instabee-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence