Iron.io

aid: ironio
name: Iron.io
description: Iron.io provides hosted serverless infrastructure for background processing and asynchronous messaging. Its flagship
  products are IronMQ, a high-performance hosted message queue for passing messages and events between processes and systems
  with support for push queues, subscribers, and long-polling; IronWorker, a container-based, multi-language, work-on-demand
  platform for running background jobs and scheduled tasks at scale; and IronCache, a hosted key/value store. All services
  share a single REST/HTTP API authenticated with per-project OAuth tokens obtained from the Iron.io HUD, and a broad set
  of official client libraries across Go, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, Node.js, .NET, and Rust.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ironio/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- sapphire-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://www.iron.io/images/logo.svg
tags:
- Company
- Infrastructure
- Message Queue
- Serverless
- Background Jobs
- Task Processing
- Cache
- Messaging
apis:
- name: IronMQ v3
  description: IronMQ is a high-performance hosted message queue that lets you pass messages and events between processes
    and systems. The v3 REST API supports pull and push queues, subscribers, message reservations with long-polling, batch
    operations, and webhook ingestion, authenticated with per-project OAuth tokens.
  humanURL: https://dev.iron.io/mq/3/
  baseURL: https://mq-aws-us-east-1-1.iron.io/3
  tags:
  - Message Queue
  - Messaging
  - Push Queues
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Message Queue
  - Messaging
  - Push Queues
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.iron.io/mq/3/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.iron.io/mq/3/reference/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.iron.io/mq/3/
- name: IronWorker
  description: IronWorker is a container-based, massively parallel, multi-language work-on-demand platform. The REST API lets
    you upload code packages, queue and manage tasks, schedule recurring jobs, and pull stats and logs, authenticated with
    per-project OAuth tokens.
  humanURL: https://dev.iron.io/worker/
  baseURL: https://worker-aws-us-east-1.iron.io/2
  tags:
  - Background Jobs
  - Task Processing
  - Serverless
  - Containers
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.iron.io/worker/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.iron.io/worker/reference/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.iron.io/worker/getting_started/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ironio-plans-pricing.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/ironio-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ironio-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.iron.io/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://dev.iron.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.iron.io/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://dev.iron.io/worker/getting_started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.iron.io/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/iron-io
- type: Support
  url: https://support.iron.io/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.iron.io/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://try.iron.io/pricing-worker-monthly/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://hud-e.iron.io/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://hud-e.iron.io/signin
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.iron.io/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.iron.io/privacy
- type: Packages
  url: packages/ironio-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/ironio-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/ironio-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ironio-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/ironio-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/ironio-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ironio-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ironio-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/ironio-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/ironio-webhooks.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/ironio-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/ironio-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence