Kasten

Veeam Kasten (formerly Kasten K10) is an enterprise-grade, Kubernetes-native data protection platform. It delivers backup and recovery, disaster recovery, application mobility, ransomware resilience, and virtual-machine (KubeVirt) protection through policy-driven automation, and runs inside the customer's own Kubernetes cluster. Its programmable surface is a set of Kubernetes Custom Resources (policies, restore points, backup/restore/export actions) plus an in-cluster REST API served through the K10 gateway, authenticated with Kubernetes bearer tokens. Kasten was acquired by Veeam and its brand now sits under Veeam's Kubernetes data-protection line.

Kasten is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cybersecurity, Kubernetes, Backup, and Disaster Recovery.

Kasten’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, signup flow, pricing, changelog, and 14 more developer resources.

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29.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 10/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

0 APIs

CompanyCybersecurityKubernetesBackupDisaster RecoveryData ProtectionCloud NativeDevOps

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 29.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 10/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Conventions

Conventions

Conformance

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

CLI

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kasten
name: Kasten
description: Veeam Kasten (formerly Kasten K10) is an enterprise-grade, Kubernetes-native data protection platform. It delivers
  backup and recovery, disaster recovery, application mobility, ransomware resilience, and virtual-machine (KubeVirt) protection
  through policy-driven automation, and runs inside the customer's own Kubernetes cluster. Its programmable surface is a set
  of Kubernetes Custom Resources (policies, restore points, backup/restore/export actions) plus an in-cluster REST API served
  through the K10 gateway, authenticated with Kubernetes bearer tokens. Kasten was acquired by Veeam and its brand now sits
  under Veeam's Kubernetes data-protection line.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://docs.kasten.io/img/docusaurus-social-card.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kasten/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Cybersecurity
- Kubernetes
- Backup
- Disaster Recovery
- Data Protection
- Cloud Native
- DevOps
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://kasten.io/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.kasten.io/latest/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.kasten.io/latest/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.kasten.io/latest/api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.kasten.io/latest/install/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kastenhq
- type: Support
  url: https://community.veeam.com/groups/kubernetes-korner-90
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.veeam.com/products/cloud/kubernetes-backup/download-trial.html
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.veeam.com/products/cloud/kubernetes-data-protection.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.veeam.com/legal/eula.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.veeam.com/privacy-notice.html
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.kasten.io/latest/releasenotes.html
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Kasten changelog (structured)
  url: changelog/kasten-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/kasten-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kasten-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/kasten-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/kasten-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/kasten-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/kasten-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/kasten-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kasten-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 9
  pass: local-v1