Kindred

Kindred is a members-only home exchange platform where verified members swap their real homes with one another instead of paying for traditional accommodation. The service runs on a credit economy — members earn one night of travel credit for every night they host, and new members start with five nights of credit. Kindred verifies every member and home, provides professional cleaning before and after each stay, and includes up to $100K in damage protection. There are no membership fees; travelers pay only a cleaning and service fee per trip. The platform operates across 190+ cities in North America and Europe and is backed by a16z, Bessemer Venture Partners, GV, Index Ventures, and NEA. Kindred is a consumer travel product and does not publish a public API, developer portal, or technical documentation.

Kindred is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Travel, Hospitality, Home Exchange, and Home Swapping.

Kindred’s developer surface includes engineering blog, getting-started guide, support, signup flow, and 5 more developer resources.

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17.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyTravelHospitalityHome ExchangeHome SwappingAccommodationTravel CommunityConsumer

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Composite quality — 17.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
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  confidence: low
  source: []
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  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kindred.png
name: Kindred
description: Kindred is a members-only home exchange platform where verified members swap their real homes with one another
  instead of paying for traditional accommodation. The service runs on a credit economy — members earn one night of travel
  credit for every night they host, and new members start with five nights of credit. Kindred verifies every member and home,
  provides professional cleaning before and after each stay, and includes up to $100K in damage protection. There are no membership
  fees; travelers pay only a cleaning and service fee per trip. The platform operates across 190+ cities in North America
  and Europe and is backed by a16z, Bessemer Venture Partners, GV, Index Ventures, and NEA. Kindred is a consumer travel product
  and does not publish a public API, developer portal, or technical documentation.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kindred/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
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x-backed-by:
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- bessemer-venture-partners
- gv
- index-ventures
- nea
x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Travel
- Hospitality
- Home Exchange
- Home Swapping
- Accommodation
- Travel Community
- Consumer
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
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- FN: APIs.json
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- type: Website
  url: https://livekindred.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.livekindred.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://livekindred.com/how-it-works
- type: Support
  url: https://livekindred.com/faq
- type: SignUp
  url: https://livekindred.com/onboarding
- type: Login
  url: https://livekindred.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://livekindred.notion.site/livekindred/Terms-of-Service-bd61683e1aa84af6b1bba8d7bc114171
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://livekindred.notion.site/livekindred/Kindred-Privacy-Policy-6b7a9afb0f0e4f768a70bb428cbccf7b
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kindred-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence