# Kuma

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kuma/  
**Website:** https://kuma.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 38

Kuma is a platform-agnostic open-source service mesh built on top of Envoy proxy. It provides universal connectivity, security, and observability for services and microservices running on any infrastructure including Kubernetes and VMs.

## Kin Score — 37.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 57.3 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (38)

- **Kuma Kubernetes Policy API** — Kuma extends the Kubernetes API server with Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for defining and managing service mesh policies. These resources include MeshTrafficPermission, Me...
- **Kuma Multizone API** — Kuma's Multizone deployment API enables managing service meshes across multiple Kubernetes clusters and Universal zones from a single global control plane. It provides resources...
- **Kuma Dataplane API** — The Dataplane API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for dataplane.
- **Kuma GlobalInsight API** — The GlobalInsight API from Kuma — 1 operation(s) for globalinsight.
- **Kuma HostnameGenerator API** — The HostnameGenerator API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for hostnamegenerator.
- **Kuma Inspect API** — The Inspect API from Kuma — 4 operation(s) for inspect.
- **Kuma KRI API** — The KRI API from Kuma — 1 operation(s) for kri.
- **Kuma Mesh API** — The Mesh API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for mesh.
- **Kuma MeshAccessLog API** — The MeshAccessLog API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshaccesslog.
- **Kuma MeshCircuitBreaker API** — The MeshCircuitBreaker API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshcircuitbreaker.
- **Kuma Meshes API** — The Meshes API from Kuma — 9 operation(s) for meshes.
- **Kuma MeshExternalService API** — The MeshExternalService API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshexternalservice.
- **Kuma MeshFaultInjection API** — The MeshFaultInjection API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshfaultinjection.
- **Kuma MeshGateway API** — The MeshGateway API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshgateway.
- **Kuma MeshHealthCheck API** — The MeshHealthCheck API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshhealthcheck.
- **Kuma MeshHTTPRoute API** — The MeshHTTPRoute API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshhttproute.
- **Kuma MeshIdentity API** — The MeshIdentity API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshidentity.
- **Kuma MeshLoadBalancingStrategy API** — The MeshLoadBalancingStrategy API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshloadbalancingstrategy.
- **Kuma MeshMetric API** — The MeshMetric API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshmetric.
- **Kuma MeshMultiZoneService API** — The MeshMultiZoneService API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshmultizoneservice.
- **Kuma MeshOpenTelemetryBackend API** — The MeshOpenTelemetryBackend API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshopentelemetrybackend.
- **Kuma MeshPassthrough API** — The MeshPassthrough API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshpassthrough.
- **Kuma MeshProxyPatch API** — The MeshProxyPatch API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshproxypatch.
- **Kuma MeshRateLimit API** — The MeshRateLimit API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshratelimit.
- **Kuma MeshRetry API** — The MeshRetry API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshretry.
- **Kuma MeshService API** — The MeshService API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshservice.
- **Kuma MeshTCPRoute API** — The MeshTCPRoute API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshtcproute.
- **Kuma MeshTimeout API** — The MeshTimeout API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshtimeout.
- **Kuma MeshTLS API** — The MeshTLS API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshtls.
- **Kuma MeshTrace API** — The MeshTrace API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshtrace.
- **Kuma MeshTrafficPermission API** — The MeshTrafficPermission API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshtrafficpermission.
- **Kuma MeshTrust API** — The MeshTrust API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshtrust.
- **Kuma MeshZoneAddress API** — The MeshZoneAddress API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for meshzoneaddress.
- **Kuma Secret API** — The Secret API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for secret.
- **Kuma System API** — The System API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for system.
- **Kuma Workload API** — The Workload API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for workload.
- **Kuma ZoneEgress API** — The ZoneEgress API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for zoneegress.
- **Kuma ZoneIngress API** — The ZoneIngress API from Kuma — 2 operation(s) for zoneingress.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Kuma Agentic Access** — 141 operations · 62 acting

## Security (2)

- **Kuma Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Kuma Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Kuma Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Envoy, Kubernetes, Microservices, Security, Service Mesh

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/kuma/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.