# Materials Zone

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/materials-zone/  
**Website:** https://www.materials.zone/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

Materials Zone (MaterialsZone) is a materials-informatics platform that centralizes materials R&D data into a single, structured source of truth. Its RESTful API integrates with lab instruments and supports Python scripts and analytical tools, letting teams automate workflows, connect diverse data sources, and run domain-specific analysis. Data is organized as Folders > Tables > Items, enriched with Parameters, Values, Measurements, Protocols and Parsers, with per-organization data segregation and encryption in transit and at rest. The company is a portfolio company of Insight Partners.

## Kin Score — 38.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 59.8 |
| Governance | 16.7 |
| Contract Governance | 16.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 27.6 |
| Access Clarity | 27.6 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 31.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 36.5 (agent-ready)

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

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (9)

- **Materials Zone files API** — Files are used to store data not related to specific items.
- **Materials Zone folders API** — Folders are used to organize other Folders and Tables.
- **Materials Zone items API** — Items are the rows in tables.
- **Materials Zone jobs API** — Jobs are used to perform long running tasks.
- **Materials Zone measurements API** — Measurements are the files that are uploaded to the system and can be parsed.
- **Materials Zone parameters API** — Parameters are used to define the structure of columns in tables.
- **Materials Zone parsers API** — Parsers are used to convert instrument specific output files to a MaterialsZone common format.
- **Materials Zone protocols API** — Protocols are used to group parameters in tables.
- **Materials Zone tables API** — Tables are organized in folders, and contain Items.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Materials Zone MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Materials Zone Agentic Access** — 35 operations · 25 acting

## Security (2)

- **Materials Zone Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Materials Zone Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Materials Informatics, Materials Science, Research and Development, Laboratory Data, Data Management, Life Sciences

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