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MATLAB

MATLAB is the MathWorks programming platform for engineers and scientists, and its interface surface is unusually split. Most of it is in-process language bindings — the MATLAB Engine APIs for Python, Java, C++, C, Fortran and .NET, the MEX API, the C++ Data API and the Compiler SDK — which embed MATLAB into other programs rather than exposing it over HTTP. Two surfaces are callable over the network: the ThingSpeak REST and MQTT APIs for IoT channel data, hosted by MathWorks, and the MATLAB Production Server RESTful API, which customers run themselves. On top of both sits a large first-party agent layer: the official MATLAB MCP Server and 212 published Agent Skills.

MATLAB publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Production Server RESTful API. Tagged areas include Data Analysis, Engineering, Machine-Learning, Numerical Analysis, and Scientific Computing.

The MATLAB catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

MATLAB’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, pricing, engineering blog, support, authentication, changelog, and 35 more developer resources.

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13 APIs 1 MCP Servers
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APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

MATLAB Engine API for Python

Call MATLAB from Python, allowing Python programs to start MATLAB, execute MATLAB functions, and exchange data between Python and MATLAB.

MATLAB Engine API for Java

Execute MATLAB functions from Java programs and exchange data between Java and MATLAB.

MATLAB Engine API for C++

Call MATLAB from C++ programs with object-oriented programming support.

MATLAB Engine API for C and Fortran

Call MATLAB from C and Fortran programs using the MATLAB engine library, enabling MATLAB as a computation engine for native applications.

MATLAB Engine API for .NET

Call MATLAB from .NET programming languages, enabling .NET programs to launch MATLAB, evaluate MATLAB functions with arguments, and exchange data synchronously or asynchronously.

MATLAB RESTful Web Services

Create and deploy RESTful web services from MATLAB functions using MATLAB Production Server.

MATLAB Production Server RESTful API

RESTful API for executing MATLAB functions on MATLAB Production Server, including function execution, discovery and diagnostics, and secure management of deployable archives.

MATLAB Web App Server

Host MATLAB apps and Simulink simulations as interactive web apps, with support for authentication, role-based access, and server management via command-line interface.

MATLAB Data API for C++

Work with MATLAB data types in C++ applications.

MATLAB HTTP Interface

RESTful web services support for making HTTP requests from MATLAB.

MATLAB MEX API

Build MEX functions that enable calling C, C++, and Fortran code from MATLAB, with support for both the C++ MEX API and the C Matrix API.

MATLAB Compiler SDK API

Build C/C++ shared libraries, .NET assemblies, Java classes, and Python packages from MATLAB programs for integration with custom applications.

ThingSpeak REST API

IoT analytics platform REST API for reading and writing data to channels, creating and managing channels, and analyzing IoT data with MATLAB in the cloud.

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

MATLAB MCP Server

The official MathWorks MCP server. Lets an AI application start and quit MATLAB, write and run MATLAB code, run MATLAB unit tests, and statically analyse MATLAB code for style a...

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Matlab Plans Pricing

12 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Matlab Rate Limits

11 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Matlab Authentication

7 schemes

SECURITY

Matlab Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Matlab Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Matlab Trust Center

SOC 3, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 8

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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Operate 9

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

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Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
name: MATLAB
description: 'MATLAB is the MathWorks programming platform for engineers and scientists, and its interface surface is unusually
  split. Most of it is in-process language bindings — the MATLAB Engine APIs for Python, Java, C++, C, Fortran and .NET, the
  MEX API, the C++ Data API and the Compiler SDK — which embed MATLAB into other programs rather than exposing it over HTTP.
  Two surfaces are callable over the network: the ThingSpeak REST and MQTT APIs for IoT channel data, hosted by MathWorks,
  and the MATLAB Production Server RESTful API, which customers run themselves. On top of both sits a large first-party agent
  layer: the official MATLAB MCP Server and 212 published Agent Skills.'
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - pricing
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
url: https://www.mathworks.com
created: '2025'
modified: '2026-09-14'
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- name: MATLAB Engine API for Python
  description: Call MATLAB from Python, allowing Python programs to start MATLAB, execute MATLAB functions, and exchange data
    between Python and MATLAB.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref
  tags:
  - Engine
  - Integration
  - Python
  properties:
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    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/install-the-matlab-engine-for-python.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/get-started-with-matlab-engine-for-python.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref/matlab.engine.matlabengine-class.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/matlabengine/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/mathworks/matlab-engine-for-python
- name: MATLAB Engine API for Java
  description: Execute MATLAB functions from Java programs and exchange data between Java and MATLAB.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-java.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref
  tags:
  - Engine
  - Integration
  - Java
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-java.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref/matlabengine-package.html
- name: MATLAB Engine API for C++
  description: Call MATLAB from C++ programs with object-oriented programming support.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-cpp.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref
  tags:
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  - Engine
  - Integration
  properties:
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  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref/matlab-engine-api-for-c++.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/requirements-to-build-cpp-engine-programs.html
- name: MATLAB Engine API for C and Fortran
  description: Call MATLAB from C and Fortran programs using the MATLAB engine library, enabling MATLAB as a computation engine
    for native applications.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/introducing-matlab-engine.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref
  tags:
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: APIReference
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/matlab-fortran-api-libraries.html
- name: MATLAB Engine API for .NET
  description: Call MATLAB from .NET programming languages, enabling .NET programs to launch MATLAB, evaluate MATLAB functions
    with arguments, and exchange data synchronously or asynchronously.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/call-matlab-from-net.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref
  tags:
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  - Integration
  properties:
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    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/call-matlab-from-net.html
  - type: APIReference
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/requirements-to-build-net-engine-programs.html
- name: MATLAB RESTful Web Services
  description: Create and deploy RESTful web services from MATLAB functions using MATLAB Production Server.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/mps/restfuljson/creating-http-post-interface-to-restful-web-service.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-production-server.html
  tags:
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  properties:
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- name: MATLAB Production Server RESTful API
  description: RESTful API for executing MATLAB functions on MATLAB Production Server, including function execution, discovery
    and diagnostics, and secure management of deployable archives.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/mps/restful-api-and-json.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/mps
  tags:
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  - Enterprise
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  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/mps/restfuljson/restful-api-for-discovery-and-diagnostics.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/mps/restfuljson/restful-api-for-deployable-archive-upload.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/mps/client-programming.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-production-server/client-libraries.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/openapi-productionserver
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/mps/
- name: MATLAB Web App Server
  description: Host MATLAB apps and Simulink simulations as interactive web apps, with support for authentication, role-based
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  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
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  - type: APIReference
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- name: MATLAB Data API for C++
  description: Work with MATLAB data types in C++ applications.
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  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-data-api-for-c-plus-plus.html
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- name: MATLAB HTTP Interface
  description: RESTful web services support for making HTTP requests from MATLAB.
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  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab
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  - REST
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  - REST
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- name: MATLAB MEX API
  description: Build MEX functions that enable calling C, C++, and Fortran code from MATLAB, with support for both the C++
    MEX API and the C Matrix API.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/call-mex-files-1.html
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref
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  - C++
  - Extensions
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- name: MATLAB Compiler SDK API
  description: Build C/C++ shared libraries, .NET assemblies, Java classes, and Python packages from MATLAB programs for integration
    with custom applications.
  image: https://www.mathworks.com/etc/designs/mathworks/img/pic-header-mathworks-logo2.svg
  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk/
  baseURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk
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  - Deployment
  - Integration
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  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk/getting_started_with_compiler_sdk.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk/cxx/summary-of-sdk-cpp-apis.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk/dotnet/summary-of-matlab-compiler-sdk-dotnet-apis.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk/mps.html
- name: ThingSpeak REST API
  description: IoT analytics platform REST API for reading and writing data to channels, creating and managing channels, and
    analyzing IoT data with MATLAB in the cloud.
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  humanURL: https://www.mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/rest-api.html
  baseURL: https://api.thingspeak.com
  tags:
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  - Channels
  - IoT
  - REST
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  - type: APIReference
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    url: https://www.mathworks.com/products/thingspeak.html
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