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Azure Event Grid

Azure Event Grid provides APIs for publishing events to custom topics, managing event subscriptions with filtering, and configuring event delivery to endpoints including webhooks, Azure Functions, Event Hubs, and Storage Queues. It supports dead-lettering, retry policies, and custom event schemas.

Azure Event Grid publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Operations API and Topics API. Tagged areas include Events, Event-Driven, Pub-Sub, and Serverless.

Azure Event Grid’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, documentation, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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45.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
EventsEvent-DrivenPub-SubServerless

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 45.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

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

Azure Event Grid Operations API

Operations operations

Azure Event Grid Topics API

Topics operations

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Azure Event Grid REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Event Grid Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Event Grid Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Azure Event Grid Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Microsoft Azure Event Grid Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Event Grid Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Event Grid Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Microsoft Azure Event Grid Agentic Access

7 operations · 3 acting

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Azure Event Grid
description: Azure Event Grid provides APIs for publishing events to custom topics, managing event subscriptions with filtering,
  and configuring event delivery to endpoints including webhooks, Azure Functions, Event Hubs, and Storage Queues. It supports
  dead-lettering, retry policies, and custom event schemas.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-event-grid.png
tags:
- Events
- Event-Driven
- Pub-Sub
- Serverless
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-event-grid/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-event-grid:microsoft-azure-event-grid-operations-api
  name: Azure Event Grid Operations API
  description: Operations operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/eventgrid/
  baseURL: https://{topic}.{region}.eventgrid.azure.net/
  tags:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-event-grid-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/eventgrid/
- aid: microsoft-azure-event-grid:microsoft-azure-event-grid-topics-api
  name: Azure Event Grid Topics API
  description: Topics operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/eventgrid/
  baseURL: https://{topic}.{region}.eventgrid.azure.net/
  tags:
  - Topics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-event-grid-topics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/eventgrid/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-event-grid-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-event-grid-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-event-grid-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-event-grid-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com