NATS
A high-performance, cloud-native messaging system for microservices, IoT, and edge computing. Provides pub-sub, request-reply, and queue-based messaging patterns with at-most-once and at-least-once delivery guarantees.
NATS publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Messaging API, JetStream Management API, Accounts API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include NATS, Cloud-Native, IoT, Message Broker, and Microservices.
The NATS catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
NATS’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, code examples, CLI, support, and 21 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming (Apache Kafka protocol) | standard | 59.4 | - | - |
| OpenSSF Best Practices Badge Holders | standard | 59.4 | - | - |
| Artifact Hub Cloud-Native Packages | standard | 59.4 | - | - |
| Docker Hub Verified Publishers + Official Images | standard | 59.4 | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 3
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 13
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
NATS Messaging API
Asynchronous messaging API supporting core pub-sub, request-reply, queue groups, and JetStream persistent messaging with streams, consumers, key-value stores, and object stores.
NATS JetStream Management API
The JetStream wire API provides a protocol-level management interface for configuring and operating JetStream streams, consumers, key-value buckets, and object stores. Requests ...
NATS Key-Value Store API
The NATS Key-Value Store API is a JetStream-backed abstraction that provides immediately consistent, persistent associative array semantics. Clients can create buckets, get, put...
NATS Object Store API
The NATS Object Store API is a JetStream-backed abstraction for storing and retrieving arbitrarily large binary objects using a chunking mechanism. Objects are identified by a b...
NATS Accounts API
The Accounts API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for accounts.
NATS Connections API
The Connections API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for connections.
NATS Gateways API
The Gateways API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for gateways.
NATS Health API
The Health API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for health.
NATS JetStream API
The JetStream API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for jetstream.
NATS Leaf Nodes API
The Leaf Nodes API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for leaf nodes.
NATS Routes API
The Routes API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for routes.
NATS Server API
The Server API from NATS — 2 operation(s) for server.
NATS Subscriptions API
The Subscriptions API from NATS — 1 operation(s) for subscriptions.
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Open Collections 12
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
NATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Clustering API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Connections API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Gateways API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Health API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts JetStream API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Leaf Nodes API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS HTTP Accounts Monitoring API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Routes API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Server API
OPEN COLLECTIONNATS Monitoring HTTP Accounts Subscriptions API
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NATS API pricing
Not yet checked against NATS's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.synadia.com/cloud; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| NATS Open Source freemium | Free |
| Synadia Cloud — Personal freemium | Free |
| Synadia Cloud — Starter subscription | $49.00 per monthly subscription / month |
| Synadia Cloud — Pro subscription | $199.00 per monthly subscription / month |
| Synadia Cloud — Premium subscription | $899.00 per monthly subscription / month |
| Synadia Cloud — Enterprise enterprise | — |
| Synadia Cloud — Bring Your Own NATS subscription | $49.00 per monthly subscription / month |
| Synadia Cloud — Add-ons usage-based | $10.00 per connectivity package (10 extra connections) · $5.00 per extra leaf node |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Max connections (per account, OSS): see account JWT max_connections claim concurrent connections
- Max subscriptions (per account, OSS): see account JWT max_subscriptions claim concurrent subscriptions
- Max payload (per account, OSS): see account JWT max_payload claim bytes per message
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against NATS's documentation. All 8 limits →
Billed by: month · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Nats Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
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RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
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SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
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FINOPSEvent Specifications 1
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
NATS Core and JetStream Messaging API
NATS provides cloud-native messaging with core pub-sub, request-reply, and queue group patterns, plus JetStream for persistent streaming with streams, consumers, key-value store...
ASYNCAPISpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
NATS — asyncapi rules
SPECTRALNATS — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 1
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
NATS JetStream Stream Configuration
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 5
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 1
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 6
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
NATS API — frequently asked questions
Does NATS have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from NATS, including NATS Messaging API, NATS JetStream Management API and NATS Key-Value Store API, and 10 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the NATS API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for NATS, each linked for download from this page.
How much does the NATS API cost?
APIs.io lists 8 pricing plans for NATS, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the NATS API ready for AI agents?
NATS has a Kin Score of 39.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 22.5 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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