Observe
Observe (Observe, Inc., now "Observe by Snowflake" following its acquisition by Snowflake; www.observeinc.com redirects to snowflake.com/en/product/observe) is an observability platform for logs, metrics, traces and APM built on a data lake and the OPAL query language. Its developer surface lives on docs.observeinc.com: a tenant-scoped REST API (https://{customerid}.observeinc.com/v1, bearer "
Observe publishes 22 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Alert API, APM API, Dashboards API, and 19 more. Tagged areas include Company, Observability, Monitoring, Logs, and Metrics.
The Observe catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Observe’s developer surface includes CLI, changelog, getting-started guide, authentication, documentation, API reference, support, and 34 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
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 22
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Observe Apache Iceberg REST Catalog API
Read-only subset of the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog protocol served under /v1/iceberg/catalog on each Observe tenant, authenticated with the same Observe API token. Implements t...
Observe Alert API
Query monitor alerts. Learn more about [alerts](https://docs.observeinc.com/docs/work-with-alerts).
Observe APM API
The APM API from Observe — 3 operation(s) for apm.
Observe Dashboards API
The Dashboards API from Observe — 2 operation(s) for dashboards.
Observe Dataset API
Manage datasets. Learn more about [datasets](https://docs.observeinc.com/en/latest/content/reference/ObserveKeyConcepts.html#datasets)..
Observe Dataset Legacy API
Legacy dataset endpoints. Will be deprecated in the future.
Observe Dataset Query Filter API
Manage dataset query filters. Learn more about [dataset query filters](https://docs.observeinc.com/docs/dataset-query-filters).
Observe Documentation API
Semantic search across Observe's built-in documentation.
Observe Drop Filters API
Manage drop filters used to reduce ingest volume by dropping a configurable fraction of observations matching an OPAL predicate. Learn more about [drop filters](https://docs.obs...
Observe Export API
Export query results from Observe.
Observe Ingest Routes API
The Ingest Routes API from Observe — 2 operation(s) for ingest routes.
Observe Ingest Tokens API
The Ingest Tokens API from Observe — 2 operation(s) for ingest tokens.
Observe Login API
Manage api tokens. Learn more about [api tokens](https://docs.observeinc.com/en/latest/content/reference/ObserveAPIAuth.html).
Observe Metrics API
The Metrics API from Observe — 1 operation(s) for metrics.
Observe Monitor API
Manage monitors. Learn more about [monitors](https://docs.observeinc.com/en/latest/content/monitors/MonitorsIntro.html).
Observe Monitor Mute API
Manage monitor mute rules. Mute rules suppress alert notifications for one or more monitors during a defined time window. Learn more about [monitor mute rules](https://docs.obse...
Observe Object Tags API
Search for object tags on objects such as dashboards, datasets, worksheets, etc.
Observe Reference Tables API
Manage reference tables. Learn more about [reference tables](https://docs.observeinc.com/en/latest/content/reference/ReferenceTables.html).
Observe Skills API
Manage custom AI agent skills for the AI-SRE agent.
Observe Tags API
The Tags API from Observe — 1 operation(s) for tags.
Observe Service Accounts API
Manage service accounts and api tokens. Learn more about service accounts.
Observe Tag Values API
The Tag Values API from Observe — 1 operation(s) for tag values.
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Observe by Snowflake MCP Server
Tenant-hosted MCP server that lets AI agents investigate incidents, explore logs, metrics and traces, search Datasets, list alerts and monitors, generate OPAL queries and inspec...
MCP SERVERObserve API pricing
Prices published by Observe, read 2026-10-28 from www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | Get Started Includes: All core platform functionality with fully managed elastic compute |
| Enterprise | Get Started Includes: ALL STANDARD EDITION FEATURES + |
| Business Critical | Get Started Includes: ALL ENTERPRISE EDITION FEATURES + |
| Virtual Private Snowflake | Talk to Sales Includes: all the features of Business Critical Edition, but in a completely separate Snowflake environment |
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Rate limits
- Reads (GET) per user: 18 requests/second
- Reads (GET) per customer: 20 requests/second
- Writes (POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE) per user: 8 requests/second
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Observeinc Rate Limits
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.
Observeinc Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Observeinc Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Observe API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 6
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AlertResource
JSON SCHEMADatasetQueryFilter
JSON SCHEMADatasetResource
JSON SCHEMAIngestFiltersObject
JSON SCHEMAIngestRoutesObject
JSON SCHEMAMonitorResource
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 7
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 5
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Observe API — frequently asked questions
Does Observe have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 22 APIs from Observe, including Observe Apache Iceberg REST Catalog API, Observe Alert API and Observe APM API, and 19 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Observe API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 21 OpenAPI specifications for Observe, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Observe API?
Observe documents its authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Observeinc Authentication.
How much does the Observe API cost?
Observe publishes its prices; its Standard plan is Get Started as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for Observe, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Observe have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Observe: Tenant-hosted MCP server that lets AI agents investigate incidents, explore logs, metrics and traces, search Datasets, list alerts and monitors, generate OPAL queries and inspect APM service maps. OAu
Is the Observe API ready for AI agents?
Observe has a Kin Score of 62.2 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 49.5 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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