OpenPages

IBM OpenPages is an AI-driven, unified governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform delivered as a managed service on IBM Cloud. Originally founded as OpenPages Inc. (a Matrix Partners portfolio company) and acquired by IBM in 2010, it consolidates operational risk, regulatory compliance, financial controls, policy, IT governance, third-party risk, and model/AI governance (watsonx.governance) into one system of record. OpenPages exposes a data-centric GRC REST API (v1 and v2), an ObjectManager CLI (ibmcloud openpages), IBM Cloud IAM authentication, and event notifications (CloudEvents v1.0) so teams can automate configuration, integrate risk data, and drive event-driven workflows.

OpenPages publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, B2B, Governance, Risk, and Compliance.

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

OpenPages’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, pricing, signup flow, support, changelog, and 15 more developer resources.

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40.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 15/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs
CompanyB2BGovernanceRiskComplianceGRCRegulatory ComplianceRisk ManagementEnterprise SoftwarewatsonxAudit

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 40.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 15/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

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

IBM OpenPages GRC REST API

Data-centric GRC REST API for IBM OpenPages, specified in terms of resources, their URIs, and the actions that can be performed on those URIs. Available as v1 and v2. The API is...

Event Specifications 1

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

Openpages Events Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 3

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

Openpages Authentication

oauth2/http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Openpages Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Openpages Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp
 Login
Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Webhooks
Webhooks
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CLI
CLI

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 Security
Security
 Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: openpages
name: OpenPages
description: IBM OpenPages is an AI-driven, unified governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform delivered as a managed
  service on IBM Cloud. Originally founded as OpenPages Inc. (a Matrix Partners portfolio company) and acquired by IBM in
  2010, it consolidates operational risk, regulatory compliance, financial controls, policy, IT governance, third-party risk,
  and model/AI governance (watsonx.governance) into one system of record. OpenPages exposes a data-centric GRC REST API (v1
  and v2), an ObjectManager CLI (ibmcloud openpages), IBM Cloud IAM authentication, and event notifications (CloudEvents v1.0)
  so teams can automate configuration, integrate risk data, and drive event-driven workflows.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openpages/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/openpages.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- matrix-partners
x-lineage: OpenPages Inc. (Matrix Partners portfolio) -> acquired by IBM 2010 -> IBM OpenPages as a Service
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-ibm-cloud-docs
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- B2B
- Governance
- Risk
- Compliance
- GRC
- Regulatory Compliance
- Risk Management
- Enterprise Software
- watsonx
- Audit
apis:
- name: IBM OpenPages GRC REST API
  description: Data-centric GRC REST API for IBM OpenPages, specified in terms of resources, their URIs, and the actions that
    can be performed on those URIs. Available as v1 and v2. The API is hosted per service instance (the instance Fixed URL
    or a custom hostname), authenticated with IBM Cloud IAM, and reachable only from allow-listed IP addresses when IP allowlisting
    is enabled.
  humanURL: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/openpages/9.2.0?topic=guide-rest-api-v2
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/openpages
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/openpages/9.2.0?topic=developer-guide
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/openpages-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.ibm.com/trust/security-psirt
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages
- type: APIReference
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/openpages
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-gettingstartedtutorial
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ibm.com/products/openpages
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-openpages-choose-plan
- type: SignUp
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/registration
- type: Login
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/login
- type: Support
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-help-and-support
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.ibm.com/legal
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ibm.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/status
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-openpages-relnotes
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/openpages-changelog.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/openpages-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/openpages-authentication.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/openpages-events-webhooks.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/openpages-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/openpages-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openpages-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 8
  pass: local-v1