# Optibus **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/optibus/ **Website:** https://www.optibus.com/ **APIs profiled:** 26 Optibus is a cloud-native, end-to-end operating system for public transportation planning, scheduling, rostering and operations, used by transit agencies and operators in more than 3,000 cities. Its proprietary AI and optimization algorithms modernize network planning, vehicle and crew scheduling, driver rostering, fleet monitoring, payroll and depot management. The Optibus Operations API (OpenAPI 3.0.0, 58 operations) provides programmatic access to drivers, vehicles, absences, employment periods, operational plans, rosters, payroll and statistics, plus outbound HMAC-signed operational event webhooks, for integrating Optibus with external HR, payroll and fleet-management systems. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and Insight Partners. ## Kin Score — 48.7 / 100 (developing) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 48.7). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 81.5 | | Contract Quality | 63.9 | | Governance | 16.7 | | Contract Governance | 16.7 | | Operational Transparency | 60.5 | | Developer Ergonomics | 47.0 | | Commercial Clarity | 26.3 | | Access Clarity | 26.3 | ## Agent readiness — 42.1 (agent-ready) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | no | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | yes | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | verified | | OpenAPI Examples | partial | | Rate Limit Signal | no | | Event Surface Described | yes | | Agent Skills | derived | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium). ## APIs (26) - **Optibus Driver Absences API** — API endpoints for managing absences for drivers - i.e. periods where they are unavailable for work. - **Optibus Driver App Notifications API** — The Driver App Notifications API from Optibus — 1 operation(s) for driver app notifications. - **Optibus Driver Custom Attributes API** — API endpoints for managing custom attributes for drivers - i.e. additional properties that can be set for drivers - including querying and updating their historical values. - **Optibus Driver Employment Periods API** — API endpoints for managing employment periods for drivers - i.e. periods where they are employed, hired, terminated, etc. - **Optibus Driver Groups API** — API endpoints for managing driver groups. - **Optibus Driver Volunteering Periods API** — API endpoints for fetching volunteering periods for drivers - i.e. periods where a driver is willing to volunteer for extra work, such as on a rest day or for overtime. - **Optibus Drivers API** — API endpoints for managing drivers. - **Optibus Drivers (Deprecated) API** — These API endpoints are deprecated and could be removed in a future version. Please use the corresponding new API endpoints instead, which should offer improved usability and ex... - **Optibus Event Webhooks API** — The Event Webhooks API from Optibus — 1 operation(s) for event webhooks. - **Optibus Operational Plan API** — The Operational Plan API from Optibus — 3 operation(s) for operational plan. - **Optibus Operational Plan (Deprecated) API** — These API endpoints are deprecated and could be removed in a future version. Please use GET /v2/operational-plan instead. - **Optibus Payroll API** — The Payroll API from Optibus — 1 operation(s) for payroll. - **Optibus Preferences API** — The Preferences API from Optibus — 2 operation(s) for preferences. - **Optibus Private Hires API** — The Private Hires API from Optibus — 4 operation(s) for private hires. - **Optibus Regions API** — The Regions API from Optibus — 1 operation(s) for regions. - **Optibus Roster API** — A roster describes the daily operator runs grouped into packages of (repeating) weekly work assignments. - **Optibus Signing Times API** — API endpoints for fetching sign-on/off times & deviations for drivers - i.e. the actual and expected sign-on and sign-off times for a driver and how much they deviate from each ... - **Optibus Statistics API** — API endpoints for fetching computed statistics over a date range - per-task duty statistics (mirroring the duty side panel in the Ops UI) and the calculation limits that bound a... - **Optibus Stops API** — The Stops API from Optibus — 1 operation(s) for stops. - **Optibus Tacho Ingestion API** — API endpoint for ingesting normalized Tachograph activity data from the Data Team. - **Optibus Tasks API** — The Tasks API from Optibus — 1 operation(s) for tasks. - **Optibus Vehicle Custom Attributes API** — API endpoints for managing custom attributes for vehicles - i.e. additional properties that can be set for vehicles - including querying and updating their historical values. - **Optibus Vehicle Downtimes API** — API endpoints for managing downtimes for vehicles - i.e. periods where they are unavailable for service. - **Optibus Vehicles API** — API endpoints for managing vehicles. - **Optibus Vehicles (Deprecated) API** — These API endpoints are deprecated and could be removed in a future version. Please use the corresponding new API endpoints instead, which should offer improved usability and ex... - **Optibus Work Entities API** — The Work Entities API from Optibus — 2 operation(s) for work entities. ## MCP servers (1) - **Optibus MCP Server** ## Agentic access (1) - **Optibus Agentic Access** — 58 operations · 18 acting ## Security (3) - **Optibus Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme - **Optibus Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC - **Optibus Trust Center** — ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 ## Tags Company, Vertical Software, Public Transportation, Transit, Scheduling, Fleet Management, Mobility, Optimization, Workforce Management --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/optibus/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.