Orbital

Orbital is a data gateway and integration platform that connects APIs, databases, event streams, and other data sources without requiring glue code or manual integration maintenance. The platform delivers self-repairing integrations through instant, on-the-fly orchestration that automatically adapts as APIs and schemas evolve, eliminating the need to write resolvers, generate API clients, or maintain YAML mapping files.

Orbital publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Caches API, Connections API, Schemas API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Data and Gateways.

The Orbital catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Orbital’s developer surface includes documentation, changelog, pricing, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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34.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemium

6 APIs

DataGateways

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 34.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 16.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20

Access Clarity 5.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13

Contract Governance 1.2 / 12

Discoverability 6.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 6

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Orbital Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: orbital
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/orbital/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: orbital:orbital-caches-api
  name: Orbital Caches API
  description: The Caches API from Orbital — 1 operation(s) for caches.
  humanURL: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  tags:
  - Caches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/orbital-caches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/query.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/connection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cache.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/orbital-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/describing-data-sources/open-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/type.json
- aid: orbital:orbital-connections-api
  name: Orbital Connections API
  description: The Connections API from Orbital — 2 operation(s) for connections.
  humanURL: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  tags:
  - Connections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/orbital-connections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/query.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/connection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cache.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/orbital-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/describing-data-sources/open-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/type.json
- aid: orbital:orbital-schemas-api
  name: Orbital Schemas API
  description: The Schemas API from Orbital — 2 operation(s) for schemas.
  humanURL: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  tags:
  - Schemas
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/orbital-schemas-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/query.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/connection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cache.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/orbital-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/describing-data-sources/open-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/type.json
- aid: orbital:orbital-services-api
  name: Orbital Services API
  description: The Services API from Orbital — 2 operation(s) for services.
  humanURL: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/orbital-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/query.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/connection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cache.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/orbital-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/describing-data-sources/open-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/type.json
- aid: orbital:orbital-taxiql-api
  name: Orbital Taxiql API
  description: The Taxiql API from Orbital — 1 operation(s) for taxiql.
  humanURL: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  tags:
  - Taxiql
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/orbital-taxiql-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/query.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/connection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cache.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/orbital-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/describing-data-sources/open-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/type.json
- aid: orbital:orbital-types-api
  name: Orbital Types API
  description: The Types API from Orbital — 2 operation(s) for types.
  humanURL: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  tags:
  - Types
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/orbital-types-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/query.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/connection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cache.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/orbital-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs/describing-data-sources/open-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/type.json
name: Orbital
tags:
- Data
- Gateways
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/orbital.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-01-05'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: Orbital is a data gateway and integration platform that connects APIs, databases, event streams, and other data
  sources without requiring glue code or manual integration maintenance. The platform delivers self-repairing integrations
  through instant, on-the-fly orchestration that automatically adapts as APIs and schemas evolve, eliminating the need to
  write resolvers, generate API clients, or maintain YAML mapping files.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/orbital-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/orbital-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbital-finance
- name: Orbital - Automated integration for modern dev teams.
  description: 'null'
  url: https://orbitalhq.com/
  type: Website
- name: Getting started - Orbital
  description: 'null'
  url: https://orbitalhq.com/docs
  type: Documentation
- name: Changelog - Orbital
  description: 'null'
  url: https://orbitalhq.com/changelog
  type: ChangeLog
- name: Pricing - Orbital
  description: 'null'
  url: https://orbitalhq.com/pricing
  type: Pricing
- name: Blog - Orbital
  description: 'null'
  url: https://orbitalhq.com/blog
  type: Blog
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://orbitalhq.com/llms.txt

Orbital

APIs 6

Open Collections 9

Pricing Plans 1