# Packet Host

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/packet-host/  
**Website:** https://deploy.equinix.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 40

Packet Host, Inc. (packet.com / api.packet.net) was a New York-based bare-metal cloud provider, backed by Battery Ventures, that let developers provision dedicated single-tenant servers on demand through a REST API, CLI, and Terraform. Equinix acquired Packet in 2020 and rebranded the service Equinix Metal, moving the API to api.equinix.com/metal/v1. Equinix Metal was fully retired: End-of-Sale was announced 2024-11-07 and the service was sunset 2026-06-30. This profile captures the Metal API surface (220 operations across 40 tags) and the Packet-to-Equinix-Metal lineage.

## Kin Score — 44.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 61.3 |
| Governance | 16.7 |
| Contract Governance | 16.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 54.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 37.0 (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 | no |
| 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 (40)

- **Packet Host Authentication API** — Nearly all of the endpoints in the API require authentication. Authentication is performed by providing an authentication token (interchangeably referred to as an API key) in th...
- **Packet Host Batches API** — Manage device batches. See project endpoints to list batches for a particular project. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Batch Deployment](https://metal.equinix.co...
- **Packet Host BGP API** — Manage BGP configs and sessions. See device endpoints to create and list BGP sessions for a particular device. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Local and Global B...
- **Packet Host Capacity API** — Capacity Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Capacity](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/capacity/).
- **Packet Host Console Log Details API** — Console Log Details. Notice: This is a test feature currently under active development, and only available to certain users. Please contact Customer Success for more information.
- **Packet Host Devices API** — Device Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Server Devices](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/servers/).
- **Packet Host Emails API** — Email Management
- **Packet Host Events API** — Event Management
- **Packet Host Facilities API** — Facility Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Facilities](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/).
- **Packet Host Firmware Sets API** — Firmware Sets Management. Notice: Firmware Sets are a test feature currently under active development, and only available to certain users. Please contact Customer Success for m...
- **Packet Host HardwareReservations API** — Hardware Reservation Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Reserved Hardware](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/deploy/reserved/).
- **Packet Host Incidents API** — Incident Management
- **Packet Host Interconnections API** — Network Interconnections. See Instructions to create Network Interconnections at Check out the product docs to learn more about [Equinix Fabric](https://metal.equinix.com/develo...
- **Packet Host Invitations API** — Manage invitations. See project endpoints to create a new invitation. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Invitations](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/acco...
- **Packet Host Invoices API** — The Invoices API from Packet Host — 2 operation(s) for invoices.
- **Packet Host IPAddresses API** — Manage IP addresses. See device and project endpoints to list and create IP assignments for a particular project or device. Check out the product docs to learn more about [the b...
- **Packet Host Licenses API** — Manage licenses. See project endpoints to list and create licenses for a particular project.
- **Packet Host Memberships API** — Membership Management (Project). Check out the product docs to learn more about [Membership](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/).
- **Packet Host MetalGateways API** — Metal Gateway Management.Check out the product docs to learn more about [Metal Gateways](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/networking/metal-gateway/).
- **Packet Host Metros API** — Metro Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Metros](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/metros/).
- **Packet Host OperatingSystems API** — Operating System Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Operating Systems choices](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/operating-systems/).
- **Packet Host Organizations API** — Organizations Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Organizations](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/).
- **Packet Host OTPs API** — OTP Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [OTP](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/two-factor-authentication/).
- **Packet Host PasswordResetTokens API** — Password Reset Token Management
- **Packet Host PaymentMethods API** — Payment Method Management
- **Packet Host Plans API** — Plan Management (Device). Check out the product docs to learn more about [Device Plans](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/servers/).
- **Packet Host Ports API** — Port ManagementCheck out the product docs to learn more about [Port configurations](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/layer2-networking/overview/).
- **Packet Host Projects API** — Project Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Projects](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/projects/).
- **Packet Host SelfServiceReservations API** — Self Service Reservations
- **Packet Host SpotMarket API** — Spot Market Pricing and Requests Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Spot Market features](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/deploy/spot-market/).
- **Packet Host SSHKeys API** — Manage SSH keys. See project endpoints to list and create project-level SSH keys.
- **Packet Host SupportRequest API** — Support request
- **Packet Host TransferRequests API** — Project Transfer Requests Management
- **Packet Host TwoFactorAuth API** — Two Factor Authentication Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [2FA](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/two-factor-authentication/).
- **Packet Host Usages API** — Usage Management
- **Packet Host Userdata API** — Userdata Management
- **Packet Host Users API** — User Management
- **Packet Host UserVerificationTokens API** — User Verification Token Management
- **Packet Host VLANs API** — Manage virtual networks (VLANs). See project endpoints to list and create virtual networks. Check out the product docs to learn more about [VLANs](https://metal.equinix.com/deve...
- **Packet Host VRFs API** — VRF Management. A VRF is a project-scoped virtual router resource that defines a collection of customer-managed IP blocks that can be used in BGP peering on one or more virtual ...

## MCP servers (1)

- **Packet Host MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Packet Host Agentic Access** — 221 operations · 98 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Packet Host Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Packet Host Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Bare Metal, Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Servers, Compute, Provisioning, Equinix Metal, Retired

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