Parallels (SWSoft)

Parallels is a virtualization and remote-access software company, originally founded as SWSoft in 1999 and renamed Parallels in 2008 (now part of Alludo/Corel). Its flagship enterprise product, Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS), delivers virtual apps and desktops and exposes a public REST API plus a PowerShell SDK (RASAdmin) for automating farm administration — sites, secure gateways, RD session hosts, cloud providers (Azure/AVD, AWS EC2, Hyper-V, VMware, Nutanix), publishing, policies and licensing. The RAS REST API is served by the customer's self-hosted RAS server (default TCP port 20443) and authenticated with a session token obtained via api/session/logon.

Parallels (SWSoft) publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Virtualization, Remote Desktop, Application Delivery, and Cloud Infrastructure.

Parallels (SWSoft)’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 16 more developer resources.

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30.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 5/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

1 APIs

Company Virtualization Remote Desktop Application Delivery Cloud Infrastructure VDI Automation REST API

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 30.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 12.9 / 20

Access Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 13

Contract Governance 0.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 5/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 1

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

Parallels RAS REST API

REST API for automating Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) — infrastructure, sites, secure gateways, RD session hosts, cloud providers, publishing, policies and licensing...

Security Posture 2

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

Parallels Swsoft Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Parallels Swsoft Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: parallels-swsoft
name: Parallels (SWSoft)
description: Parallels is a virtualization and remote-access software company, originally founded as SWSoft in 1999 and renamed
  Parallels in 2008 (now part of Alludo/Corel). Its flagship enterprise product, Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS),
  delivers virtual apps and desktops and exposes a public REST API plus a PowerShell SDK (RASAdmin) for automating farm administration
  — sites, secure gateways, RD session hosts, cloud providers (Azure/AVD, AWS EC2, Hyper-V, VMware, Nutanix), publishing,
  policies and licensing. The RAS REST API is served by the customer's self-hosted RAS server (default TCP port 20443) and
  authenticated with a session token obtained via api/session/logon.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parallels-swsoft/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://www.parallels.com/fileadmin/images/logo/parallels-logo.svg
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Virtualization
- Remote Desktop
- Application Delivery
- Cloud Infrastructure
- VDI
- Automation
- REST API
apis:
- name: Parallels RAS REST API
  description: REST API for automating Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) — infrastructure, sites, secure gateways,
    RD session hosts, cloud providers, publishing, policies and licensing. Served by the self-hosted RAS server on TCP 20443;
    session-token auth via the auth_token header.
  humanURL: https://docs.parallels.com/landing/ras-rest-api-guide
  baseURL: https://parallels-ras-host:20443/api
  x-self-hosted: true
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.parallels.com/landing/ras-rest-api-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.parallels.com/landing/ras-rest-api-guide/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.parallels.com/landing/ras-rest-api-guide
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/parallels-swsoft-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/parallels-swsoft-conventions.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/parallels-swsoft-lifecycle.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/parallels-swsoft-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/parallels-swsoft-conformance.yml
  - type: X-MCPServerCandidate
    url: mcp/parallels-swsoft-mcp.yml
    note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list
      derived from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported
      mcp_server correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: http://www.parallels.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.parallels.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.parallels.com/landing/ras-rest-api-guide
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.parallels.com/landing/ras-rest-api-guide/api-reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.parallels.com/landing/ras-rest-api-guide
- type: Support
  url: https://www.parallels.com/products/ras/support/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.parallels.com/blogs/ras/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Parallels
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.parallels.com/products/ras/buy/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.parallels.com/products/ras/trial/
- type: Login
  url: https://my.parallels.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.parallels.com/about/legal/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.parallels.com/about/legal/privacy/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/parallels-swsoft-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/parallels-swsoft-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/parallels-swsoft-lifecycle.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/parallels-swsoft-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/parallels-swsoft-packages.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/parallels-swsoft-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/parallels-swsoft-conformance.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/parallels-swsoft-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/parallels-swsoft-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/parallels-swsoft-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 9
  pass: local-v1
x-parent: parallels
x-relationship: product

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