Particle
Particle is an integrated IoT Platform-as-a-Service that provides cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth hardware modules alongside a comprehensive cloud platform for building and managing connected devices at scale. The Particle Device Cloud exposes a REST API that enables developers to call device functions, read variables, publish and subscribe to events, manage firmware OTA updates, and administer product fleets. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens, and the platform supports JavaScript, iOS, Android, and Windows SDKs as well as a command-line interface. Particle's pricing model is based on Data Operations consumed per month, with plans ranging from a free prototyping tier through paid block-based plans to enterprise contracts.
Particle publishes 28 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Configuration API, Customers API, and 25 more. Tagged areas include IoT, Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Device Management.
The Particle catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Particle’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, changelog, pricing, CLI, GitHub presence, and 22 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 6
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDE Extension Marketplaces (JetBrains, VS Code, Open VSX, Docker Verified Publishers, PyPI orgs) | builds-on | 19.7 (thin) | - | - |
| Wireless and Wired Connectivity Certification (Thread, USB-IF, Wi-Fi Alliance) | builds-on | 19.7 (thin) | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 28
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Particle Authentication API
The Authentication API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for authentication.
Particle Configuration API
The Configuration API from Particle — 2 operation(s) for configuration.
Particle Customers API
The Customers API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for customers.
Particle Devices API
The Devices API from Particle — 9 operation(s) for devices.
Particle Diagnostics API
The Diagnostics API from Particle — 4 operation(s) for diagnostics.
Particle Env API
The Env API from Particle — 4 operation(s) for env.
Particle Events API
The Events API from Particle — 6 operation(s) for events.
Particle Firmware API
The Firmware API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for firmware.
Particle FleetHealth API
The FleetHealth API from Particle — 5 operation(s) for fleethealth.
Particle Groups API
The Groups API from Particle — 5 operation(s) for groups.
Particle Integrations API
The Integrations API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for integrations.
Particle Ledger API
The Ledger API from Particle — 6 operation(s) for ledger.
Particle Location API
The Location API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for location.
Particle Logic API
The Logic API from Particle — 7 operation(s) for logic.
Particle Organizations API
The Organizations API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for organizations.
Particle ProductFirmware API
The ProductFirmware API from Particle — 4 operation(s) for productfirmware.
Particle Products API
The Products API from Particle — 5 operation(s) for products.
Particle Quarantine API
The Quarantine API from Particle — 2 operation(s) for quarantine.
Particle Search API
The Search API from Particle — 2 operation(s) for search.
Particle Secrets API
The Secrets API from Particle — 2 operation(s) for secrets.
Particle ServiceAgreements API
The ServiceAgreements API from Particle — 7 operation(s) for serviceagreements.
Particle Team API
The Team API from Particle — 1 operation(s) for team.
Particle User API
The User API from Particle — 2 operation(s) for user.
Particle Access Tokens API
The Access Tokens API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for access tokens.
Particle Clients API
The Clients API from Particle — 2 operation(s) for clients.
Particle Serial Numbers API
The Serial Numbers API from Particle — 1 operation(s) for serial numbers.
Particle O Auth API
The OAuth API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for oauth.
Particle Sims API
The Sims API from Particle — 6 operation(s) for sims.
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Open Collections 29
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Particle Cloud Access Tokens API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Access Tokens Clients API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Configuration API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Customers API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Devices API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Diagnostics API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Env API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Events API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Firmware API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication FleetHealth API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Groups API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Integrations API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Ledger API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Location API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Logic API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication OAuth API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Organizations API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication ProductFirmware API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Products API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Quarantine API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Search API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Secrets API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Access Tokens Serial Numbers API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication ServiceAgreements API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Sims API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication Team API
OPEN COLLECTIONParticle Cloud Authentication User API
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Particle API pricing
Prices published by Particle, read 2026-10-28 from www.particle.io/pricing/.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | $0/ month, forever Includes: 100 devices, 100K Data Operations |
| Basic | $299/ month per block Includes: Scales in blocks of: 100 devices, 720K Data Operations |
| Plus | $599/ month per block Includes: Scales in blocks of: 100 devices, 5M Data Operations |
| Professional | Custom Includes: Includes "Basic" or "Plus" packages at discounted rates |
| Enterprise | Custom Includes: Customized Data Operations packages |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- General API calls: 10000 requests
- Token creation: 100 requests
- Token management and user creation: 100 requests
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Particle's documentation. All 6 limits →
Billed by: block · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 2
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Particle Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
Particle
SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Particle Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Particle Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Particle API Rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 2
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 4
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Particle API — frequently asked questions
Does Particle have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 28 APIs from Particle, including Particle Authentication API, Particle Configuration API and Particle Customers API, and 25 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Particle API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 28 OpenAPI specifications for Particle, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Particle API?
Particle uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Particle Authentication.
How much does the Particle API cost?
Particle publishes its prices; its Free plan is $0/ month, forever as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Particle, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Particle API ready for AI agents?
Particle has a Kin Score of 63.2 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 23.9 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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