# Plotly

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/plotly/  
**Website:** https://plotly.com  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Plotly is a Montreal-based data visualization and analytics company behind the open-source Plotly graphing libraries (plotly.js, plotly.py, Plotly.R, Plotly.NET, plotly.rs, Dash.jl) and the Dash framework for building interactive analytical web applications in Python. Its commercial products are Plotly Studio, an AI-native desktop application that generates Dash data apps from a dataset; Plotly Cloud, the hosted publishing and sharing platform for Dash and Studio apps; and Dash Enterprise, the self-hosted data app platform used by financial services, healthcare and life sciences, energy, and retail organizations. Plotly's machine-readable surfaces are a remote Dash Docs MCP server, an OAuth 2.1/OIDC authorization server for Plotly Cloud, and a first-party GraphQL management API for Dash Enterprise. The legacy Chart Studio Cloud REST API was retired on 2025-10-31.

## Kin Score — 44.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-09-01 under rubric 0.17.2. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 71.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 84.2 |
| Access Clarity | 84.2 |

## Agent readiness — 23.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | verified |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## APIs (2)

- **Dash Docs MCP Server** — A remote Model Context Protocol server published by Plotly that lets AI agents search and read the Dash documentation directly. Exposes list_pages, search_pages and get_page_as_...
- **Dash Enterprise GraphQL API** — The first-party GraphQL management API for Dash Enterprise, served from each customer's own Dash Enterprise host at /Manager/graphql. Covers app lifecycle, collaborators, enviro...

## MCP servers (1)

- **Plotly MCP Server**

## Security (4)

- **Plotly Authentication** — 4 schemes
- **Plotly Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Plotly Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Plotly Trust Center** — SOC 2 Type I, SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 42001

## Plans (1)

- **Plotly Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Company, Data Visualization, Analytics, Data Apps, Business Intelligence, Open-Source, Python, JavaScript, Charts, Dashboards, Developer Tools, MCP

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/plotly/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.