# Rainbow

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/rainbow/  
**Website:** https://www.openrainbow.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Rainbow is a CPaaS platform from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) that lets developers enrich applications with chat, group chat, voice, video, file sharing, and telephony PBX features through more than 200 APIs, REST interfaces, and multi-language SDKs including Node.js, C#, iOS, and Android.

## Kin Score — 39.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.5 from 39.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 66.2 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 30.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 35.9 (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 | 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 |

## Access

Enterprise · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: enterprise, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **Rainbow Applications API** — Register and manage developer applications
- **Rainbow Authentication API** — OAuth2 token management
- **Rainbow Bubbles API** — Manage group chat rooms (bubbles)
- **Rainbow Contacts API** — Manage and search contacts
- **Rainbow Conversations API** — Manage one-to-one and group conversations
- **Rainbow Messages API** — Send and receive chat messages
- **Rainbow Users API** — User profile and presence operations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Rainbow Agentic Access** — 16 operations · 7 acting

## Security (3)

- **Rainbow Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Rainbow Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Rainbow Trust Center** — ISO 27001, HIPAA

## Plans (1)

- **Rainbow Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Communications, CPaaS, Chat, Voice, Video, Telephony, Messaging, Collaboration, Unified Communications

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