SearchStax

SearchStax is a managed Solr search infrastructure company that provides cloud-hosted Apache Solr deployments and a Site Search platform. SearchStax eliminates the complexity of running and scaling Solr by offering fully managed dedicated and serverless deployments on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The platform exposes a comprehensive REST Provisioning API for managing deployments, backup and restore, authentication, webhooks, and infrastructure configuration, along with a Site Search API for delivering search results from SearchStax Studio applications.

SearchStax publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Backup API, Deployments API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Search, Solr, Managed Search, Search Infrastructure, and Full-Text Search.

The SearchStax catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

SearchStax’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, code examples, engineering blog, and 15 more developer resources.

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37.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

7 APIs

Search SolrManaged SearchSearch InfrastructureFull-Text Search Site Search

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 37.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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 Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 7

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Searchstax Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 6

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure

JSONLDContext

SpectralRuleset

Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Examples

Examples

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: searchstax
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/searchstax/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: searchstax:searchstax-site-search-api
  name: SearchStax Site Search API
  tags:
  - Search
  - Site Search
  - Studio
  - Full-Text Search
  humanURL: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstudio/searchstax-studio-search-api/
  baseURL: https://search.searchstax.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstudio/searchstax-studio-search-api/
    type: Documentation
  description: The SearchStax Site Search API returns JSON search results from a SearchStax Studio Site Search application.
    It provides real-time search via the /emselect endpoint, supporting faceted search, auto-suggest, popular searches, related
    searches, and search analytics tracking.
- aid: searchstax:searchstax-authentication-api
  name: SearchStax Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from SearchStax — 2 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  baseURL: https://app.searchstax.com/api/rest/v2
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/searchstax-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-deployment-api/
- aid: searchstax:searchstax-backup-api
  name: SearchStax Backup API
  description: The Backup API from SearchStax — 1 operation(s) for backup.
  humanURL: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  baseURL: https://app.searchstax.com/api/rest/v2
  tags:
  - Backup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/searchstax-backup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-deployment-api/
- aid: searchstax:searchstax-deployments-api
  name: SearchStax Deployments API
  description: The Deployments API from SearchStax — 5 operation(s) for deployments.
  humanURL: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  baseURL: https://app.searchstax.com/api/rest/v2
  tags:
  - Deployment
  tags_raw:
  - Deployments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/searchstax-deployments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-deployment-api/
- aid: searchstax:searchstax-nodes-api
  name: SearchStax Nodes API
  description: The Nodes API from SearchStax — 4 operation(s) for nodes.
  humanURL: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  baseURL: https://app.searchstax.com/api/rest/v2
  tags:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/searchstax-nodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-deployment-api/
- aid: searchstax:searchstax-plans-api
  name: SearchStax Plans API
  description: The Plans API from SearchStax — 1 operation(s) for plans.
  humanURL: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  baseURL: https://app.searchstax.com/api/rest/v2
  tags:
  - Plans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/searchstax-plans-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-deployment-api/
- aid: searchstax:searchstax-usage-api
  name: SearchStax Usage API
  description: The Usage API from SearchStax — 1 operation(s) for usage.
  humanURL: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  baseURL: https://app.searchstax.com/api/rest/v2
  tags:
  - Usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/searchstax-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-deployment-api/
name: SearchStax
tags:
- Search
- Solr
- Managed Search
- Search Infrastructure
- Full-Text Search
- Site Search
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/searchstax.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: SearchStax is a managed Solr search infrastructure company that provides cloud-hosted Apache Solr deployments
  and a Site Search platform. SearchStax eliminates the complexity of running and scaling Solr by offering fully managed dedicated
  and serverless deployments on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The platform exposes a comprehensive REST Provisioning API for
  managing deployments, backup and restore, authentication, webhooks, and infrastructure configuration, along with a Site
  Search API for delivering search results from SearchStax Studio applications.
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
- name: Register a Lead
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/searchstax-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/searchstax-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/searchstax-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/searchstax-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/searchstax
- name: Website
  url: https://www.searchstax.com
  type: Website
- name: API Library Overview
  url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/hc/searchstax-api-library/
  type: Documentation
- name: Managed Search APIs Overview
  url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-apis-overview/
  type: Documentation
- name: GitHub Organization
  url: https://github.com/searchstax
  type: GitHubOrganization
- name: Deployment API Documentation
  url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-deployment-api/
  type: Documentation
- name: Backup Restore API
  url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-backup-restore-api/
  type: Documentation
- name: Authentication API
  url: https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstax-cloud-authentication-api/
  type: Documentation
- url: json-schema/searchstax-deployment-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-structure/searchstax-deployment-structure.json
  type: JSONStructure
- url: json-ld/searchstax-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLDContext
- url: examples/searchstax-list-deployments-example.json
  type: Examples
- url: rules/searchstax-rules.yml
  type: SpectralRuleset
- url: vocabulary/searchstax-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.searchstax.com/partners/
- url: https://www.searchstax.com/blog/
  type: Blog

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