ThingsBoard
ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT platform for device connectivity, data collection, processing, and visualization. Licensed under Apache 2.0 and developed by ThingsBoard Inc., it supports multi-tenant device management, telemetry over MQTT/HTTP/CoAP/LwM2M/SNMP, a drag-and-drop rule engine, calculated fields, 600+ customizable dashboard widgets, alarms, RPC, OTA firmware updates, edge computing, mobile apps, and a distributed MQTT broker (TBMQ). Available as Community Edition (free, self-hosted), Professional Edition (self-hosted subscription), and ThingsBoard Cloud (managed PaaS).
ThingsBoard publishes 58 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Admin Controller API, AI Model Controller API, Alarm Comment Controller API, and 55 more. Tagged areas include IoT, Device Management, Telemetry, Open Source, and Apache 2.0.
The ThingsBoard catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
ThingsBoard’s developer surface includes pricing, authentication, developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, and 41 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean Marketplace (partner 1-click apps and SaaS add-ons) | builds-on | 39.2 | - | - |
| Artifact Hub Cloud-Native Packages | builds-on | 39.2 | - | - |
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 2
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 58
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
ThingsBoard Alarm Comment Controller API
Alarm Comment
ThingsBoard Asset Profile Controller API
Asset Profile
ThingsBoard Audit Log Controller API
Audit Log
ThingsBoard Calculated Field Controller API
Calculated Field
ThingsBoard Component Descriptor Controller API
Component Descriptor
ThingsBoard Dashboard Controller API
Dashboard
ThingsBoard Device Connectivity Controller API
Device Connectivity
ThingsBoard Device Profile Controller API
Device Profile
ThingsBoard Edge Event Controller API
Edge Event
ThingsBoard Entities Version Control Controller API
Entities Version Control
ThingsBoard Entity Query Controller API
Entity Query
ThingsBoard Entity Relation Controller API
Entity Relation
ThingsBoard Entity View Controller API
Entity View
ThingsBoard Mail Config Template Controller API
Mail Config Template
ThingsBoard Mobile App Bundle Controller API
Mobile App Bundle
ThingsBoard Mobile App Controller API
Mobile App
ThingsBoard Notification Controller API
Notification
ThingsBoard Notification Rule Controller API
Notification Rule
ThingsBoard Notification Target Controller API
Notification Target
ThingsBoard Notification Template Controller API
Notification Template
ThingsBoard O Auth 2 Config Template Controller API
O Auth 2 Config Template
ThingsBoard Ota Package Controller API
Ota Package
ThingsBoard Qr Code Settings Controller API
Qr Code Settings
ThingsBoard Queue Stats Controller API
Queue Stats
ThingsBoard Rule Chain Controller API
Rule Chain
ThingsBoard Rule Engine Controller API
Rule Engine
ThingsBoard Tb Resource Controller API
Tb Resource
ThingsBoard Telemetry Controller API
Telemetry
ThingsBoard Tenant Profile Controller API
Tenant Profile
ThingsBoard Two Factor Auth Config Controller API
Two Factor Auth Config
ThingsBoard Two Factor Auth Controller API
Two Factor Auth
ThingsBoard UI Settings Controller API
Ui Settings
ThingsBoard Usage Info Controller API
Usage Info
ThingsBoard Widget Type Controller API
Widget Type
ThingsBoard Widgets Bundle Controller API
Widgets Bundle
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Postman Collections 58
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
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Open Collections 73
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
ThingsBoard Admin admin-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller ai-model-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard AI API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller alarm-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Alarms API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller api-key-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller asset-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Assets API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller audit-log-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller auth-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Authentication API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller customer-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller dashboard-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Dashboards API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller device-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Devices API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller domain-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller edge-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller edge-event-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Edge API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller event-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller image-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller job-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller login-endpoint API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller lwm-2m-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard LwM2M API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller mobile-app-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Mobile App API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Notifications API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller o-auth-2-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller queue-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller rpc-v-1-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller rpc-v-2-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard RPC API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller rule-chain-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Rule Engine API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller sign-up-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller telemetry-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Telemetry API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller tenant-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Tenants and Customers API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller trendz-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller usage-info-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller user-controller API
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ThingsBoard API pricing
Prices published by ThingsBoard, read 2026-09-20 from thingsboard.io/pricing/.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Public Cloud Free | $0/month Includes: 5 devices, 5 assets, 1M data points/mo, Community support |
| Public Cloud Prototype | $49/month Includes: 50 devices, 50 assets, 10M data points/mo |
| Public Cloud Pilot | $149/month Includes: 100 devices, 100 assets, 100M data points/mo, Help desk, White labeling |
| Public Cloud Startup | $399/month Includes: 500 devices, 500 assets, 500M data points/mo |
| Public Cloud Business | $749/month Includes: 1,000 devices, 1,000 assets, 1B data points/mo |
| Public Cloud Free (EU) | €0/month Includes: 5 devices, 5 assets, 1M data points/mo |
| Public Cloud Prototype (EU) | €45/month Includes: 50 devices, 50 assets, 10M data points/mo |
| Public Cloud Pilot (EU) | €145/month Includes: 100 devices, 100 assets, 100M data points/mo |
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Pricing Plans 2
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
ThingsBoard Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSData License 1
How its data and outputs may be reused, quoted from its own terms.
FinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
ThingsBoard Finops
FINOPSFeatures 20
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Thingsboard Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.
ThingsBoard — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALThingsBoard API Rules
SPECTRALOpenAPI Overlays 16
Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.
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JSON Schema 11
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
ThingsBoard Alarm
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Asset
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard AssetProfile
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Customer
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Dashboard
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Device
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard DeviceProfile
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard EntityRelation
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard RuleChain
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Tenant
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard User
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Examples 2
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
ThingsBoard Login Example
EXAMPLESecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 11
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
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Documentation 4
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 12
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 7
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
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Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
ThingsBoard API — frequently asked questions
Does ThingsBoard have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 58 APIs from ThingsBoard, including ThingsBoard Admin Controller API, ThingsBoard AI Model Controller API and ThingsBoard Alarm Comment Controller API, and 55 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the ThingsBoard API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 58 OpenAPI specifications for ThingsBoard, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the ThingsBoard API?
ThingsBoard uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as ThingsBoard Authentication.
How much does the ThingsBoard API cost?
ThingsBoard publishes its prices; its Public Cloud Free plan is $0/month as of 2026-09-20. APIs.io lists 41 pricing plans for ThingsBoard, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the ThingsBoard API ready for AI agents?
ThingsBoard has a Kin Score of 58.1 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 33.6 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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