IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic is an Application Resource Management (ARM) platform that uses AI-powered automation to continuously analyze and optimize application performance and cloud costs across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Turbonomic provides a comprehensive REST API enabling programmatic access to resource management data, workload actions, markets, policies, groups, templates, and topology information. The platform integrates with AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, VMware, and dozens of APM and ITSM tools.
IBM Turbonomic publishes 10 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Actions API, Authentication API, Entities API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Application Resource Management, Cloud Cost Optimization, Cloud Management, Hybrid Cloud, and IBM.
The IBM Turbonomic catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
IBM Turbonomic’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, support, and 23 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 2
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
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 10
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
IBM Turbonomic Actions API
Retrieve, accept, and reject optimization actions
IBM Turbonomic Authentication API
Authenticate and manage sessions
IBM Turbonomic Entities API
Query and manage entities (VMs, containers, applications, storage)
IBM Turbonomic Groups API
Create and manage logical groups of entities
IBM Turbonomic Markets API
Access Turbonomic markets and projected states
IBM Turbonomic Policies API
Manage automation and placement policies
IBM Turbonomic Statistics API
Retrieve historical and projected resource statistics
IBM Turbonomic Targets API
Manage discovery targets and integrations
IBM Turbonomic Templates API
Manage resource and hardware templates
IBM Turbonomic Topology API
Explore infrastructure topology and supply chains
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Postman Collections 10
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Turbonomic REST Actions API
POSTMANScroll for all 10
Open Collections 11
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Turbonomic REST Actions API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Authentication API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Entities API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Groups API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Markets API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Policies API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Statistics API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Targets API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Templates API
OPEN COLLECTIONTurbonomic REST Actions Topology API
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IBM Turbonomic API pricing
Prices published by IBM Turbonomic, read 2026-10-28 from www.ibm.com/products/turbonomic/pricing. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Trial | Free for 30 days, no credit card required Includes: Unlimited number of Managed Virtual Servers (MVS) for 30 days |
| Turbonomic Parking Edition | Request a quote Includes: Workload Parking (SaaS) |
| On-premise | Request a quote Includes: Self-hosted visibility, optimization and planning |
| SaaS | Request a quote Includes: IBM-hosted and managed environment |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
- Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
- Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against IBM Turbonomic's documentation. All 5 limits →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
IBM Turbonomic Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
IBM Turbonomic Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Turbonomic 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.
IBM Turbonomic — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALIBM Turbonomic — rest api rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 2
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Turbonomic Action
JSON SCHEMATurbonomic Entity
JSON SCHEMAJSON Structure 2
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
IBM Turbonomic Action Structure
JSON STRUCTUREIBM Turbonomic Entity Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 5
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Security Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Kubernetes CRDs 1
Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions published by this provider.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 5
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 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 4
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
IBM Turbonomic API — frequently asked questions
Does IBM Turbonomic have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from IBM Turbonomic, including IBM Turbonomic Actions API, IBM Turbonomic Authentication API and IBM Turbonomic Entities API, and 7 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the IBM Turbonomic API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for IBM Turbonomic, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the IBM Turbonomic API?
IBM Turbonomic uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as IBM Turbonomic Authentication.
How much does the IBM Turbonomic API cost?
IBM Turbonomic publishes its prices; its Trial plan is Free for 30 days, no credit card required as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for IBM Turbonomic, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the IBM Turbonomic API ready for AI agents?
IBM Turbonomic has a Kin Score of 48.3 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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