# Upbound

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/upbound/  
**Website:** https://www.upbound.io  
**APIs profiled:** 5

Upbound is a universal cloud platform built on Crossplane, providing managed control planes and a marketplace for cloud infrastructure APIs. The Upbound API enables programmatic management of organizations, spaces, control planes, package repositories, teams, and robot accounts.

## Kin Score — 37.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 69.0 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 33.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| 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

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

## APIs (5)

- **Upbound Control Planes API** — Managed control plane lifecycle
- **Upbound Organizations API** — Organization management
- **Upbound Repositories API** — Package registry and repository management
- **Upbound Robots API** — Robot account and token management
- **Upbound Teams API** — Team and membership management

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Upbound Agentic Access** — 23 operations · 13 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

- **Upbound Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Upbound Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Upbound Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001

## Plans (1)

- **Upbound Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud Infrastructure, Crossplane, Developer Experience, Internal Developer Platform, Platform Engineering

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