Very Good Security

Very Good Security (VGS) is a data security and tokenization platform that lets companies collect, protect, and exchange sensitive data (cards, PII, bank accounts, credentials) without it touching their own systems, reducing PCI DSS and compliance scope. The platform exposes a Vault HTTP API for tokenization (aliases / redact / reveal), an Accounts management API for vaults, routes, and organizations, and a forward/reverse Proxy that aliases and de-aliases data in transit.

Very Good Security publishes 4 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Aliases API, Organizations API, Routes API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Security, Tokenization, Privacy, PCI Compliance, and Vault.

The Very Good Security catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Very Good Security’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 10 more developer resources.

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29.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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Security Tokenization Privacy PCI Compliance Vault

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 29.6/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 15

Access Clarity 1.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.5 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes Ask about this →
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented) Ask about this →

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 12.8 — up to +17.4 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 32.1 — up to +13.6 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Quality scores 51.9 — up to +12.0 composite points Ask about this →

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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.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 4

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

Very Good Security Aliases API

Tokenization operations on the VGS Vault HTTP API.

Very Good Security Organizations API

Organization resources on the VGS Accounts API.

Very Good Security Routes API

Inbound / outbound proxy route resources on the VGS Accounts API.

Very Good Security Vaults API

Vault resources on the VGS Accounts API.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Very Good Security (VGS) aliases API

OPEN COLLECTION

Very Good Security (VGS) aliases organizations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Very Good Security (VGS) aliases routes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Very Good Security (VGS) aliases vaults API

OPEN COLLECTION

Very Good Security (VGS) API

OPEN COLLECTION

Very Good Security API pricing

Not yet checked against Very Good Security's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-20 from www.verygoodsecurity.com/pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Starter usage	—
Growth enterprise	—
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Vault API Requests: see provider documentation requests
Vault Interactions: plan-dependent interactions
Accounts API Requests: see provider documentation requests

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Very Good Security's documentation. All 4 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Very Good Security Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Very Good Security Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Very Good Security Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Very Good Security API Rules

62 rules · 60 error-severity 1 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Very Good Security Authentication

http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Very Good Security Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Very Good Security Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Very Good Security Agentic Access

15 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: vgs
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vgs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Very Good Security
kind: company
description: Very Good Security (VGS) is a data security and tokenization platform that lets companies collect, protect, and
  exchange sensitive data (cards, PII, bank accounts, credentials) without it touching their own systems, reducing PCI DSS
  and compliance scope. The platform exposes a Vault HTTP API for tokenization (aliases / redact / reveal), an Accounts management
  API for vaults, routes, and organizations, and a forward/reverse Proxy that aliases and de-aliases data in transit.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vgs.png
x-docs-platform: gitbook
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Security
- Tokenization
- Privacy
- PCI Compliance
- Vault
tags_raw:
- Security
- Tokenization
- Data Privacy
- PCI Compliance
- Vault
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: vgs:vgs-aliases-api
  name: Very Good Security Aliases API
  description: Tokenization operations on the VGS Vault HTTP API.
  humanURL: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  baseURL: https://api.sandbox.verygoodvault.com
  tags:
  - Aliases
  tags_raw:
  - aliases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vgs-aliases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/tokens
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/vgs.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/vgs.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/developer-tools/vgs-cli/service-account
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/inbound-connection
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/outbound-connection
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/vgs-compute/functions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
- aid: vgs:vgs-organizations-api
  name: Very Good Security Organizations API
  description: Organization resources on the VGS Accounts API.
  humanURL: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  baseURL: https://api.sandbox.verygoodvault.com
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vgs-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/tokens
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/vgs.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/vgs.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/developer-tools/vgs-cli/service-account
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/inbound-connection
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/outbound-connection
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/vgs-compute/functions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
- aid: vgs:vgs-routes-api
  name: Very Good Security Routes API
  description: Inbound / outbound proxy route resources on the VGS Accounts API.
  humanURL: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  baseURL: https://api.sandbox.verygoodvault.com
  tags:
  - Routes
  tags_raw:
  - routes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vgs-routes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/tokens
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/vgs.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/vgs.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/developer-tools/vgs-cli/service-account
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/inbound-connection
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/outbound-connection
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/vgs-compute/functions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
- aid: vgs:vgs-vaults-api
  name: Very Good Security Vaults API
  description: Vault resources on the VGS Accounts API.
  humanURL: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  baseURL: https://api.sandbox.verygoodvault.com
  tags:
  - Vault
  tags_raw:
  - vaults
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vgs-vaults-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/tokens
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/docs/vault/api/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/vgs.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/vgs.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/developer-tools/vgs-cli/service-account
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/inbound-connection
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/http-proxy/outbound-connection
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/vgs-compute/functions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/vault/platform/iam
common:
- url: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/vgs-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/vgs-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vgs-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/vgs-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/verygoodsecurity
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/verygoodsecurity
- type: Website
  url: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/vgs-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/vgs-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/vgs-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Very Good Security API — frequently asked questions

Does Very Good Security have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 4 APIs from Very Good Security, including Very Good Security Aliases API, Very Good Security Organizations API and Very Good Security Routes API, and 1 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Very Good Security API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 4 OpenAPI specifications for Very Good Security, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Very Good Security API?

Very Good Security uses bearer-token authentication (http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Very Good Security Authentication.

How much does the Very Good Security API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Very Good Security, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Very Good Security API ready for AI agents?

Very Good Security has a Kin Score of 29.6 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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