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VictoriaMetrics

VictoriaMetrics is a fast open-source time-series database and monitoring solution. It exposes a Prometheus-compatible HTTP query API, a wide range of ingestion endpoints (Prometheus remote-write, InfluxDB Line Protocol, DataDog v1/v2, Graphite, OpenTSDB, CSV, JSON, native), a federation endpoint and admin endpoints. The commercial Enterprise edition adds anomaly detection (vmanomaly), downsampling, multi-tenancy and other features.

VictoriaMetrics publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Admin API, Export API, Import API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Database, Time-Series, Monitoring, Open Source, and Prometheus.

VictoriaMetrics’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

40.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try
9 APIs
DatabaseTime-SeriesMonitoringOpen SourcePrometheusPromQLMetricsQLObservability

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 40.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 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
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APIs 9

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

VictoriaMetrics Prometheus-Compatible Query API

Prometheus-compatible HTTP API for instant and range queries (PromQL / MetricsQL), label discovery, series search, metadata and TSDB status. Single-node default port 8428; in cl...

VictoriaMetrics Ingestion APIs

Multi-protocol ingestion — Prometheus remote-write (/api/v1/write), InfluxDB line protocol (/write or /insert/0/influx/write), DataDog v1 (/datadog/api/v1/series) and v2 (/datad...

VictoriaMetrics Admin / Federation API

Administrative endpoints for time-series deletion (/api/v1/admin/tsdb/ delete_series), data export/import (/api/v1/export, /api/v1/import in various formats), Prometheus federat...

VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection (vmanomaly)

Enterprise-only ML-driven anomaly detection. Reads via Prometheus query API, writes anomaly scores back via Prometheus remote-write. Multivariate models, confidence intervals an...

VictoriaMetrics Admin API

Administrative operations

VictoriaMetrics Export API

Raw sample export endpoints

VictoriaMetrics Import API

Data ingestion endpoints

VictoriaMetrics Query API

Prometheus-compatible query endpoints (PromQL / MetricsQL)

VictoriaMetrics Third-Party API

Endpoints compatible with other monitoring formats

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Open Collections 1

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

VictoriaMetrics HTTP API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

VictoriaMetrics GraphQL Schema

This directory contains a conceptual GraphQL schema for the VictoriaMetrics time-series database and monitoring platform. VictoriaMetrics does not natively expose a GraphQL endp...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Victoriametrics Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Security Posture 3

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

Victoriametrics Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Victoriametrics Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Victoriametrics Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Victoriametrics Agentic Access

25 operations · 13 acting

25 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: victoriametrics
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/victoriametrics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: VictoriaMetrics
kind: company
description: VictoriaMetrics is a fast open-source time-series database and monitoring solution. It exposes a Prometheus-compatible
  HTTP query API, a wide range of ingestion endpoints (Prometheus remote-write, InfluxDB Line Protocol, DataDog v1/v2, Graphite,
  OpenTSDB, CSV, JSON, native), a federation endpoint and admin endpoints. The commercial Enterprise edition adds anomaly
  detection (vmanomaly), downsampling, multi-tenancy and other features.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · 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/victoriametrics.png
tags:
- Database
- Time-Series
- Monitoring
- Open Source
- Prometheus
- PromQL
- MetricsQL
- Observability
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: victoriametrics:prometheus-query
  name: VictoriaMetrics Prometheus-Compatible Query API
  description: Prometheus-compatible HTTP API for instant and range queries (PromQL / MetricsQL), label discovery, series
    search, metadata and TSDB status. Single-node default port 8428; in cluster mode served by vmselect on port 8481 under
    /select/<accountID>/prometheus/.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - REST
  - Prometheus
  - PromQL
  - MetricsQL
  - Query
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
  - type: PromQLCompat
    url: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyConcepts.html#metricsql
  - url: graphql/victoriametrics-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: victoriametrics:ingestion
  name: VictoriaMetrics Ingestion APIs
  description: Multi-protocol ingestion — Prometheus remote-write (/api/v1/write), InfluxDB line protocol (/write or /insert/0/influx/write),
    DataDog v1 (/datadog/api/v1/series) and v2 (/datadog/api/v2/series), Graphite (TCP 2003 or /graphite endpoints), OpenTSDB
    (TCP 4242 or /api/put), CSV/JSON/ native /api/v1/import.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-import-time-series-data
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - REST
  - Ingestion
  - Remote Write
  - InfluxDB
  - DataDog
  - Graphite
  - OpenTSDB
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-import-time-series-data
- aid: victoriametrics:admin
  name: VictoriaMetrics Admin / Federation API
  description: Administrative endpoints for time-series deletion (/api/v1/admin/tsdb/ delete_series), data export/import (/api/v1/export,
    /api/v1/import in various formats), Prometheus federation (/federate), TSDB stats and metadata.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-delete-time-series
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - REST
  - Admin
  - Federation
  - Export
- aid: victoriametrics:vmanomaly
  name: VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection (vmanomaly)
  description: Enterprise-only ML-driven anomaly detection. Reads via Prometheus query API, writes anomaly scores back via
    Prometheus remote-write. Multivariate models, confidence intervals and HA deployment supported.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/anomaly-detection/
  baseURL: http://<host>:8490
  tags:
  - Enterprise
  - Anomaly Detection
  - ML
  - Prometheus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/anomaly-detection/
- aid: victoriametrics:victoriametrics-admin-api
  name: VictoriaMetrics Admin API
  description: Administrative operations
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - Admin
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/victoriametrics-admin-api-openapi.yml
- aid: victoriametrics:victoriametrics-export-api
  name: VictoriaMetrics Export API
  description: Raw sample export endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - Export
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/victoriametrics-export-api-openapi.yml
- aid: victoriametrics:victoriametrics-import-api
  name: VictoriaMetrics Import API
  description: Data ingestion endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - Import
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/victoriametrics-import-api-openapi.yml
- aid: victoriametrics:victoriametrics-query-api
  name: VictoriaMetrics Query API
  description: Prometheus-compatible query endpoints (PromQL / MetricsQL)
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - Query
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/victoriametrics-query-api-openapi.yml
- aid: victoriametrics:victoriametrics-third-party-api
  name: VictoriaMetrics Third-Party API
  description: Endpoints compatible with other monitoring formats
  humanURL: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
  baseURL: http://<host>:8428
  tags:
  - Third-Party
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/victoriametrics-third-party-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/victoriametrics-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/victoriametrics-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/victoriametrics-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/victoriametrics-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/victoriametrics
- type: Website
  url: https://victoriametrics.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://victoriametrics.com/products/enterprise/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics
- type: EnterpriseTrial
  url: https://victoriametrics.com/products/enterprise/trial/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/victoriametrics-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/victoriametrics-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/victoriametrics-finops.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://victoriametrics.com/partners/index.html
- url: https://victoriametrics.com/index.xml
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Skip to content
- name: Allenta
- name: Alpha Data
- name: Bajau
- name: CloudRaft
- name: Cogito Software
- name: Erythix
- name: Megazone Cloud
- name: Ness
- name: Niubits
- name: Piros
- name: Sensor Factory
- name: Zelarsoft
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com