Xano

Xano is a no-code backend / backend-as-a-service that lets users visually build production REST APIs backed by a managed PostgreSQL database and serverless functions. Each workspace auto-generates its own OpenAPI/Swagger for the user-built API groups, and a separate per-instance Metadata API lets you manage tables, schema, records, files, and branches programmatically with Bearer auth.

Xano publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including API Groups API, Auth API, Content API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include No-Code, Backend-as-a-Service, API Builder, Database, and Serverless.

The Xano catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Xano’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 11 more developer resources.

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32.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 42/100 agent ready Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 1 MCP Servers

No-Code Backend-as-a-Service API Builder Database Serverless

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 32.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 15

Access Clarity 2.6 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.1 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 42/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 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

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 6 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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

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 →
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 Ask about this →
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks Ask about this →
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too Ask about this →

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Access Clarity scores 17.0 — up to +16.6 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Quality scores 45.2 — up to +13.7 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 32.1 — up to +13.6 composite points Ask about this →

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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
IDE Extension Marketplaces (JetBrains, VS Code, Open VSX, Docker Verified Publishers, PyPI orgs)	builds-on	41.8	-	-

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 4

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.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

Dynamic Client Registration

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

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

Xano Generated User APIs

The REST APIs that Xano users build visually. Each API group is served at its own /api:{token} path on the instance and auto-generates its own OpenAPI/Swagger document; surface,...

Xano API Groups API

API groups, their endpoints, and generated OpenAPI.

Xano Auth API

Authenticated user and accessible workspaces.

Xano Content API

Table records (database content) CRUD and search.

Xano Files API

Workspace file library.

Xano Tables API

Database tables, schema, and indexes.

Xano Workspace API

Workspace details, branches, import/export.

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Open Collections 7

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

Xano Metadata API Groups API

OPEN COLLECTION

Xano Metadata API Groups Auth API

OPEN COLLECTION

Xano Metadata API Groups Content API

OPEN COLLECTION

Xano Metadata API Groups Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

Xano Metadata API Groups Tables API

OPEN COLLECTION

Xano Metadata API Groups Workspace API

OPEN COLLECTION

Xano Metadata API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Xano MCP Server

Remote MCP server at mcp.xano.com over HTTP.

MCP SERVER

Xano API pricing

Not yet checked against Xano's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-20 from www.xano.com/pricing/; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free free	Free
Essential paid	—
Pro paid	—
Custom enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Free Plan Generated API Limit: 10 per 20 seconds requests
Paid Plan Generated API Limit: unlimited (bounded by instance capacity) requests
Metadata API: see provider documentation requests

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

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Xano Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Xano Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

Compliance 1

Attestations the provider states (SOC 2, ISO 27001 and others), quoted from its own trust page. APIs.io verifies none of them.

Xano

9 quoted statements, read from Xano's own page on 2026-11-10.

COMPLIANCE

FinOps 1

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

Xano 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.

Xano API Rules

62 rules · 56 error-severity 4 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 4

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

Xano Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Xano Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Xano Vulnerability Disclosure

no policy recorded

SECURITY

Xano Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

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

Xano Agentic Access

37 operations · 20 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 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

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 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Attestations

Attestations

Source (apis.yml)

aid: xano
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/xano/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Xano
kind: company
description: Xano is a no-code backend / backend-as-a-service that lets users visually build production REST APIs backed by
  a managed PostgreSQL database and serverless functions. Each workspace auto-generates its own OpenAPI/Swagger for the user-built
  API groups, and a separate per-instance Metadata API lets you manage tables, schema, records, files, and branches programmatically
  with Bearer auth.
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: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/xano.png
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
x-docs-hosting: vercel
tags:
- No-Code
- Backend-as-a-Service
- API Builder
- Database
- Serverless
tags_raw:
- No Code
- Backend as a Service
- API Builder
- Database
- Serverless
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: xano:xano-generated-user-apis
  name: Xano Generated User APIs
  tags:
  - Generated API
  - REST
  - No-Code
  - OpenAPI
  tags_raw:
  - Generated API
  - REST
  - No Code
  - OpenAPI
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.xano.com/connecting-to-a-front-end/fundamentals
  baseURL: https://{instance}.xano.io/api:{api_group}
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.xano.com/connecting-to-a-front-end/fundamentals
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
    type: APIReference
  description: The REST APIs that Xano users build visually. Each API group is served at its own /api:{token} path on the
    instance and auto-generates its own OpenAPI/Swagger document; surface, paths, and auth are defined per workspace by the
    builder.
- aid: xano:xano-api-groups-api
  name: Xano API Groups API
  description: API groups, their endpoints, and generated OpenAPI.
  humanURL: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  baseURL: https://{instance}.xano.io/api:meta
  tags:
  - API Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/xano-api-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/xano.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/xano.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/content
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
- aid: xano:xano-auth-api
  name: Xano Auth API
  description: Authenticated user and accessible workspaces.
  humanURL: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  baseURL: https://{instance}.xano.io/api:meta
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - Auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/xano-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/xano.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/xano.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/content
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
- aid: xano:xano-content-api
  name: Xano Content API
  description: Table records (database content) CRUD and search.
  humanURL: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  baseURL: https://{instance}.xano.io/api:meta
  tags:
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/xano-content-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/xano.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/xano.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/content
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
- aid: xano:xano-files-api
  name: Xano Files API
  description: Workspace file library.
  humanURL: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  baseURL: https://{instance}.xano.io/api:meta
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/xano-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/xano.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/xano.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/content
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
- aid: xano:xano-tables-api
  name: Xano Tables API
  description: Database tables, schema, and indexes.
  humanURL: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  baseURL: https://{instance}.xano.io/api:meta
  tags:
  - Tables
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/xano-tables-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/xano.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/xano.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/content
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
- aid: xano:xano-workspace-api
  name: Xano Workspace API
  description: Workspace details, branches, import/export.
  humanURL: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  baseURL: https://{instance}.xano.io/api:meta
  tags:
  - Workspace
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/xano-workspace-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/tables-and-schema
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/xano.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/xano.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api/content
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.xano.com/xano-features/metadata-api
common:
- url: https://www.xano.com/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/xano-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/xano-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/xano-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/xano-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/xano-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/xano-inc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xano
- type: Website
  url: https://www.xano.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.xano.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/xano-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/xano-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/xano-finops.yml
- type: Attestations
  url: compliance/xano-compliance.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Xano API — frequently asked questions

Does Xano have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Xano, including Xano Generated User APIs, Xano API Groups API and Xano Auth API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Xano API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Xano, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Xano API?

Xano documents its authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Xano Authentication.

How much does the Xano API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for Xano, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Xano have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Xano: Remote MCP server at mcp.xano.com over HTTP.

Is the Xano API ready for AI agents?

Xano has a Kin Score of 32.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 42.4 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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