# ZDNet

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/zdnet/  
**Website:** https://www.zdnet.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

ZDNet is a business technology news website owned by Ziff Davis, covering enterprise IT, cybersecurity, cloud computing, hardware, software, and innovation for IT professionals and tech-savvy business leaders. ZDNet provides news, analysis, product reviews, and how-to guides. No public developer API is available; content is accessible via RSS feeds.

## Kin Score — 35.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 56.0 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 57.1 |
| Access Clarity | 57.1 |

## Agent readiness — 22.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **ZDNet AI API** — Artificial intelligence feeds
- **ZDNet Cloud API** — Cloud computing feeds
- **ZDNet News API** — General news feeds
- **ZDNet Security API** — Security feeds

## Agentic access (1)

- **Zdnet Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (1)

- **Zdnet Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Zdnet Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (2)

- **News Aggregation** — Aggregate ZDNet articles into a news app or dashboard.
- **Topic Monitoring** — Monitor specific topic feeds (security, cloud, AI) for industry tracking.

## Tags

Enterprise IT, Media, Technology News

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