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Amazon MemoryDB

Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is a durable, in-memory database service that delivers ultra-fast performance. It is Redis-compatible and provides microsecond reads, low single-digit millisecond writes, and enterprise-grade security.

agent ready

Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.

Kin Score

API Evangelist profiles Amazon MemoryDB the way a machine reads it — 62 machine-readable artifacts across 12 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.

Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Amazon MemoryDB scores 65.0/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.

Kin Score

This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 65.0/100 · strong
Contract Quality 17.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 13.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 10.4 / 12
Discoverability 8.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 48/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
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

How we profile Amazon MemoryDB

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Amazon MemoryDB. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.

APIs 12

Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.

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

Amazon MemoryDB ACLs API

The ACLs API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for acls.

Amazon MemoryDB Clusters API

The Clusters API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for clusters.

Amazon MemoryDB EngineVersions API

The EngineVersions API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for engineversions.

Amazon MemoryDB Events API

The Events API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for events.

Amazon MemoryDB NodeTypes API

The NodeTypes API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for nodetypes.

Amazon MemoryDB ParameterGroups API

The ParameterGroups API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for parametergroups.

Amazon MemoryDB ReservedNodes API

The ReservedNodes API from Amazon MemoryDB — 2 operation(s) for reservednodes.

Amazon MemoryDB Shards API

The Shards API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for shards.

Amazon MemoryDB Snapshots API

The Snapshots API from Amazon MemoryDB — 2 operation(s) for snapshots.

Amazon MemoryDB SubnetGroups API

The SubnetGroups API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for subnetgroups.

Amazon MemoryDB Tags API

The Tags API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for tags.

Amazon MemoryDB Users API

The Users API from Amazon MemoryDB — 1 operation(s) for users.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.

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

Amazon MemoryDB API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Memorydb Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.

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

Features 7

The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Redis Compatibility

Fully compatible with Redis and Memcached data structures, APIs, and commands.

Durable In-Memory Storage

Multi-AZ transactional log ensures data durability without sacrificing performance.

Ultra-Fast Performance

Microsecond read and low single-digit millisecond write latency at scale.

Cluster Management

Create and manage MemoryDB clusters, shards, and replicas with ease.

Snapshot and Restore

Create point-in-time snapshots for backup and restore operations.

Access Control Lists

Fine-grained access control with user-based ACLs for security.

Multi-Region Clusters

Deploy clusters across multiple AWS regions for global low-latency access.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Memorydb Memorydb Api Context

11 classes · 21 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.

Amazon MemoryDB API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

Amazon MemoryDB API Rules

26 rules · 9 errors · 12 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 9

Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ACL

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Cluster

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CreateClusterRequest

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeClustersResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ParameterGroup

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Snapshot

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SubnetGroup

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Tag

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

User

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 9

JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Memorydb Api Acl Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Memorydb Api Cluster Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Memorydb Api Parameter Group Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Memorydb Api Snapshot Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Memorydb Api Subnet Group Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Memorydb Api Tag Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Memorydb Api User Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 9

Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.

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

Amazon Memorydb Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Amazon Memorydb Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Memorydb Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Memorydb Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.

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

Amazon Memorydb Agentic Access

34 operations · 22 acting

34 operations · 22 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.

What developers build with this provider.

Microservices Session Management

Store session data with ultra-low latency for modern microservices applications.

Real-Time Leaderboards

Maintain sorted sets for gaming leaderboards and ranking systems.

Caching Layer

Use as a durable caching layer to reduce database load and improve response times.

Pub/Sub Messaging

Build real-time messaging and event streaming with Redis pub/sub patterns.

Resources

Every other property we hold for Amazon MemoryDB — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.

Get Started 3

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

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

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