aid: authzed
name: Authzed
description: >-
  Authzed is a SpiceDB-based authorization platform providing REST and gRPC APIs
  for Zanzibar-style relationship-based access control. It enables developers to
  manage schemas, write relationship tuples, and execute fine-grained permission
  checks at scale. Authzed Cloud delivers hosted SpiceDB infrastructure with
  pay-as-you-grow billing, processing tens of billions of permission checks daily
  across enterprise and AI-native applications.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/authzed/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Authorization
  - Access Control
  - Permissions
  - Zanzibar
  - SpiceDB
  - gRPC
  - REST
  - Relationship-Based Access Control
  - ReBAC
  - Fine-Grained Authorization
  - Identity
  - Security

apis:
  - name: SpiceDB Permissions API
    description: >-
      The core permissions API for SpiceDB, providing gRPC and HTTP/JSON
      interfaces for writing schemas, managing relationship tuples, and executing
      permission checks using a Zanzibar-inspired graph model. Supports
      CheckPermission, LookupResources, LookupSubjects, WriteRelationships,
      ReadRelationships, DeleteRelationships, WriteSchema, and ReadSchema
      operations.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/discovering-spicedb
    baseURL: https://grpc.authzed.com
    tags:
      - Permissions
      - Authorization
      - gRPC
      - REST
      - Relationships
      - Schema
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/discovering-spicedb
      - type: GrpcDocumentation
        url: https://buf.build/authzed/api/docs/main:authzed.api.v1
      - type: GitHubRepository
        url: https://github.com/authzed/api
      - type: SDKs
        url: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/client-libraries
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/client-libraries

  - name: Authzed Cloud API
    description: >-
      The managed cloud offering of SpiceDB by Authzed, providing production-ready
      authorization infrastructure with hourly metered billing. Includes all
      SpiceDB API capabilities plus Authzed-specific features such as Restricted
      API Access with role-based token policies, service account management,
      and multi-region deployment.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://authzed.com/products/authzed-cloud
    baseURL: https://app.authzed.com
    tags:
      - Cloud
      - Managed
      - Authorization
      - Multi-Region
      - Enterprise
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://authzed.com/docs
      - type: RestrictedAccessDocs
        url: https://authzed.com/docs/authzed/concepts/restricted-api-access

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://authzed.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://authzed.com/docs
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/authzed
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/authzed
  - type: Blog
    url: https://authzed.com/blog
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://authzed.com/pricing
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.authzed.com/
  - type: X
    url: https://twitter.com/authzed
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/authzed-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/authzed-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/authzed-finops.yml

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com