GoodData Analytics API

GoodData Cloud REST API for headless BI and embedded analytics. GoodData is developer-first analytics platform offering a comprehensive API and SDK for programmatic access to workspaces, metrics, dashboards, and data. Enables AI agents to execute MAQL (GoodData query language) queries, manage semantic layer, and retrieve analytics results.

Evaluated Mar 07, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
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⚙ Agent Friendliness
60
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
77
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
69
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
38
Documentation
70
Error Messages
68
Auth Simplicity
72
Rate Limits
60

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
92
Auth Strength
78
Scope Granularity
65
Dep. Hygiene
68
Secret Handling
78

Enterprise analytics data. SOC2 and GDPR. API token. Data residency options in EU and US.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
75
Version Stability
70
Breaking Changes
65
Error Recovery
65
AF Security Reliability

Best When

A developer or analytics team using GoodData wants AI agents to query analytics data programmatically — GoodData's comprehensive API makes it well-suited for agent-driven analytics.

Avoid When

You need a business-user-focused BI tool (GoodData is more complex and developer-oriented). Enterprise pricing commitment required.

Use Cases

  • Executing GoodData analytics queries from business intelligence automation agents
  • Managing GoodData workspaces and data sources from analytics admin agents
  • Retrieving metric results and dashboard data from reporting automation agents
  • Embedding analytics capabilities into products via GoodData API from developer agents

Not For

  • Simple dashboards without programmatic requirements (GoodData is developer-first)
  • Organizations without existing GoodData infrastructure
  • Real-time operational analytics (GoodData is batch-oriented)

Interface

REST API
Yes
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
No
SDK
Yes
Webhooks
No

Authentication

Methods: api_key
OAuth: No Scopes: No

GoodData API token authentication. Tokens generated per user in GoodData Cloud. Service accounts recommended for agent access.

Pricing

Model: freemium
Free tier: Yes
Requires CC: No

GoodData offers a community edition and trial. Cloud pricing requires sales engagement for production use.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
page
Idempotent
Partial
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • MAQL (GoodData query language) is proprietary — agents need to learn GoodData concepts
  • No public MCP server — REST API or SDK integration required
  • GoodData semantic layer model must be understood for correct query construction
  • Developer-first platform — more complex setup than business-user BI tools
  • Python SDK available and recommended for agent integration over raw REST API

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.

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