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Stoplight vs. Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Stoplight

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AStoplight is an API Design, Development, and Documentation platform that aims to enable consistency, reusability, and quality, all with an easy, enjoyable developer experience. Presented as a solution to help utilize and integrate design-first workflows to scale up standardized, collaborative, and well-governed API programs.

    $0

    Up to 3 Users

    Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ASupported by SmartBear, Swagger is a set of tools used by developers to design, document, build, and test APIs in the OpenAPI Specification.N/A
    Pricing
    StoplightSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Up to 3 Users
    Starter
    $99
    Up to 10 Users
    Pro
    $399
    Unlimited Projects
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    Pricing Offerings
    StoplightSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    StoplightSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of Stoplight and Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Feature
    Stoplight
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    Ratings
    Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    API access control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API usage data00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API user onboarding00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API versioning00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    StoplightSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    StoplightSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Stoplight
    API mocking, testing, and sharing are all built in functions for StopLight that work quite well. They even have functionality for generating OAI and RAML code as well, which is a huge plus. AS for as areas where StopLight is not appropriate, if you're doing anything other than API testing, StopLight may not be appropriate for use.
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    SmartBear
    To my opinion Swagger Open Source is a very good tool to quickly produce an api documentation, that how I use it.Swagger can also produce an open api file to generate an api for our application server (Inersystems Iris) but we don't use this functionality for now. We plan to use more Swagger features in the future.
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    Pros
    Stoplight
    • OpenAPI support
    • Markdown supports
    • Git integration
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    SmartBear
    • Produce documentation
    • user interface to create api definition
    • reusability of data description
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    Cons
    Stoplight
    • Simplicity of set up. Although it's not difficult, there are tools out there that are easier to set up for testing endpoints.
    • Again, it's perfectly functional, but some competitors I think have a more user friendly UI to them.
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    SmartBear
    • for me the UI can be more simple
    • too many functionnalities when just want to produce doc, can be a separate app
    • A french documentation will be apreciated
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    Alternatives Considered
    Stoplight
    I'd like to also throw Runscope and Fiddler into the mix. Between StopLight and all these competitors, we've chosen StopLight primarily for the support, ease of use, and reliability. Most tools out there today are top-notch, so it really comes down to personal preference and different use-cases. Having used other API testing frameworks, StopLight definitely stacks up against the competition.
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    SmartBear
    We use swagger only to generate the API documentation, for testing the APIs, we use Postman. We don't find an other tools for producing API documentation in web pages and also in pdf files. Postman is a good complement for testing APIs on InterSystems IRIS (a powerful application server and DB manager) which implements these APIs.
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    Return on Investment
    Stoplight
    • Increased efficiency
    • Improved comminication between backeend and frontend
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    SmartBear
    • Less time to produce our documentation
    • Documentation can be accessed online, this is a plus for our customers and partners
    • Great tools to communicate with other project actors
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