APIs That Shine. Without The Grind.
Simplify your API lifecycle – design, develop, and deploy faster – built on Swagger, Spectral, and Pact.
SmartBear Named a Leader by Gartner® in the 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for API Management
Design with API Hub
From code-first to design-first: Standardize and collaborate on API designs using the Swagger Editor, built on open standards with powerful integrations to streamline development.
Enhance team collaboration
- Simplified API Design: Empower non-technical users with a visual, code-free form editor that makes API design accessible to everyone.
- Centralized Workspaces: Store and access all API designs in a single hub to streamline collaboration.
- Commenting and Feedback: Add comments directly to API designs to simplify reviews and foster discussions.
Ensure high-quality, consistent APIs
- Built-in Style Guides: Automatically apply industry and organizational standards to API designs across any API specification.
- Multi-Spec Support: Seamlessly support multiple API specifications, including OpenAPI and AsyncAPI, for greater flexibility.
- Reusable Components: Standardize key elements like headers and data models for greater efficiency.
Simplify your workflow
- Seamless Integrations: Connect with version control systems, CI/CD pipelines, and API gateways.
- Flexible Export Options: Export designs in multiple formats to meet development needs.
- Automated Mock APIs: Generate mock servers instantly to test endpoints without manual setup.
Portal with API Hub
Showcase your APIs on a tailored landing page, streamline onboarding, and empower users to easily discover, understand, and integrate your APIs, boosting visibility and engagement.
Accelerate API integration
- Control API Visibility: Decide whether to make your APIs public for broad access or private for authorized users only.
- Centralize Documentation: Organize all your API information in one accessible location for enhanced discoverability and management.
- Empower API Consumers: Provide intuitive guides and actionable resources to simplify the integration process.
Enhance discoverability
- Branded API Portal: Customize the portal to reflect your brand, providing a cohesive experience.
- Centralized API Catalog: Organize and showcase all your APIs in one accessible location.
- Search and Filter: Allow users to easily find APIs and endpoints relevant to their needs.
Streamline API development
- Assign Roles and Permissions: Simplify documentation management by creating user roles tailored to your team's needs.
- Flexible Rendering Options: Toggle between SwaggerUI and Elements for OpenAPI definitions, providing flexibility for providers and consumers.
- Centralized API Design: Eliminate context switching by designing and documenting APIs seamlessly within the portal.
“API Hub for Portal is promising to be a game changer for our onboarding process and developer experience. The use of the product concept to describe different parts of our system, combined with seamless integration with other API Hub products, means that developers have a one stop shop to get all the latest API information alongside visually appealing up to date documentation.”
—Senior Tech & Developer Experience Lead, Webio
“With the entire suite of SmartBear tools in play, we are improving release quality and receiving positive customer feedback.”
—Head of Delivery, Triquestra
“We can easily standardize the API design and achieve the level of quality we expect, more efficiently and more easily.”
—Industry Standards Manager, IATA
“Adding API Hub for Contract Testing to our test automation strategy gives the team the confidence to move forward when they see validation between the provider and consumer."”
—Head of Test Engineering, M1 Finance
Contract Testing with API Hub
Build your producer-consumer API contracts using OSS tools like Pact to validate behavior, enhance reliability, and reduce integration errors by identifying issues early in the development process.
Deploy with confidence
- Proactive Validation: Block breaking API changes by validating contracts early and reducing production risks.
- Seamless Collaboration: Use tools like can-i-deploy to ensure alignment between teams and shared expectations.
- AI-Driven Reliability: Automate test generation and maintenance with HaloAI precision, ensuring tests evolve with API changes for reliable deployments.
Expand test coverage
- Scalable Workflows: Scale testing across microservices and distributed systems with robust contract testing capabilities.
- Protocol Versatility: Test APIs across REST, Kafka, and other protocols for comprehensive coverage.
- Bi-Directional Validation: Align consumer and provider expectations with bi-directional contract testing for broader use cases.
Accelerate release cycles
- Streamlined Testing Pipelines: Automate contract testing within CI/CD workflows to ensure real-time validation during development.
- AI-Enhanced Efficiency: Detect gaps, optimize testing workflows, and accelerate time-to-market with minimal manual effort and HaloAI-driven accuracy.
- Earlier Issue Detection: Shift-Left Testing enables earlier detection and faster resolution of integration issues.
Explore with API Hub
Explore APIs effortlessly with integrated documentation and discovery tools, enabling users to quickly understand, validate, and integrate APIs while boosting engagement and speeding up onboarding.
Effortless API exploration
- Quick Endpoint Insights: Instantly visualize API responses to evaluate functionality.
- Multi-Protocol Exploration: Seamlessly interact with REST and Kafka APIs within a unified platform.
- Faster Integration Decisions: Identify capabilities and limitations to speed up API selection.
Confident integrations
- Mitigate Integration Errors: Reduce errors by evaluating API capabilities before integration.
- Save Time and Resources: Make informed API decisions quickly to focus on development.
- Understand API Behavior: Gain real-time insights into API responses to ensure functionality and integration readiness.
Unify workflows
- Integrated Exploration: Combine API discovery and validation in one intuitive platform.
- Eliminate Context Switching: Move seamlessly between API documentation and exploration efforts.
- Collaborative Insights: Share and access API details across teams to streamline integration workflows.
API Hub Integrations
Seamless Connections for Smarter Development
API Hub integrates effortlessly with the tools your team depends on, enabling streamlined workflows and optimized collaboration.
Ready to transform your API lifecycle?
Unlock advanced features and scale your API management with API Hub’s integrated solution. Manage design, testing, and documentation from one central hub.