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Stoplight
API design, documentation, and governance platform
As of 30 August 2026, Stoplight has a free plan and paid plans start at $44/year. Stoplight is a complete API design and governance platform that helps teams design, document, test, and govern APIs with visual tools and collaborative workflow. Softwr lists it under APIs. Stoplight is launched in 2014, available on Web.
Overview
What Stoplight does
Stoplight is a complete API design and governance platform that helps teams design, document, test, and govern APIs with visual tools and collaborative workflows.
What people use it for
- API design and documentation
- API governance and standards
- Team collaboration on API development
- API mocking and testing
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The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Stoplight.
- The free plan allows one project and one user
- Private projects, multi branch support and custom domains start at the Startup plan, $113 a month billed annually
- SSO and shared style guides are Pro Team only, at $362 a month billed annually
- Seats beyond each plan's allowance are $11 to $27 each per month depending on tier and billing period
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Pricing
What Stoplight costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- 1 project
- 1 user
- Basic API design and documentation features
Basic
$56 /mo
- Annual: $44/user/year
- 3 included users; $14 per additional user (monthly)
- Unlimited projects
- Visual designer
- Interactive docs
- Instant mock servers
Startup
$147 /mo
- Annual: $113/user/year
- 8 included users; $14 per additional user (monthly)
- Private projects
- Multi-branch support
- Custom domains
- Analytics
Pro Team
$453 /mo
- Annual: $362/user/year
- 15 included users; $27 per additional user (monthly)
- Up to 20 teams
- Shared style guides
- SSO (Single Sign-On)
- Component libraries
Enterprise
On request
- Custom pricing
- Unlimited projects and teams
- Invoicing
- Custom payment terms
- Priority support
Capabilities
Features
API Design
API Documentation
Governance
GitHub
Integration with GitHub
GitLab
Integration with GitLab
Jenkins
Integration with Jenkins
Azure DevOps
Integration with Azure DevOps
Web support
Available on Web
Cloud support
Available on Cloud
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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How much does Stoplight cost?
Stoplight starts with a free plan (1 project, 1 user), then Basic at $56/month per user (or $44/year), Startup at $147/month per user (or $113/year), Pro Team at $453/month per user (or $362/year), and Enterprise at custom pricing.
SourceHow many included users are in each Stoplight plan?
Basic includes 3 users, Startup includes 8 users, and Pro Team includes 15 users. Additional users beyond the included count cost $14/month for Basic and Startup, or $27/month for Pro Team.
SourceDoes Stoplight offer a free trial?
Yes, all paid Stoplight plans include a 14-day free trial. The free plan has no trial period as it is always available.
SourceDoes Stoplight's free plan have limitations?
Yes, the free plan includes only 1 project and 1 user. Users viewing public documentation anonymously are not counted toward the 1-user limit.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Stoplight
- Company
- Stoplight
- Based in
- Austin, Texas, USA
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