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52 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • 3scale logo

    3scale

    API management platform for designing, securing, and monetizing APIs

    From $300/mo
    • Web
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Ably logo

    Ably

    Realtime data delivery platform for pub/sub messaging at scale

    Free plan, then $29/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Akana logo

    Akana

    Enterprise API lifecycle management platform

    From $2,500/mo
    • Web
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • Apidog logo

    Apidog

    All-in-one platform for API design, documentation, testing, and mocking

    Free plan, then $9/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +1

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Apigee logo

    Apigee

    API management platform for designing, securing, and scaling APIs

    From $500/mo
    • Web
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Apollo GraphQL logo

    Apollo GraphQL

    GraphQL platform and API orchestration layer for building unified graphs

    Free plan, then $5/mo
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Appwrite logo

    Appwrite

    Open-source Backend as a Service with REST API and SDKs

    Free plan, then $15/mo
    • Web
    • Self-hosted
    6 integrations

    4 alternatives · 6 questions answered

  • Asyncapi logo

    Asyncapi

    Specification and tools for defining asynchronous APIs

    Free
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • AWS API Gateway logo

    AWS API Gateway

    Fully managed API gateway service for creating and managing APIs at scale

    Free plan, then $1
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Backendless logo

    Backendless

    Visual app development platform with REST APIs and cloud backend

    Free plan, then $15/mo
    • Web

    3 alternatives · 6 questions answered

  • Bruno logo

    Bruno

    Open-source IDE for API exploration with git-friendly collections

    Free plan, then $6/mo
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • curl logo

    curl

    Command-line tool for transferring data using URLs with wide protocol support

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +2

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Directus logo

    Directus

    Open-source data platform providing REST and GraphQL APIs

    Free
    • API
    • Web
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • GraphQL Apollo logo

    GraphQL Apollo

    Complete platform for building GraphQL APIs

    Free plan, then $5
    • API
    • Web
    • iOS
    • +1

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • GraphQL Playground logo

    GraphQL Playground

    GraphQL IDE and documentation tool for building GraphQL APIs

    Free
    • Web
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Gravitee logo

    Gravitee

    Open source API management platform for event-native APIs

    Free plan available
    • Web
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Hasura logo

    Hasura

    GraphQL engine that instantly creates production-ready GraphQL API from databases

    Free plan, then $5/mo
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Hoppscotch logo

    Hoppscotch

    Open-source API development ecosystem with web-based REST client

    Free plan available
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +1

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • HTTPie logo

    HTTPie

    Command-line HTTP client with intuitive interface and syntax

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +1

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Janus Gateway logo

    Janus Gateway

    WebRTC gateway and media server for real-time communication

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • KeystoneJS logo

    KeystoneJS

    Powerful Node.js headless CMS framework and API platform

    Free
    • API
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Kong logo

    Kong

    Cloud-native API gateway and service connectivity platform

    Free
    • Linux
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Kong Gateway logo

    Kong Gateway

    Open-source and cloud API gateway for managing microservices traffic

    Free plan available
    • Web
    • Linux
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

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