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21 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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  • 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

  • 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

  • Asyncapi logo

    Asyncapi

    Specification and tools for defining asynchronous APIs

    Free
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 4 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

  • KeystoneJS logo

    KeystoneJS

    Powerful Node.js headless CMS framework and API platform

    Free
    • API
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 3 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

  • Liveblocks logo

    Liveblocks

    Realtime collaboration infrastructure for building multiplayer features

    Free plan, then $30/mo
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Moesif logo

    Moesif

    API analytics and monitoring platform for tracking API usage and customers

    Free
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Parse Server logo

    Parse Server

    Open-source Backend as a Service platform with REST and GraphQL APIs

    Free
    • API
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Payload CMS logo

    Payload CMS

    Modern TypeScript-first headless CMS with REST and GraphQL APIs

    Free
    • API
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Prisma logo

    Prisma

    Modern ORM and API client for Node.js and TypeScript

    Free
    • API

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • PubNub logo

    PubNub

    Realtime communication platform for chat, IoT, and live data apps

    Free plan, then $98/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Pusher logo

    Pusher

    Realtime messaging API for building live features into apps

    Free plan, then $49/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Stainless logo

    Stainless

    Generates client SDKs, API docs, and MCP servers from an OpenAPI spec

    Free plan available
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Strapi logo

    Strapi

    Headless CMS with REST and GraphQL APIs

    From $35/mo
    • API
    • Web
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Swagger logo

    Swagger

    API design and documentation platform for building, testing, and managing APIs

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

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • Swagger/OpenAPI logo

    Swagger/OpenAPI

    API specification and documentation framework using OpenAPI standard

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

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Treblle logo

    Treblle

    API observability, security, and governance platform

    From $233/mo
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • WSO2 API Manager logo

    WSO2 API Manager

    Complete API management platform for designing and managing APIs

    Free
    • API
    • Linux
    • Self-hosted

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

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Apis tools, compared

Pairings from this slice of the directory, each one checked by two reviewers who agreed a buyer would weigh the two against each other.

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Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed. A vendor can buy a place in the results on the home page, on a category listing or on the catalogue, and where they do the result carries a Sponsored label. Everything not carrying that label is ordered on the same criteria as everything else, and a paid place never changes where an unpaid one lands: the editorial order flows around it. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

How current is it?

Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.