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API Architect vs CodeRifts

API Architect

apiarchitec.com

CodeRifts

coderifts.com

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FigureAPI ArchitectCodeRifts
Price from€29/mo$149/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
API—Yes
Plans published33
Spec score · API Governance Software8.2 (#11)8.3 (#8)
PurposeAPI Architect describes architecture, business rules, APIs, and AI governance in a shared executable DSL.CodeRifts provides contract-change authorization and governance for AI agents and API teams.
SupportThe Free plan includes community support, Starter lists support in 48h, and Pro lists priority support 7/7.Support is provided at [email protected], with no promised response time during public beta.

Plans

API Architect

  • FreeFree
  • Starter€29 a month
  • Pro€79 a month

API Architect pricing →

CodeRifts

  • FreeFree
  • Team$149 a month
  • Enterprise$1,500 a month

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In their own words

API Architect

API Architect is a web product for describing software architecture, business rules, APIs, and AI governance in a shared executable DSL. Its versioned language models systems, containers, and flows, while centralizing DTOs, compliance rules, and operational constraints. From those definitions, it generates APIs aligned with business needs, governance, and standards. Enterprise DSL is presented as a declarative language covering architecture, business, APIs, rules, AI, governance, and compliance. AI systems can load the DSL as an internal model so generated APIs follow business rules and governance boundaries. An example sets a market-specific maximum length for a resource field and defines a GET route returning that resource. Listed use cases include banking and insurance, retail and e-commerce, industry and energy, and SaaS publishers. Free costs nothing for one active project and community support; Starter is €29 a month; Pro is €79 a month.

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CodeRifts

CodeRifts provides authorization and governance for contract changes made by AI agents and API teams. Its diff engine checks OpenAPI 3.0 and 3.1 specifications for endpoint removals, newly required fields, response-type changes, enum restrictions, authentication changes, and parameter edits. It discovers matching.yaml,.yml, and.json files in repositories. Security analysis flags weakened authentication, and schema scans identify new or changed fields such as SSNs, credit-card numbers, and passports with GDPR/CCPA warnings. YAML rules in.coderifts.yml can block merges over limits, deprecation, or authentication requirements. Integrations include GitHub App, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, REST API, CLI, and an MCP server with three tools. Specifications are processed in memory and discarded; derived verdicts and metadata remain. Plans are Free at free, Team at $149 a month, and Enterprise at $1,500 a month.

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