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API7 Enterprise vs Stoplight Elements

API7 Enterprise

api7.ai

Stoplight Elements

stoplight.io

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FigureAPI7 EnterpriseStoplight Elements
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
LinuxYes—
APIYes—
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published11
Spec score · Rest Apis8.1 (#6)7.3 (#16)
Spec score · Apis8.1 (#11)7.3 (#18)
MakerAPI7.ai says it is an open-source infrastructure company focused on API management and analysis.The Stoplight site identifies SmartBear as its parent company.
SecurityThe maker's documentation says API7.ai holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance credentials.Stoplight says it uses industry-standard technologies and services to protect data and conducts employee background checks and recurring security training.

Plans

API7 Enterprise

  • API7 Enterprise EditionPrice not published

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Stoplight Elements

  • Stoplight ElementsFree

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API7 Enterprise

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Stoplight Elements

Stoplight Elements is a free, open-source set of embeddable web components for building interactive API documentation from OpenAPI documents. It adds customizable left navigation and a three-column layout, while an embedded console lets readers try requests and inspect responses within the documentation. Elements supports OpenAPI, including version 3.1, and JSON Schema. It provides code samples in Curl, Python, Ruby, and Java, and its Stoplight-flavored Markdown supports tabs, callouts, and embedded JSON examples. The components require no build steps and can be used with any framework or HTML project. Documentation can be hosted anywhere, including S3 or GitHub. Elements can point to an OpenAPI document or a Stoplight Workspace and can work with any OpenAPI editor. The listed plan costs nothing and includes OpenAPI 3.1 support, an interactive API console, embedding into an existing CMS, and hosting anywhere. Compared with Elements DevPortal, the product page does not list multiple API listings, mocking, Markdown articles, branch version selection, or search. Stoplight identifies SmartBear as its parent company.

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