APILayer Marketplace vs FabriXAPI

APILayer Marketplace is a public web and API platform for discovering, integrating and managing APIs across categories such as machine learning and financial data. APILayer describes a catalog of more than 40 production-grade APIs with one API key, a shared dashboard and consistent documentation. The browser-based Live Demo lets users change parameters, try requests and view sample code in several programming languages. The platform combines subscription billing, usage tracking and support, and responses include a header showing remaining limits. Users must subscribe to an API before using it; almost all APIs have a free plan. Subscriptions can be upgraded, downgraded or canceled without a long-term commitment. Plans include Free Plan at free, billed monthly, with 100 requests monthly; Starter Plan at $19.99 a month; and Pro Plan at $149.99 a month. APILayer targets individual developers and enterprise teams in fintech, e-commerce and SaaS.

FabriXAPI is a managed cloud platform for publishing, distributing, and monetizing APIs. Providers can create branded developer portals and change them later, with access set as public or password protected and developers invited by email. API specifications can be uploaded as OpenAPI Specification or Markdown files using the online editor or a CI/CD pipeline. Within collections, APIs can be public or unlisted. Subscription plans can set quotas, soft or hard limits, prices, and approval requirements. Payment support includes offline collection and a provider’s own Stripe account; additional options are described as coming soon. GitHub and GitLab APIOps integrations are available through CI/CD. Starter costs nothing and includes 3 public plans, 50 unlisted plans, 100K API calls per API plan, 100K API volume per month, and 100 monthly active subscriptions. Essential is $69 a month and Professional is $299 a month; Business and Enterprise have custom pricing. Support ranges from Starter email support to Enterprise custom professional services. FabriXAPI states that it is ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified for specified API platform services.