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Kong Gateway vs Stoplight Elements

Kong Gateway

konghq.com

Stoplight Elements

stoplight.io

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FigureKong GatewayStoplight Elements
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
LinuxYes—
APIYes—
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published71
Spec score · Rest Apis7.8 (#10)7.3 (#16)
Spec score · Apis7.8 (#13)7.3 (#18)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, USASomerville, Massachusetts, United States

Plans

Kong Gateway

  • Free trialFree
  • PlusPriced on request
  • EnterprisePriced on request
  • Kong Gateway Open SourceFree
  • Konnect Free trialFree
  • Konnect EnterprisePriced on request
  • Konnect PlusPrice not published

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Stoplight Elements

  • Stoplight ElementsFree

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Kong Gateway

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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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