Available worldwide · Popular in: US

What is Scalar?

Create beautiful API docs, SDKs, and secure MCP servers from your API. Scalar keeps every interface in sync as your API evolves.

Independently observed

Scalar pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $72/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $72/month. Free tier. SDK languages available: TypeScript, Python, C#, Java, PHP, Go, Ruby (+$100 each for Pro/Enterprise).

Free

Free
Free

Start with beautiful API docs.

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1
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50
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50000
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2
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200
  • Hosted OpenAPI docs
  • Built-in API client
  • Themes
  • Unlimited viewer seats
  • 1 editor seat

Pro

$72/month

Ship docs, SDKs, and MCP servers.

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500
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50000
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2
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200
  • Custom domains and subdomains
  • Git Sync, Markdown, and MDX support
  • API References from OpenAPI/AsyncAPI
  • Custom HTML/CSS/JS
  • Email domain access control
  • Guides and versioning
  • Landing pages
  • Full developer portal
  • Hosted MCP servers
  • Production deployment
  • Automated GitHub workflows
  • Custom code and code samples
  • Full OpenAPI authentication support
  • File streaming
  • Full language publishing registry

Enterprise

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Scale every API interface.

  • Full developer portals
  • SSO/SAML
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Priority support and SLAs
  • SDK and MCP migration services
  • Dedicated Slack/Teams channel
  • Custom Agent Scalar credits

Add-ons

  • SDK Language$100 one-time

What Scalar does

The capabilities that matter for api development tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
REST client
GraphQL support
-
gRPC support
-
Design
Mock servers
-
Testing
Automated / contract testing
Collaboration
Team collaboration & sharing
Docs
Doc generation
Standards
OpenAPI / spec import
Ops
CI integration / CLI
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (2)

Independently observed
  • GitHub
  • Slack

Scalar alternatives

Other api development tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Scalar, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 67 / 100
medium · 58%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Package Downloads750.2015.0
Capabilities810.1210.0
Github Activity630.148.7
Release Cadence980.087.6
Pricing Transparency1000.066.2
Security Posture500.105.0
Reliability500.063.1
Github Stars790.043.0
Price Level250.051.2
Integrations140.060.9
Stackoverflow Activity00.090.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars15,776highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%
Package downloads weekly597,713highsource · 2026-08-01 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"api_docs":true,"rest_client":true,"collaboration":true,"ci_integration":true,"openapi_import":true,"automated_testing":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count2mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryTypeScripthighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-08-01 · 99%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 50%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Starting gbp72mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Price levelhighmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days3mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%