Stoplight
A collaborative API design platform built on OpenAPI specifications for streamlined API development workflows
- Also known as
- stoplight
Available worldwide
What is Stoplight?
Stoplight is a design-first platform that facilitates collaborative API development, enabling teams to design APIs using OpenAPI specifications, generate interactive documentation, create mock servers, and enforce consistency standards across API programs.
Stoplight 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.
From $44/month billed annually. Free tier available with 14-day trials on paid plans.
Free
Free- users
- 1
- projects
- 1
- API editor
- OpenAPI/JSON schema visual designer
- Code-based editing
- Schema reuse
- Design validation
- Git sync
- Documentation editor
- OpenAPI export
- Local mock servers
- Automatic mock servers
- Request validation
- Interactive API docs
- API console
Basic
Design an API as an individual
- projects
- Unlimited
- users_included
- 3
- OpenAPI/JSON schema visual designer
- Interactive docs
- Instant mock servers
Startup
Build an API program for small teams
- projects
- Unlimited
- users_included
- 8
- Private projects
- Multi-branch support
- Custom domains and theming
- Google Analytics integration
- Approved email domains
Pro Team
Govern APIs across your organization
- teams
- 20
- projects
- Unlimited
- users_included
- 15
- Up to 20 teams
- Shared style guides
- Workspace groups
- Remove Stoplight branding
- Self-hosted Git providers
- Activity logs
- LDAP & SAML SSO
- Component libraries
Enterprise
Contact salesYour API program at scale
- teams
- Unlimited
- projects
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing
- Unlimited projects and teams
- Custom payment terms
- Invoicing
- Priority support
What Stoplight 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.
- REST client
- ✓
- GraphQL support
- ✓
- gRPC support
- -
- Mock servers
- ✓
- Automated / contract testing
- -
- Team collaboration & sharing
- ✓
- Doc generation
- ✓
- OpenAPI / spec import
- ✓
- CI integration / CLI
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- GitHub
- GitLab
- Azure DevOps
- Bitbucket
- Google Analytics
- LDAP
- SAML
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Stoplight FAQ
Common questions about Stoplight, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Stoplight?
A platform for designing APIs using OpenAPI specifications with visual editors, automatic documentation generation, mock servers, and team collaboration features for API governance across organizations. It is indexed under API Development Tools.
Source: https://stoplight.io/pricing
Is Stoplight free?
Stoplight offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $11 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://stoplight.io/pricing
What platforms does Stoplight support?
Stoplight supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://stoplight.io/pricing
Can Stoplight be self-hosted?
Yes. Stoplight can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://stoplight.io/pricing
What does Stoplight integrate with?
We have confirmed 7 integrations for Stoplight, including GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Google Analytics, LDAP and SAML. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://stoplight.io/pricing
What security certifications does Stoplight have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Stoplight. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Stoplight not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Stoplight alternatives
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Compare Stoplight
Side by side against other api development tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI 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 Stoplight, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.10 | 8.6 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 85 | 0.07 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.05 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Security score | 36 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 56 | 0.03 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.05 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 0 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Api docs, Mock server, Rest client, Collaboration, Ci integration, Openapi import, Graphql support | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
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