API Stack

aid: api-stack
name: API Stack
description: API Stack is a free directory and discovery platform powered by Apideck that catalogs 213+ third-party API tools
  and services across 50+ categories including API gateways, management, design, authentication, developer portals, specifications,
  testing, security, monitoring, and marketplaces, helping developers discover and evaluate the right API tooling for their
  needs.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/api-stack.png
tags:
- API Design
- API Directory
- API Gateways
- API Management
- API Monitoring
- API Security
- API Testing
- API Tools
- Apideck
- Developer Tools
- Directory
- Discovery
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/api-stack/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-08'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: api-stack:api-stack-directory
  name: API Stack Directory
  description: The API Stack Directory is a searchable catalog of 213+ API tools and services organized into 50+ categories.
    Each listing includes descriptions, features, pricing, screenshots, and external links to help developers evaluate and
    select the right tools for their API programs.
  humanURL: https://www.apistack.io/
  tags:
  - API Directory
  - API Discovery
  - API Tools
  - Developer Tools
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.apistack.io/
  - type: Categories
    url: https://www.apistack.io/categories/all
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/api-stack-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/api-stack
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apistack.io/
- type: Categories
  url: https://www.apistack.io/categories/all
- type: APIGateways
  url: https://www.apistack.io/category/api-gateways
- type: APIManagement
  url: https://www.apistack.io/category/api-management
- type: APIDesign
  url: https://www.apistack.io/category/api-design
- type: APIAuthentication
  url: https://www.apistack.io/category/api-authentication
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.apistack.io/category/developer-documentation
- type: APIDirectories
  url: https://www.apistack.io/category/directories
- type: APISpecifications
  url: https://www.apistack.io/category/api-specifications
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: 213+ Tools Catalog
    description: Comprehensive listing of API tools and services across 50+ categories with descriptions, features, and pricing.
  - name: Category Browsing
    description: Organized categories for browsing by API lifecycle stage including design, development, testing, security,
      and monitoring.
  - name: Search and Discovery
    description: Full-text search to find specific API tools matching developer requirements.
  - name: Tool Comparison
    description: Detailed listing pages with features, pricing, and screenshots to help compare similar tools.
  - name: Powered by Apideck
    description: Built and maintained by Apideck as part of the broader API ecosystem alongside API Tracker and Open Banking
      Tracker.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: API Tooling Discovery
    description: Developers and architects find and evaluate API tools across all stages of the API lifecycle.
  - name: API Gateway Selection
    description: Compare API gateway options from open source to enterprise to find the right solution for infrastructure
      needs.
  - name: API Security Tool Research
    description: Discover API security testing, authentication, and monitoring tools for securing API programs.
  - name: API Design Tool Evaluation
    description: Explore API design tools, editors, and specification validators to improve API development workflows.
  - name: Developer Portal Platforms
    description: Research developer portal platforms and documentation tools for publishing API programs.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com