# SmartBear

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/smartbear/  
**Website:** https://smartbear.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

SmartBear is a software company that provides AI-powered tools for API lifecycle management including design, testing, documentation, and governance. Their product portfolio includes SwaggerHub for API design and documentation, ReadyAPI for API testing, PactFlow for contract testing, and other tools for software quality and performance. SmartBear's developer API enables programmatic access to manage API definitions, automate lifecycle workflows, and integrate SwaggerHub with CI/CD pipelines and third-party services.

## Kin Score — 39.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 39.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 60.7 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 31.6 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

## Agent readiness — 33.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Enterprise (free trial) · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: enterprise, trial: yes (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **ReadyAPI** — ReadyAPI is SmartBear's API quality platform for functional, security, and performance testing. It supports RESTful, GraphQL, and other API standards, and is used by more than 2...
- **PactFlow** — PactFlow is SmartBear's contract testing platform that ensures API changes do not break consumer applications. It integrates with SwaggerHub for bi-directional contract testing ...
- **SmartBear APIs API** — Manage API definitions and versions
- **SmartBear Domains API** — Manage reusable domain definitions
- **SmartBear Integrations API** — Manage API integrations with third-party services
- **SmartBear Organizations API** — Manage organizations and members
- **SmartBear Projects API** — Manage SwaggerHub projects

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Smartbear Agentic Access** — 29 operations · 16 acting

## Security (3)

- **Smartbear Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Smartbear Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Smartbear Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Smartbear Plans Pricing**

## Tags

API Design, API Documentation, API Testing, Contract Testing, Governance, Monitoring, Platform

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/smartbear/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.