Software Advice

Software Advice is a free online service that helps businesses navigate the software buying process by providing software reviews, comparisons, and personalized recommendations. As a Gartner subsidiary founded in 1999, Software Advice covers over 300 software market categories with user reviews, ratings, and expert advisory services to help buyers find the best software solutions for their needs.

Software Advice publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include B2B, Software Recommendations, Software Reviews, Analytics, and Gartner.

The Software Advice catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Software Advice’s developer surface includes FAQ, engineering blog, YouTube channel, and 14 more developer resources.

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36.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
B2BSoftware RecommendationsSoftware ReviewsAnalyticsGartner

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Composite quality — 36.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Software Advice Reviews API

Software Advice provides software review data, ratings, and recommendations through their platform. As a Gartner subsidiary, Software Advice aggregates user reviews and expert a...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Software Advice Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Software Advice Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Software Advice Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Software Advice Context

0 classes · 19 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Software Advice API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Software Advice Review

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Software Advice Review Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Software Advice Review Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Software Advice Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Software Advice Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact
Contact
 FAQ
FAQ

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Facebook
Facebook

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

VendorListing
VendorListing
 X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: software-advice
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/software-advice/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: software-advice:software-reviews-api
  name: Software Advice Reviews API
  description: Software Advice provides software review data, ratings, and recommendations through their platform. As a Gartner
    subsidiary, Software Advice aggregates user reviews and expert analysis across 300+ software categories to help businesses
    find and evaluate software solutions.
  humanURL: https://www.softwareadvice.com/
  baseURL: https://www.softwareadvice.com/
  tags:
  - Software Reviews
  - B2B
  - Software Recommendations
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/vendors/
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/software-advice/refs/heads/main/json-schema/software-advice-review-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/software-advice/refs/heads/main/json-structure/software-advice-review-structure.json
name: Software Advice
tags:
- B2B
- Software Recommendations
- Software Reviews
- Analytics
- Gartner
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/software-advice.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/software-advice-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/software-advice-domain-security.yml
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/
  name: Software Advice Website
  type: Website
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/about-us/
  name: About Us
  type: About
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/contact/
  name: Contact
  type: Contact
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/vendors/
  name: Vendor Listing
  type: VendorListing
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/vendor-listing-faq/
  name: Vendor Listing FAQ
  type: FAQ
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal-page/privacy/
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/general-user-terms
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.softwareadvice.com/blog/
  name: Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://twitter.com/SoftwareAdvice
  name: Software Advice on X
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-advice
  name: Software Advice on LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.facebook.com/softwareadvice
  name: Software Advice on Facebook
  type: Facebook
- url: https://www.youtube.com/user/SoftwareAdvice
  name: Software Advice on YouTube
  type: YouTube
- url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/software-advice
  name: Software Advice GitHub
  type: GitHubRepository
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/software-advice/refs/heads/main/json-ld/software-advice-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/software-advice/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/software-advice-vocabulary.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: Software Advice is a free online service that helps businesses navigate the software buying process by providing
  software reviews, comparisons, and personalized recommendations. As a Gartner subsidiary founded in 1999, Software Advice
  covers over 300 software market categories with user reviews, ratings, and expert advisory services to help buyers find
  the best software solutions for their needs.