API Spec Comparison Tool
Last updated November 4, 2016
Attribute | API Blueprint | RAML | Swagger | IO Docs | Mashape | WADL |
Usability | ||||||
Spec | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | ![]() |
Website | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Language Support | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | N/A | ![]() |
Ease of Getting Started | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ease of Spec Maintenance | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spec Driven | ||||||
API Design First | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Visual API Designer | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Offline IDE | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Allows Code Reuse | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mocking Service | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
Build Support | ||||||
Frameworks | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
Applications/ Tools | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
Support Tooling | ||||||
API Console | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
API Documentation | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
API Interaction | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
API SDK Generation | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | N/A | ![]() ![]() |
Community | ||||||
Size | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Engagement | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | ![]() |
Available Resources | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Industry Backed Workgroup | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Summary | ||||||
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* note proprietary tools are not taken into account for specification ratings
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