Apiary
Apiary is a hosted web platform for designing, prototyping, documenting, and testing APIs.
What Apiary is
Apiary is a hosted web platform for designing, prototyping, documenting, and testing APIs. It supports API Blueprint and OpenAPI (Swagger) descriptions, with an editor that validates API descriptions and provides a live preview. Publishing a description creates a mock server that returns the responses defined there. Automated testing compares actual API responses against expectations generated from the description. Teams can manage document access with Admin, Editor, and Viewer roles, and Apiary offers GitHub sync; branch-based integration is available on Pro. Interactive documentation can be embedded in websites or internal portals on Standard and Pro. The free plan costs nothing and provides unlimited API projects with five participants per project, but no team and public projects. The mock server allows 120 requests per minute by default or 5,000 with authentication. Standard and Pro are marked deprecated, and plan changes are handled by support request for current customers. Private project viewers are capped at 50 on Standard, while custom Pro plans can raise that limit.
Good
- Supports API Blueprint and OpenAPI.
- Publishing creates a mock server.
- Automated tests compare responses with description-based expectations.
- Team roles control access to API documents.
- Free plan allows unlimited API projects.
Watch out
- Free projects are public and have no team.
- Free projects allow five participants each.
- Standard and Pro plans are deprecated.
- Default mock server limit is 120 requests per minute.
Who it suits
Apiary may suit teams that want to describe, mock, document, and test APIs in a hosted platform. Its free plan is geared toward public projects with up to five participants and no team.
Verdict
Apiary combines API description editing, mock servers, and automated response checks. The free tier is limited to public projects without team controls, and the Standard and Pro plans are deprecated.
Plans and prices
From Apiary's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Unlimited API projects · 5 participants per project · no team · public projects |
| Pro | Priced on request | Deprecated · custom collaborators · advanced GitHub integration · priority support |
| Standard | Priced on request | Deprecated · 10 participants per project · private projects · team management |
The facts
Each one read from Apiary's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automated testing
- Automated testing compares an API’s actual responses with expectations generated from its API description.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Description formats
- Apiary supports API Blueprint and OpenAPI (Swagger) API description formats.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Editor
- The editor provides instant validation and a live preview for API descriptions.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Embed documentation
- Apiary supports embedding interactive documentation in websites or internal portals on Standard and Pro plans.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Apiary offers GitHub sync, with branch based GitHub integration available on Pro according to its help page.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Mock server
- Publishing an API description automatically creates a mock server that returns responses defined in the description.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Mock server limit
- The mock server allows 120 requests per minute by default and 5,000 requests per minute with authentication.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Apiary is a web based platform for designing, prototyping, documenting, and testing APIs.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- Pro includes priority support with guaranteed 24x7 response times from a dedicated support team.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Viewer limit
- Viewers of private API projects are capped at 50 on Standard, and the limit can be raised on custom Pro plans.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Ownership
- Oracle announced its agreement to acquire Apiary in January 2017.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Team controls
- Teams can assign Admin, Editor, and Viewer roles and control access to API documents.checked 2 Oct 2026
Money
- Plan status
- The pricing table labels Standard and Pro as deprecated and says plan changes are handled by support request for current customers.checked 2 Oct 2026
