API Portal
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VisitAPI Portal vs Backstage
What both publish
| Fact | API Portal | Backstage |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | The Enterprise plan offers on-premise deployment. | The standalone installation guide creates a locally running app with an in-memory SQLite database and demo content, and says this setup is not production-ready. |
| Integrations | Ready-made CI/CD integrations are available for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins. | Integrations let Backstage read or publish data using providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, LDAP, and cloud providers. |
| Intended users | The site describes the product as built for API teams and presents plans for small teams, growing businesses, and large organizations. | Backstage is aimed at organizations whose product and engineering teams need a shared developer portal and software ecosystem catalog. |
| Support | The listed plans include community support for Starter, priority support for Professional, and dedicated support for Enterprise. | The project documentation links to a community support chatroom and contribution resources. |
API Portal plans
- EnterprisePriced on request
- ProfessionalPriced on request
- StarterPriced on request
Backstage plans
- Backstage open-source frameworkFree
Pick API Portal if…
API Portal is aimed at API teams, from small groups and growing businesses to large organizations. It may suit teams that need a shared catalog, interactive API documentation, specification versioning, and pipeline automation.
Pick Backstage if…
It is aimed at organizations whose product and engineering teams need a shared developer portal and software catalog. Teams should be prepared to self-host and configure its security for their environment.