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SwaggerHub pros and cons

Vendor: SmartBear
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

SwaggerHub offers endless scalability and stability, rated ten out of ten by users.
It excels at validating specifications and ensuring conformity to OpenAPI standards.
The collaboration and distribution of specifications between multiple teams are significant advantages.
Users find the initial setup easy and appreciate the click & play feature that enhances usability.
The ability to create and control the evolution of APIs within an organization is highly valued.

CONS

More integration and usability with cloud microservices would be beneficial, and the review process requires improvement, especially for implementing a full request review mechanism.
Customization options for the developer portal are limited, with minimal support beyond Swagger UI, hindering the ability to add additional pages and documentation.
Support for tagging on the API is insufficient, as metadata is currently restricted to being part of the spec, limiting flexibility.
SwaggerHub should support Open API 3.1, providing the ability to switch to this version for improved functionality.
Scalability needs enhancement, as it becomes unreliable under increased load and doesn't meet expectations for scaling.
 

SwaggerHub Pros review quotes

Coralia Popa - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 13, 2021
It is quite a useful tool. It is quite good with the validation of the spec. It works quite well in terms of errors and conformity to the OpenAPI standard. It is better than Visual Studio Code in terms of editing.
Coralia Popa - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 4, 2023
I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.
SwaminathanSubramanian - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 5, 2025
One of the best features of SwaggerHub is how it allows me to create APIs and control the evolution of APIs within an organization.
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PB
Apr 26, 2024
You can click & play and add the notation in a human-readable form. Spotlight is also very good in the graphical design of APIs.
Hammad Janjua - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 19, 2023
The product's initial setup phase was easy and not at all difficult.
reviewer1393596 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2020
The scalability is endless.
HV
May 16, 2023
It is a stable solution.
Hasham Mohammad - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2022
The most valuable features are the collaboration between multiple teams and the control and distribution of specifications.
Mubarak Arimiyah - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 8, 2023
The tool's most valuable feature is licensing.
 

SwaggerHub Cons review quotes

Coralia Popa - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 13, 2021
The review process should be improved. There seem to be some gaps, at least for us, for the editing part because we would like to have a full request review mechanism. They support some comments, but it is really hard to manage those comments. We would like to use the full request. Therefore, we are now looking to integrate with repositories. It has integration with Bitbucket and GitHub, but we have some internal constraints, and we need to move some of the repositories to GitHub. Our source code is on-premise in Bitbucket, and it was a bit of a problem for us to integrate. Now we are transitioning our repositories to GitHub, and hopefully, we can enable the integration. This will probably solve the problem with the review and approval. Its customization should also be improved. There are limitations around the support for the developer portal. There should be more customization options for the website that you can use as a developer portal. Currently, it has only Swagger UI with minimal customization. You cannot actually add additional pages and documentation for explaining concepts and general things. That's why we have started to look around to see what other tools are doing. They should also allow tagging on the API. We would like to add some tagging on the API to reflect certain things. Currently, any metadata that you would like to have has to be a part of the spec. You cannot do anything else. It should also have support for Open API 3.1, which was released at the beginning of the year. It would be great to be able to switch to that.
Coralia Popa - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 4, 2023
It has limited functionality...Unfortunately, some of its features are not what we need.
SwaminathanSubramanian - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 5, 2025
Some areas of SwaggerHub that could be improved include the interface between the code editor and the visual editor, the integration with private APIs, which currently requires an upgraded account.
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Hammad Janjua - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 19, 2023
SwaggerHub's UI needs to be improved as it looks very old school.
reviewer1393596 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2020
More integration and usability with the cloud microservices would be nice
HV
May 16, 2023
It could be more intuitive compared to one of its competitors.
Hasham Mohammad - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2022
SwaggerHub could be improved with better integration for tools.
Mubarak Arimiyah - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 8, 2023
We have to use additional tools to test APIs.