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# Stoplight Reviews
**Vendor:** SmartBear  
**Category:** [API Documentation Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-documentation-management)  
**Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 343
## About Stoplight
Let Stoplight be your platform for building high-quality APIs for any scale - with best-in-class editing, documentation, and governance featuring built-in mocking, linting, style guides, component libraries, and more. Coding APIs before designing them wastes time and money and creates unnecessary risk. Build successful API programs at any scale that drive business outcomes with a design-first approach. Stoplight is the only design-focused API solution. With integrated documentation and governance, the Stoplight platform enables consistency, reusability, and quality for an enjoyable developer experience. The platform enables successful API programs driven by digital transformation, platform development, and API-as-a-product - for new or established teams.



## Stoplight Pros & Cons
**What users dislike:**

- Users find the **app crashes** of Stoplight problematic, highlighting the need for better stability and support. (1 reviews)
- Users find significant **compatibility issues** with Stoplight, affecting stability and usability in production workflows. (1 reviews)
- Users find the **performance issues** of Stoplight hinder its usability and stability in production workflows. (1 reviews)
- Users find the **customer support lacking** , hindering their ability to effectively utilize Stoplight in workflows. (1 reviews)


## Stoplight Discussions
  - [Which is the best method of splitting OpenAPIs ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-is-the-best-method-of-splitting-openapis) - 1 comment, 1 upvote
  - [Would it be possible to have plugins in StopLight?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/51159-would-it-be-possible-to-have-plugins-in-stoplight) - 1 comment, 1 upvote
  - [What does Stoplight do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-stoplight-do) - 1 comment
  - [Is stoplight studio free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-stoplight-studio-free) - 2 comments
  - [What is stoplight API?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-stoplight-api) - 2 comments

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## Stoplight Features
**Development**
- API Testing
- Data Security
- Orchestration
- Scalability

**Customization**
- API Contracts
- Change Management

**Development - API Platforms**
- API Testing
- Scalability
- Orchestration
- Data Security

**API Construction**
- API Testing
- Data Security
- Orchestration
- Scalability

**Collaboration**
- Design Management
- Access Control
- Visibility

**Organization**
- Respository
- Third-Party Integration
- Access Management

**Collaboration - API Platforms**
- Visibility
- Access Control
- Design Management

**API Management**
- Traffic Control
- Logs/Documentation
- API Monitoring
- Monetization
- Gateway

**API Management - API Platforms**
- API Monitoring
- Traffic Control
- Gateway
- Logs/Documentation
- Monetization

**Data Integration**
- App Integration
- Data Transformation
- Plugins

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