Pipedream vs SwaggerHub comparison

Pipedream and SmartBear are both solutions in the API Management category. Pipedream is ranked #26 with an average rating of 9.0, while SmartBear is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.8. Pipedream holds a 0.4% mindshare in APIM, compared to SmartBear’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Pipedream users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SmartBear users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

SwaggerHub and Pipedream compete in the API management space, with Pipedream having superior features and SwaggerHub excelling in pricing and support.

Features: SwaggerHub provides robust API design, documentation, and collaboration tools. Pipedream has strong integrations, automation capabilities, and an advanced feature set that offers seamless integrations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SwaggerHub offers a streamlined deployment process with supportive customer service. Pipedream's deployment process is flexible but requires more setup and offers moderate support.

Pricing and ROI: SwaggerHub has a competitive price structure aligning with fundamental needs, giving a favorable ROI. Pipedream's pricing is higher initially but delivers substantial ROI through its powerful features and integrations.

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Categories and Ranking

Pipedream

Ranking in API Management

26th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SwaggerHub

Ranking in API Management

14th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Pipedream is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SwaggerHub is 1.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

API Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SwaggerHub	1.5%
Pipedream	0.4%
Other	98.1%

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FrankHo

Analyst at MSXI

A tool that ensures that its users see a return on investment from its use

The UI and the fact that the product is not easy to use are areas with shortcomings where improvements are required. Documentation isn't available for everything in the solution, so you may have to figure out a lot of things by yourself. Pipedream is easy to use for someone with tech skills or someone new who is trying to learn how to code. Though it is user-friendly for people with tech skills, it is not at all user-friendly for people who do not have any tech skills. The user interface of Pipedream is very simple compared to the user interfaces of some other products like monday.com or Asana. Asana and monday.com have visually appealing user interfaces. The user interface of Pipedream is not visually appealing at all. The aforementioned details need to be considered for improvement in the solution. I just wish there was a little bit more documentation on how everything worked when it came to deployment since I was a fairly new employee at the company at that time. Sometimes, the workflow wouldn't work fine in Pipedream, and I had to check it myself for errors. Finding the errors in Pipedream is hard to find. I think it would be good if Pipedream had the ability to send an email to notify you that there is an error with the code instead of having to go back in and then look every day or every hour if there was an error in the code.

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Manish Indupuri

senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Has streamlined API documentation and integration workflows across cross-functional teams

Documenting SwaggerHub has a standard and consistent structure of API definitions, and it automatically generates interactive documentation which helps the developers to understand everything. There are certain areas where SwaggerHub can go beyond here as formatting options for documentation pages are restricted, and the import and export options of API collections are complex in SwaggerHub. It provides various collaboration tools where we can work and do it. The strong validation against the API maintains conformity and reduces errors. That part is very great in SwaggerHub. Overall, scalability and stability-wise, it varies high compared to the competitors, but there are still certain areas where competitors are providing various customizations. SwaggerHub can understand those aspects and implement them as well. The complex import and export of API calls and collaborations can be challenging in SwaggerHub. If they can make it easier for us, that would be great. Their performance is degraded if there is too much load on the API. The customization and doc formatting options for documentation pages are restricted in SwaggerHub. A few of my teammates have complained that they find the UI unintuitive where it requires multiple clicks for simple tasks. SwaggerHub is a great tool, but these limitations can be addressed to make things better and easier.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is a developer-friendly platform that allows writing custom scripts."

"The solution enables users to integrate several things."

"The most valuable features of Pipedream are the prebuilt integrations that require no coding."

"The most valuable feature of Pipedream is the ability to use Python code in general."

"I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten."

"It is a stable solution."

"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."

"The scalability is endless."

"The most valuable features are the collaboration between multiple teams and the control and distribution of specifications."

"The tool's most valuable feature is licensing."

"One of the best features of SwaggerHub is how it allows me to create APIs and control the evolution of APIs within an organization."

"You can click & play and add the notation in a human-readable form. Spotlight is also very good in the graphical design of APIs."

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Cons

"We faced some server timeouts."

"Documentation isn't available for everything in the solution, so you may have to figure out a lot of things by yourself."

"They should give more information about trigger failure."

"There is a potential area for improvement in handling loop operations over items."

"We have to use additional tools to test APIs."

"SwaggerHub could be improved with better integration for tools."

"The scalability aspect of SwaggerHub can be improved. It becomes a bit unreliable when the load is increased and isn't up to par with expectations for scalability."

"The customization and doc formatting options for documentation pages are restricted in SwaggerHub."

"More integration and usability with the cloud microservices would be nice"

"It could be more intuitive compared to one of its competitors."

"SwaggerHub's UI needs to be improved as it looks very old school."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product price is fair and inexpensive than one of the competitors."

"Price-wise, for a company, it is a nice product, but for personal use, it is not very beneficial."

"It has a yearly subscription, but I am not sure."

"The tool is cheap."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pipedream?

It is a developer-friendly platform that allows writing custom scripts.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pipedream?

The product price is fair and inexpensive than Zapier.

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What needs improvement with Pipedream?

They could provide seamless integration with Jira, similar to classic code integration. Additionally, they should give more information about trigger failure.

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What needs improvement with SwaggerHub?

In SwaggerHub, I appreciate that it is a powerful platform for API design and collaboration, but currently, the access control is somewhat limited. I would love to see enhanced permissions allowing...

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What is your primary use case for SwaggerHub?

I have worked for Arden University, University of Sheffield, and Nanyang Technological University. For those institutions, I used Amazon AppStream for backend validations. When working for Prolific...

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What advice do you have for others considering SwaggerHub?

Based on my limited experience with SwaggerHub, I can share a few practical recommendations for implementing it effectively. Before onboarding multiple teams, it's important to define naming conven...

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Overview

Pipedream is an innovative workflow automation platform designed to streamline and simplify complex data integrations and workflows. Its primary use case is to connect various applications, services, and APIs, enabling seamless data transfer and automation across different systems.

The most valuable functionality of Pipedream is its ability to create and manage workflows using a visual interface. Users can easily build and customize workflows by connecting different actions and triggers, without the need for coding. Pipedream supports a wide range of triggers and actions, allowing users to automate tasks such as data extraction, transformation, and loading, as well as event-driven actions like sending notifications or updating databases.

Pipedream helps organizations by reducing manual effort and improving efficiency. It enables teams to automate repetitive tasks, freeing up valuable time and resources. With its extensive library of pre-built integrations and connectors, Pipedream simplifies the process of connecting and integrating various systems, eliminating the need for custom development. This empowers organizations to quickly build and deploy complex workflows, accelerating their digital transformation initiatives.

Furthermore, Pipedream provides real-time monitoring and debugging capabilities, allowing users to track the execution of workflows and troubleshoot any issues. It also offers advanced features like version control and collaboration, enabling teams to work together on building and maintaining workflows.

Pipedream

SwaggerHub is an integrated API Development platform, built for teams, that brings the core capabilities of the Swagger framework to design, build, document and deploy APIs. SwaggerHub enables development teams to collaborate and coordinate the entire lifecycle of an API with the flexibility to integrate with the toolset of your choice.

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Sonic, Zuora, Woolworths, CrowdFlower

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