Red Hat Integration vs SwaggerHub comparison

Red Hat and SmartBear are both solutions in the API Management category. Red Hat is ranked #33 with an average rating of 7.0, while SmartBear is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.8. Red Hat holds a 0.3% mindshare in APIM, compared to SmartBear’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Red Hat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SmartBear users who would recommend it.

Red Hat Integration

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100% willing to recommend

SwaggerHub

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Red Hat Integration and SwaggerHub based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Red Hat Integration

Ranking in API Management

33rd

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.4

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 Red Hat Integration is 0.3%, up from 0.0% 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%
Red Hat Integration	0.3%
Other	98.2%

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CHEW YONG

Principle Solution Architect at beans

Facilitates seamless integration while offering room for OpenShift flexibility

I am still a reseller for IBM products today. I focus on integration solutions. For integration, my clients are using CP4I. For CP4I, I'm using ACE-S, API Connect, and MQ. These are the three products I'm selling from IBM. My clients are using IBM App Connect on-premises. I basically sell open source, specifically Red Hat Integration for integration purposes. Red Hat Integration is part of the Red Hat Integration bundle, which includes two different software solutions bundled together with Red Hat. It's bundled with the OpenShift plus the foundation. I am a Principal Solution Architect. I would be available for them to reach out by email for any questions or comments regarding my review. I want to be a reference for them. I rate Red Hat Integration an eight out of ten.

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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

"Real-time event streaming is good because you can do real-time data insight, monitor any event that happens, take the action, and provide a real-time dashboard based on certain data."

"The most valuable features of Red Hat Integration lie in its ease of customization for business needs and the flexibility to design workflows according to specific requirements."

"The product's initial setup phase was easy and not at all difficult."

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

"It is a stable solution."

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

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

"SwaggerHub has significantly improved how my organization designs, documents, and manages APIs, centralizing API management so that all API definitions are stored in one location, which makes it easy for stakeholders, developers, QA, DevOps, and products to access the latest version."

"SwaggerHub plays a crucial role in order to bring teams and automate things faster and also reduce the man-hours and increase the work efficiency."

"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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Cons

"The performance of a few computations for the message broker version could be more stable."

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

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

"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 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."

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

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

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

"In SwaggerHub, I appreciate that it is a powerful platform for API design and collaboration, but currently, the access control is somewhat limited."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive platform and not suitable for small companies."

"The tool is cheap."

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

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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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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Red Hat Integration?

The most valuable features of Red Hat Integration lie in its ease of customization for business needs and the flexibility to design workflows according to specific requirements.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat Integration?

It is an expensive platform and not suitable for small companies. It costs around $30,000 for standard support services and lacks flexibility.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Integration?

The disadvantage of Red Hat Integration is that it has to be tightly coupled to the OpenShift platform, so I couldn't run it on any platform other than OpenShift.

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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

Red Hat Integration is a comprehensive platform that facilitates agile integration, connecting applications, data, and devices. Designed for developers and enterprises, it offers modern integration features to streamline operations and enhance connectivity.

Red Hat Integration provides an efficient solution for creating and managing integrations with its robust tools and services. It supports modern IT environments, promoting collaboration and reducing complexity with its open-source technology. Key features like messaging, transformation, and service orchestration empower businesses to implement flexible integration strategies seamlessly.

What are the key features of Red Hat Integration?

Messaging: Connects applications through various messaging patterns for scalable data exchange.
Data Transformation: Enables efficient data processing across diverse systems.
API Management: Offers comprehensive API control and security measures.
Service Orchestration: Integrates multiple services to create cohesive processes.
Event-Driven Architecture: Supports responsive application design through real-time events.

What benefits and ROI should you consider?

Increased Efficiency: Streamlines integration processes, saving time and resources.
Scalability: Adapts to growing business demands with ease.
Flexibility: Provides multiple integration methods to suit different needs.
Cost Savings: Reduces operational costs by leveraging open-source solutions.

Red Hat Integration finds its application in industries like finance and healthcare, where it plays a vital role in secure data processing and compliance management. Its flexibility and scalable architecture make it a preferred choice for enterprises aiming to enhance their digital capabilities through efficient system integration.

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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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