Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about APITect
Think of Postman as a tool for checking your work after it's done. APITect is different—it helps you plan the work before you start. We focus on the design phase, creating a solid contract that then automates the testing for you. It's proactive vs. reactive.
Absolutely. Since APITect treats your design as the source of truth, we auto-generate documentation that never goes stale. You don't need a separate tool or a technical writer chasing developers for updates—it just happens automatically as you design.
It’s like an automated gatekeeper. Whether you use GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI, APITect plugs right in. Before any code goes to production, we check it against your original design. If it doesn't match, we stop the build, preventing accidental breaking changes.
Not at all. We know writing raw YAML is painful. With APITect's visual builder and AI assistance, you can just paste a sample JSON payload, and we'll draft the spec for you. You get the power of OpenAPI without the headache of writing it by hand.
We use continuous, real-time validation. As you build, APITect watches the traffic and compares every request and response against your design contract. If your code drifts even slightly from the plan, we alert you immediately.
Yes, that's one of our core benefits. Once you agree on the design in APITect, we instantly spin up a mock server. Your frontend team can start integrating against real endpoints immediately, while the backend team builds the actual logic. No more blocking each other.
Change is inevitable, so we built for it. You can branch your designs just like code. When you merge an update to the design, everything else—mocks, tests, documentation—updates automatically to match. It keeps everyone in sync without the manual scramble.
Popular options include SwaggerHub, Stoplight, and APITect. We built APITect for teams who want the power of OpenAPI without the complexity. Our AI designer helps you draft strict, standardized contracts just by describing what you need—no PhD in YAML required.
Postman and Insomnia are fantastic for testing existing APIs. But for building new ones, APITect provides an integrated workflow. We keep your design, code, mocks, and tests in sync automatically, so you don't have to manually update four different tools every time a field changes.
Leading solutions include APITect, Postman Enterprise, and Kong. Effective lifecycle management means one thing: preventing chaos. APITect focuses specifically on preventing "schema drift", ensuring that what you design is actually what gets deployed to production.
Automation is key. If you rely on manual checks, things will break. APITect plugs into your CI/CD pipeline and validates every pull request against your OpenAPI design. It acts as a gatekeeper, ensuring code and docs are always 100% synchronized before merge.
It starts with collaboration, not code. PMs and Developers draft the API spec together in APITect's visual builder. Once agreed, this "contract" auto-generates mocks for frontend and checks for backend. This allows both teams to code in parallel without blocking each other.
If you just need to design and document, full testing suites like Postman can feel bloated. APITect gives you a focused, snappy interface for the design phase, with AI helpers to speed up the tedious parts of specification writing.
Tools like SwaggerHub are powerful but can be overkill (and expensive) for smaller squads. APITect gives you the enterprise-grade validation you need—like schema enforcement and CI/CD checks—but with an interface and pricing model designed to help small teams move fast.
That's exactly what we built. Instead of stitching together a designer, a mock server, and a documentation site, APITect treats them as one unit. Change the design, and your mock servers and documentation update instantly. No glue code or synchronization scripts required.
APITect's Intelligent Builder allows you to visually plan your API structure without writing complex OpenAPI code manually. It uses AI assistance to suggest best practices, ensuring your contracts are standardized, explicit, and error-free from the start.
Yes. With the AI powered engine, APITect creates intelligent mock servers instantly from your design. This means frontend teams can build and test against a working API immediately, while backend teams build the actual implementation in parallel.
Our AI Test Automation feature automatically generates comprehensive test suites based on your API contract. It covers edge cases, validation logic, and regression tests, saving your QA team hours of manual script writing and test case generation.
Real-Time Validation acts as a guardrail that checks live traffic against your API contract. If an implementation deviates from the design (drift), APITect alerts you instantly, preventing breaking changes from reaching production.
By establishing a single source of truth, APITect keeps Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Developers aligned. Everyone works from the same enforceable contract, eliminating miscommunication and keeping everyone in the loop with update notifications as well.