SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, earned the 2025 IoT Innovation Award – Enterprise Solution of the Year from IoT Breakthrough in its 9th annual awards program. For five straight years, SmartBear’s popular API design, development, and documentation solution, SwaggerHub – now SmartBear API Hub, powered by Swagger – has been named a winner in the program that recognizes the world’s most innovative IoT companies, products, services, and people. Through a seamless integration of various robust SmartBear tools, API Hub streamlines the API development process for modern teams seeking to deliver valuable and reliable APIs. 

“In the IoT enterprise landscape, APIs are the backbone that enable seamless device communication, and SmartBear has long been the go-to API solution for IoT companies,” said Jenn McAuliffe, SVP, Global Enterprise Sales at SmartBear. “Thousands of IoT development teams worldwide rely on SmartBear to deliver high-quality, scalable APIs. We continue prioritizing standardization, governance, and a quality-first approach, shaping the future of connected devices and driving innovation in the IoT ecosystem. We are thrilled to be honored in the IoT Breakthrough Awards for Enterprise Solution of the Year.” 

SmartBear has consolidated its most trusted developer tools into dynamic, modular hubs that streamline workflows and scale seamlessly as teams grow. API Hub includes an integrated set of robust tools that simplifies the API lifecycle with API Hub for Design (formerly SwaggerHub), API Hub for Portal (formerly SwaggerHub Portal), API Hub for Contract Testing (formerly PactFlow), and API Hub for Explore (formerly SwaggerHub Explore).  

“With thousands of nominations coming in from all over the world, the evaluation process was extremely competitive for the 2025 program,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director at Tech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence, research, and recognition program that helps innovative companies, people, and products break through the most competitive technology sectors. “Over the years, we have worked with hundreds of technology titans and groundbreaking startups to give recognition to those that standout. Congratulations go to SmartBear for being recognized in our IoT Breakthrough Awards for the fifth year in a row.” 

API Hub featuring HaloAI, an advanced AI-driven capability being introduced across SmartBear's product portfolio, is now available. For more information, go to: 

https://smartbear.com/api-hub/ 

For the complete list of IoT Breakthrough Award winners, go to: https://iotbreakthrough.com/ 

About IoT Breakthrough  

Part of the Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the IoT Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Internet-of-Things technologies, services, companies, and products. The IoT Breakthrough Awards program provides a forum for public recognition around the achievements of IoT companies and products in categories including Connected Home and Home Automation, Connected Car, Industrial IoT (IIoT) and Smart City, Consumer IoT and more. For more information visit IoTBreakthrough.com. 

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