# SmartBear Software
> Software testing, monitoring, and API lifecycle management tools for teams of all sizes
## What we do
SmartBear is a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, empowering development teams to deliver exceptional software faster. Founded in 2003, we've grown to serve over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations across 194 countries. Our comprehensive platform approach integrates testing, monitoring, and API development tools to help teams build, test, and monitor software applications throughout the entire development lifecycle.
Our mission is to be the first choice for software development teams of all sizes, providing tools that immediately impact the delivery of tomorrow's applications. With approximately 960 employees globally and offices in the US, Ireland, UK, Poland, India, Finland, Sweden, and Australia, we combine global reach with local expertise to support our customers' success.
## Industry Recognition
- Gartner Leader: Named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management, recognized for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
## Who we serve
Software development teams from individual developers to Fortune 500 companies across 194 countries.
## Key products
- **TestComplete**: Cross-platform automated UI testing
- URL: [TestComplete](https://smartbear.com/product/testcomplete/)
- **SwaggerHub**: Collaborative API design and documentation
- URL: [SwaggerHub](https://swagger.io/api-hub/)
- **ReadyAPI**: API functional, security, and load testing
- URL: [ReadyAPI](https://smartbear.com/product/ready-api/)
- **Zephyr**: Test management solutions
- URL: [Zephyr](https://smartbear.com/test-management/zephyr/)
- **AlertSite**: Synthetic monitoring
- URL: [AlertSite](https://smartbear.com/product/alertsite/overview/)
- **Bugsnag**: Error monitoring and crash reporting
- URL: [Bugsnag](https://bugsnag.com/)
- **LoadNinja**: Browser-based load testing
- URL: [LoadNinja](https://loadninja.com/)
- **Pactflow**: Contract testing for microservices
- URL: [Pactflow](https://pactflow.io/)
- **BitBar**: Real device cloud for mobile and web testing
- URL: [BitBar](https://smartbear.com/product/bitbar/)
- **Reflect**: AI-powered test generation and maintenance
- URL: [Reflect](https://reflect.run/)
- **QMetry**: AI-driven test management and automation
- URL: [QMetry](https://www.qmetry.com/)
- **HaloAI**: AI capabilities across our product suite for smarter testing and monitoring
- URL: [HaloAI](https://smartbear.com/ai/)
- **Stoplight**: API design, documentation, and governance tools
- URL: [Stoplight](https://stoplight.io/)
## Open source products
SmartBear actively maintains and contributes to several foundational open source projects that have become industry standards:
- **Swagger**: API design and documentation tools that enable teams to design, build, and document APIs collaboratively.
- URL: [Swagger](https://swagger.io/)
- **Pact**: Contract testing framework enabling consumer-driven contract testing between microservices
- URL: [Pact](https://pact.io/)
- **Stoplight**: Open source API design, documentation, and governance tools that complement our commercial offerings
- URL: [Stoplight](https://stoplight.io/)
- **SoapUI**: Open source API testing tool that has been widely adopted for functional and security testing of SOAP and REST APIs
- URL: [SoapUI](https://soapui.org/)
## Key Content Areas
The website is broken down into several key content areas to help users find what they need quickly:
- **Products**: https://smartbear.com/products/
- **Blog**: https://smartbear.com/blog/
- **Learn**: https://smartbear.com/learn/
- **Resources**: https://smartbear.com/resources/
- **Company**: https://smartbear.com/company/
## Support & Community
- [Product Support Portal](https://support.smartbear.com/) – FAQs, articles, support tools
- [SmartBear Subprocessors](https://smartbear.com/legal/smartbear-subprocessors/) – vendor transparency list
- [SmartBear Community Guide](https://community.smartbear.com/kb/resources/smartbear-community-user-guide/261466) – learning and engagement resources
## Getting started
- Free trials: Available for all major products
- Documentation: support.smartbear.com
- Academy: smartbear.com/academy/
- Community: community.smartbear.com
## Contact
- Website: smartbear.com
- Support: support.smartbear.com
- Sales: smartbear.com/contact-us/
This file is reviewed periodically.  
Last updated: 2025-07-31