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SmartBear provides AI-powered tools that help teams deliver quality applications and APIs across the software development lifecycle.

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Overview

SmartBear is a software company whose tools support quality applications and APIs across the entire SDLC. Its product areas include autonomous QA, API lifecycle management, automated testing, and observability. The company states it is trusted by developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations, including Adobe, JetBlue, and Microsoft. Founded in 2003 by Jason Cohen, SmartBear has grown from a small developer-focused toolset into a multi-product company.

History

SmartBear was founded in 2003 by Jason Cohen, who started the company on the conviction that quality should be accessible and dependable for every software team. Over more than two decades, SmartBear has grown from a small developer-focused toolset into a multi-product company in the software ecosystem. Its portfolio expanded through the integration of trusted products including Swagger, ReadyAPI, TestComplete, and Zephyr.

Products and positioning

AI-powered tools that help you deliver quality applications and APIs across the entire SDLC

  • AlertSite

    Monitor your websites, web apps, and APIs from all over the world and within your private networks.

  • BearQ

    Agentic QA teammates that continuously explore, test, and validate your application as it evolves.

  • BitBar

    The most flexible cloud-based mobile device and browser testing solution for manual or automated tests.

  • BugSnag

    An observability platform that delivers actionable insights with real-time user data to improve app performance and user experience.

  • Collaborator

    The premier peer code and document review tool for development teams that take software quality seriously.

  • LoadNinja

    Diagnose web UI and API performance issues with data that’s highly actionable and extremely accurate.

  • Pact

    Open source contract testing framework to easily and reliably test integrations for web apps, APIs, and microservices.

  • QMetry

    Scalable, AI-enabled test management solution, helping agile teams boost productivity and deliver superior software.

  • ReadyAPI

    An API quality platform that accelerates functional, security, and load testing right inside your CI/CD pipeline.

  • Reflect

    Simplify testing and amplify quality through AI-powered, no-code testing.

  • Swagger

    Create, document, test, and govern your APIs with AI-powered lifecycle management tools.

  • TestComplete

    Automate testing across web, mobile, and APIs with AI-native tools and a centralized testing system of record.

  • Zephyr

    Scale testing for AI-driven development.

Recent events

  • Reported

    Bugsnag adds support for Unreal Engine and Electron[4]

    Bugsnag, a SmartBear company, added support for Unreal Engine and Electron, enabling stability management for games built with Unreal on Android and iOS and monitoring of stability and native errors for Electron apps.

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