SaaSHub

SaaSHub is an independent software discovery platform that helps users find, compare, and discover software alternatives across SaaS, web, and cloud-based applications. The platform maintains a comprehensive catalog of software products with user reviews, pricing information, feature comparisons, and curated lists of alternatives. SaaSHub serves as a permanent directory where software vendors can list their products and users can discover alternatives to tools they already use.

Website: https://www.saashub.com/ API Documentation: https://www.saashub.com/site/api APIs.yml: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/saashub/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

APIs

SaaSHub API

The SaaSHub public API provides programmatic access to SaaSHub's software discovery platform. Two primary endpoints: a product endpoint returning data for the first product matching a query, and an alternatives endpoint returning the matching product along with its top 10 relevant alternatives. Responses follow the JSON:API specification.

• Base URL: https://www.saashub.com/api
• Documentation: https://www.saashub.com/site/api
• OpenAPI: openapi/saashub-openapi.yml
• Authentication: API key via api_key query parameter

Endpoints

Method	Path	Description
GET	/api/product/{query}	Get product data matching query
GET	/api/alternatives/{query}	Get product with top 10 alternatives

Authentication

API key required. Obtain from https://www.saashub.com/profile/api_key. Users must disclose SaaSHub API usage on their website.

OpenAPI Specifications

API	File
SaaSHub API	openapi/saashub-openapi.yml

Capabilities

Capability	Description
capabilities/software-discovery.yaml	Software discovery and alternatives research workflow

Shared Definitions

API	File
SaaSHub API	capabilities/shared/saashub.yaml

JSON Schema

Schema	File
SaaSHub Product	json-schema/saashub-product-schema.json

JSON Structure

Structure	File
SaaSHub Product	json-structure/saashub-product-structure.json

JSON-LD

Context	File
SaaSHub Context	json-ld/saashub-context.jsonld

Examples

Example	File
Get Product Alternatives	examples/saashub-get-product-alternatives-example.json

Rules

Ruleset	File
SaaSHub Spectral Rules	rules/saashub-spectral-rules.yml

Vocabulary

Vocabulary	File
SaaSHub Vocabulary	vocabulary/saashub-vocabulary.yml

Tags

Alternatives, SaaS, Software Discovery, Software Catalog

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Maintainers

FN: Kin Lane Email: kin@apievangelist.com