Speakeasy vs Stainless
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Speakeasy
Turn your OpenAPI spec into production-ready SDKs, MCP servers, and do...
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Stainless
The AI compiler that turns your OpenAPI spec into hand-crafted, produc...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.2 / 10 | 8.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 1 language, up to 250 API operations, SDK and MCP generation included | Free plan: up to 5 SDK generators, 25 endpoints, 5 seats (pre-wind-down) |
| Paid from | $720/month per language (Business); Enterprise custom pricing | ~$250/month per SDK (Starter); enterprise custom from ~$30K/year (pre-wind-down) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | ~3,000 users; 7,250+ SDKs generated as of late 2024 | Hundreds of paying API companies; SDKs downloaded tens of millions of times/week |
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 |
| Maker | Speakeasy (independent, Series A-backed) | Anthropic (acquired May 2026) |
| Verdict | Speakeasy is one of the strongest choices for API-first teams that need production-grade, polyglot SDKs without maintaining 10 separate codebases. Its OpenAPI-native philosophy means no proprietary DSL to learn, no vendo... |
Stainless set the industry bar for AI-generated SDK quality, powering the official libraries for OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google — a trust signal almost no competitor can match. Its compiler approach (using a custom... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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