SmartBear wins 2025 IoT award for enterprise solution

SmartBear has received the 2025 IoT Innovation Award for Enterprise Solution of the Year from IoT Breakthrough, marking their fifth consecutive win in this category.

The recognition was awarded to SmartBear for its API design, development, and documentation solution known as the SmartBear API Hub, formerly SwaggerHub. The IoT Breakthrough awards, now in their ninth year, acknowledge distinguished achievements in the Internet-of-Things industry, including companies, products, and services.

SmartBear's API Hub is credited for its seamless integration of various developer tools, designed to facilitate the API development process for teams focused on creating effective and dependable APIs. This suite of tools combines API Hub for Design, Portal, Contract Testing, and Explore, signifying SmartBear's approach to a modular and comprehensive toolset that supports the API lifecycle.

Jenn McAuliffe, Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Sales at SmartBear, commented on the award's significance. "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," she said. "Thousands of IoT development teams worldwide rely on SmartBear to deliver high-quality, scalable APIs. We continue prioritizing standardisation, governance, and a quality-first approach, shaping the future of connected devices and driving innovation in the IoT ecosystem. We are thrilled to be honoured in the IoT Breakthrough Awards for Enterprise Solution of the Year."

The competitive nature of the award process was highlighted by Steve Johansson, Managing Director at Tech Breakthrough, who stated, "With thousands of nominations coming in from all over the world, the evaluation process was extremely competitive for the 2025 program. 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 recognised in our IoT Breakthrough Awards for the fifth year in a row."

In addition to receiving praise for its API Hub, SmartBear has introduced HaloAI, an AI-driven feature across its product offerings. This development is part of SmartBear's wider programme of enhancing its software quality tools, designed to provide greater automation and visibility for development teams globally.

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.