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Elva

API management platform that discovers endpoints from code, governs access, and exposes them to developers and AI agents via MCP servers

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Quick facts
What is it	API management platform that discovers endpoints from code, governs access, and exposes them to developers and AI agents via MCP servers
Pricing	Freemium — from $100/mo
Free tier	Yes
Platform	Web Application
API	Yes
Best for	creating comprehensive API catalogs from existing codebases, ensuring API consistency and preventing breaking changes across teams
Domain registered	2026

Data updated Sept. 15, 2026

What does Elva do?

Elva is an API management platform designed for the age of AI agents. It automatically discovers every API endpoint in your codebase, generates OpenAPI specs even if you don't have any, and lets you govern who — or what — can access each endpoint. The result is a single pipeline that handles cataloging, contract management, testing, and hosting MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, so your APIs are ready for both human developers and autonomous agents.

What makes Elva stand out is its focus on "agent readiness." It scores every endpoint on design, security, and AI-readiness, then flags issues like missing descriptions or undocumented auth. You can fix many of these with one click using AI. The platform also introduces API contracts: you define which endpoints, fields, and audiences (partner, internal, public, or AI agent) a contract covers, and Elva diffs every code commit against that promise, blocking breaking changes before they ship. It even generates and hosts MCP servers from any API, complete with authentication and logging — no weekend demo, real infrastructure.

Elva is built for engineering teams that manage APIs at scale, especially those serving both traditional developers and AI agents. If you're a platform team tired of manually maintaining API docs, a startup wanting to expose your APIs to tools like Claude or Cursor, or an enterprise that needs to enforce contracts across multiple consumers, Elva gives you a single source of truth. It's also useful for teams adopting agentic workflows who need their APIs to be reliably consumable by LLMs.

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Key features

What makes it stand out

Automatic API discovery from any repo — generates OpenAPI 3.1 specs without manual input

Agent-readiness scoring with AI-powered one-click fixes for missing descriptions, schemas, and auth docs

API contracts that define which endpoints and fields each audience sees, with automatic diffing and breaking change detection

Hosted MCP server generation and gateway — agents install with one command, with per-tool auth and full logging

MCP Playground to test tools with a real agent and collect feedback on confusing endpoints

Who is Elva for?

Who benefits most from this tool

creating comprehensive API catalogs from existing codebases

ensuring API consistency and preventing breaking changes across teams

exposing APIs securely to AI agents and external developers

Pricing

Free tier available — start without a credit card

Free

1 repos
1 hosted mcp servers
1,000 tool calls per month
1 repo, unlimited endpoints
OpenAPI spec generation from code
AI labeling and API scoring
API testing and MCP Playground
1 hosted MCP server · 1,000 tool calls/mo
Auto changelog of API changes
Unlimited members
Community support

Startup

$100/month

Everything in Free, plus:

3 repos
100 AI fixes per month
3 hosted mcp servers
25,000 tool calls per month
3 repos, weekly auto rescan
Endpoint-level insights, 100 AI fixes/mo
Consumption data and unused endpoint detection
Changelog with breaking-change flags
1 internal API contract, notify policy
3 hosted MCP servers · 25,000 tool calls/mo
Auth gateway with managed keys
Email support

Business

$720/month

$600/month billed yearly

Everything in Startup, plus:

10 repos
Unlimited AI fixes per month
20 hosted mcp servers
250,000 tool calls per month
10 repos, rescan on every commit
20 contracts, all audiences: internal, partner, public, AI agent
Full governance: block-publish policies, rulesets, unlimited stakeholders, Slack alerts, GitHub PR comments
Webhooks for contract and change events
Contract deploys: spec, docs, MCP, SDK, Postman collection
Automated API testing: scheduled runs and chaos suites
Insights with score history and trends
Public changelog page for your consumers
20 hosted MCP servers · 250,000 tool calls/mo
MCP insights and logs: per-agent, per-key, 30-day retention
Per-tool auth scopes
Priority support