Elva
Goodbye, Postman. Your APIs have new consumers
Built by Mariam Lekveishvili, Ana Robakidze, and Garry Tan · Freemium
Elva is a Product Hunt listing on Launch Llama with 303 total upvotes, founded by Mariam Lekveishvili, Ana Robakidze, and Garry Tan who joined in Sep 2026, compared against 5 alternatives.
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Mariam Lekveishvili, Ana Robakidze, and Garry Tan (Joined Sep 2026)
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Launched on Launch Llama Sep 16, 2026 · #5 of 42 that day
Elva at a glance
- What it is
- Elva: Goodbye, Postman. Your APIs have new consumers.
- Pricing
- Elva pricing: Free plan for 1 repo.
- Best for
- Elva is best for platform and API teams managing internal and partner-facing APIs across multiple repositories., engineering teams building AI agents or MCP integrations that need stable, well-described API tools. and developers who need to keep API docs, SDKs, and Postman collections in sync with source code.
- Alternatives
- Top Elva alternatives on Launch Llama: AIGoCode, Experiential Labs and HarnessRouter.
About
Developers use your APIs. Now agents do too. Elva discovers APIs from code, lets you choose what each audience can use, and runs your MCP servers with auth and analytics. Track agent activity and review changes as your code evolves
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Elva has 303 upvotes, including the votes it received on Product Hunt. It has been listed on Launch Llama since September 2026. No Launch Llama members have upvoted it yet and it has no reviews yet.
Elva discovers APIs from your code and lets you set access per audience, while Arachne turns existing websites into agent-ready interfaces.
Elva vs Arachne
Elva discovers APIs from your code and lets you set access per audience, while Arachne turns existing websites into agent-ready interfaces.
| Elva | Arachne | AIGoCode | Experiential Labs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Goodbye, Postman. Your APIs have new consumers | For AI teams: Arachne converts websites into structured Shadow APIs for agents, replacing brittle scraping with governed, auditable inter… | AIGoCode is an AI API gateway for developers and teams, prov | For AI teams: Experiential learns from your traffic to cut costs, recommend better models, and train a specialized model you own. |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Not stated | Freemium |
| Free plan | Yes, free plan | Yes, free plan | Not stated | Yes, free plan |
| Category | AI Infrastructure Tools | Artificial Intelligence | Not stated | Unified API |
| Upvotes on Launch Llama | 303 | 8 | 24 | 125 |
| Listed on Launch Llama | September 2026 | May 2026 | October 2026 | September 2026 |
Key Features
- Discover all APIs in your code automatically
- Score APIs on design, security, and AI readiness
- Govern API access with per-audience contracts
- Generate and host MCP servers for AI agents
- Detect breaking changes and API drift automatically
- Generate OpenAPI specs from code without manual specs
Use Cases
- Teams shipping APIs to external partners need governed access
- API teams wanting to prevent breaking changes in production
- Companies exposing APIs to AI agents and MCP clients
Who it is for
- Platform and API teams managing internal and partner-facing APIs across multiple repositories.
- Engineering teams building AI agents or MCP integrations that need stable, well-described API tools.
- Developers who need to keep API docs, SDKs, and Postman collections in sync with source code.
Pricing
Free plan for 1 repo. Startup $100/mo for 3 repos. Business $600/mo billed annually for 10 repos. Custom Enterprise pricing available.
FAQ
What is Elva?
Elva is the system that discovers every API in your codebase, understands and scores them, governs what each audience can access, and exposes them to developers, applications, and AI agents through documentation, SDKs, and hosted MCP servers. Elva sits between your codebase and everything that consumes your APIs. It is built by Theneo and used by teams from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
Is Elva an API gateway?
No. Elva sits above your repositories and existing gateways. It discovers, governs, and exposes APIs while your gateway keeps handling runtime traffic. The exception is MCP: Elva hosts and gates MCP servers itself, with scoped keys, per-tool authorization, and full call logs.
How is Elva different from Postman?
Postman is where developers work with individual requests. Elva is the system of record for an organization's entire API estate: what exists, who owns it, what each audience can access, and what agents are calling.
Does Elva need an OpenAPI spec to start?
No. Elva derives the catalog from your code by reading route registrations, validators, and serializers, then emits OpenAPI 3.1 as an output. Existing specs are imported and kept in sync with the code on every commit.
How does Elva work with AI agents?
Elva generates MCP servers from your API contracts and hosts them behind an auth gateway with scoped keys, per-tool authorization, and full call logs, so Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and partner agents can use your APIs safely.
How much does Elva cost?
The Free plan covers 1 repo and 1,000 tool calls a month, forever. Startup is $100 per month flat, Business is $600 per month billed annually, and Enterprise is custom. Every plan includes unlimited members.
Is Elva ready for an enterprise security review?
SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001/27701 are certified and GDPR is covered by a DPA, all held by Theneo and covering the infrastructure Elva runs on. SSO, SAML, OIDC, and SCIM work with the identity provider you already run, and Elva deploys as hosted SaaS, in your private cloud, or on-prem.
Who builds Elva?
Elva is built by Theneo, the API documentation company whose platform is used by 20,000 companies.
Do you charge per user?
No, never. Every plan includes unlimited members. Plans are flat per workspace.
What counts as a tool call?
One request from an agent or client through an Elva-hosted MCP server. MCP Playground calls don't count.
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