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Alternatives to Insomnia

11 other tools do at least one of the 1 task Insomnia does. Tools with a tested score come first; the rest are ordered by how many tasks they share with Insomnia.

Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.

• Checkly

  Not enough data

  The only monitoring platform built from the ground up to be operated by developers and agents to give teams a clear signal of application health.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

  Free tier

  Hobby plan costs $0: 10 uptime monitors, up to 1,000 browser check runs and 10,000 API check runs per month (hard-capped), 6 locations, 2-minute maximum frequency, 1 user, 1 dashboard. Email, Slack and webhook alerts. Raw data kept 7 days.

  Signup

  Sign-up is through a Get Started link to the signup page; the page does not explicitly say an account is required. The FAQ says no credit card is needed to get started.

  Insomnia vs Checkly

• PPostman

  Not enough data

  Go faster from development to production with higher accuracy and fewer tokens.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

  Free tier

  The Free plan supports core solo API development and testing for individual developers. The page says: “Free supports core solo API development and testing for individual developers.”

  Signup

  A signup is required to use Postman. The page says: “Sign In Sign Up for Free.”

• Thunder Client

  Not enough data

  Thunder Client is a fast, lightweight REST API client for VS Code and JetBrains. Test REST and GraphQL APIs and share collections with Git, right in your IDE.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

  Free tier

  Free plan, $0 per user per month, no credit card: 3 collections, 50 requests per collection, 5 collection imports per month, collection runner via CLI only. Includes VS Code and JetBrains extension, CLI/CI, WebSocket, SSE and gRPC.

  Signup

  Not stated.

• Yaak

  Not enough data

  Your requests on your machine, versioned with Git. Interact with any API using the app or agent-friendly CLI.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

  Free tier

  Free for personal use with no license. Commercial use has a 30-day trial starting on first launch, with no credit card or signup required.

  Signup

  Personal use and trial need no account. Licenses are tied to a Yaak account.

  Insomnia vs Yaak

• Apidog

  Not enough data

  Apidog is listed for: api testing.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

• Bruno

  Not enough data

  Bruno is the Git-native API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and Websocket. A local and open-source solution to Postman. Fast, developer-first, and no cloud syncing.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

• Hoppscotch

  Not enough data

  Helps you create requests faster, saving precious time on development.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

• HTTPie

  Not enough data

  Making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

• RapidAPI

  Not enough data

  RapidAPI is listed for: api testing.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

• RReqBin

  Not enough data

  ReqBin is listed for: api testing.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

• Swagger

  Not enough data

  Simplify API development for users, teams, and enterprises with our open source and professional toolset. Findogut how Swagger can help you and get started today.

  Shares 1 of 1 tasks: API testing

Free-tier and signup lines come from each tool's own pages. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

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