Developer tools / Insomnia
Insomnia
Leading Open Source API Development Platform for HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and WebSockets
Where it stands
3.9 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 3 of 3 signals
- Website health4.2 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
- Community4 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Insomnia yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.
Should you use Insomnia?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Essentials plan is $0 per user/month: Git Sync projects for up to 3 users, unlimited Cloud/Local projects, unlimited collection…”
Check first
- The free option has limits: “Essentials plan is $0 per user/month: Git Sync projects for up to 3 users, unlimited Cloud/Local projects, unlimited collection…”
Does: API testing
Measured signals
4.2 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Insomnia's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 134 ms.
- Security2.8 / 51 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security).
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Segment.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
4 / 5 · 29 commenters86% of the 29 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Insomnia; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Insomnia is an extremely powerful tool, but most users love it for how simple and easy it is to use. In order to maintain this core tenant, Designer needs to be simple too, which is why we're releasing Insomnia Designer…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“For what it's worth, I use Insomnia every day with some pretty large requests and I've never had an issue with it. With this, VSCode, Slack & Boostnote - a good portion of my daily work is done in Electron apps and I…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I switched to Insomnia after a few years of frustration with Postman crashing and its annoying tab behavior. The only thing I miss is a display for # of matches when searching!”
Read in the thread - Critical
“At least that's how I usually interpret it, even though Insomnia doesn't seem to be open source (disappointing).”
Read in the thread
Threads: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client (2016, 154 comments) · Insomnia REST Client (2017, 109 comments) · Show HN: Insomnia Designer – Open-source collaborative editor for API design (2020, 83 comments) · Show HN: Insomnia REST Client now open-source (2017, 53 comments)
- Free tier
- Essentials plan is $0 per user/month: Git Sync projects for up to 3 users, unlimited Cloud/Local projects, unlimited collection runs and environments, 1,000 mock server requests per month, Inso CLI. Scratch Pad is local-only and free.
- Paid plan
- Pro $12 per user/month (annual payment schedule; toggle shows Save 17% for annual). Enterprise $45 per user/month, self-serve up to 50 users; billing period not clearly stated. Extra mock requests add-on: $10 per 25,000.
- Signup
- Not stated for the free plan. The page says the Scratch Pad can be used without logging in.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy names Google Cloud for hosting and says data may be stored outside the EU. It does not say whether project data is stored locally or in the cloud. Optional end-to-end encryption for project data. No retention periods given; account deletion is permanent.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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- API testingNot tested yet
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