Comparison
Insomnia vs Postman
Overview
Insomnia is an open-source API client and design tool for building, debugging, and testing REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket APIs with environment management and collaboration.
Postman is an API platform for designing, testing, documenting, and sharing APIs, used by millions of developers for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket testing.
Features
- —REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket support
- —Environment management
- —Request collections
- —Code generation
- —API design (OpenAPI)
- —Git sync
- —Plugin ecosystem
- —Response visualization
- —API request builder
- —Automated testing
- —Collections and environments
- —API documentation
- —Mock servers
- —Monitoring
- —API governance
- —Flows (visual API orchestration)
Pricing
Insomnia
freemiumFree plan available
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | Free | Free plan. |
| Pro | $12/mo | Per user/month on the annual pricing view; monthly billing is also available. |
| Enterprise | $45/mo | Per user/month on the annual pricing view; self-serve up to 50 users. |
Postman
freemiumFree plan available
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Core individual API development features with limited AI credits. |
| Solo | $9/mo | Per month billed annually for individuals who want more AI and automation. |
| Team | $19/mo | Per user/month billed annually for team collaboration. |
| Enterprise | $49/mo | Per user/month billed annually; contact sales also available. |
Company Fit
Insomnia
StartupSMBEnterprise
Postman
StartupSMBEnterprise
Stacks
Insomnia