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Comparison

Bruno vs Insomnia

No clear leader: Bruno (63.3) and Insomnia (63.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Bruno full profile →Insomnia full profile →
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Bruno63
Insomnia63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Bruno63 / 100medium · 65%
Insomnia63 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Model
Brunofreemium
Insomniafreemium
Price level
Brunolow
Insomnialow
Starting price
Bruno$6
Insomnia–
Transparent
Bruno✓
Insomnia✗
Integrations
Count
Bruno7
Insomnia2
Security
Certifications
Iso27001
Bruno–
Insomnia✓
Scorecard
Bruno–
Insomnia8.8
Soc2
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Bruno–
Insomnia✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Bruno1
Insomnia91
Github stars
Bruno47,596
Insomnia40,046
Package downloads weekly
Bruno262,968
Insomnia–
Stackoverflow questions
Bruno–
Insomnia900
Activity
Commits last 30d
Bruno100
Insomnia53
Release
Cadence days
Bruno8
Insomnia6
History
Bruno20 items
Insomnia20 items
License
Spdx
BrunoMIT
InsomniaApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Bruno8 items
Insomnia8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api development tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
REST client
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
GraphQL support
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
gRPC support
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Design
Mock servers
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Testing
Automated / contract testing
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Collaboration
Team collaboration & sharing
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Docs
Doc generation
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Standards
OpenAPI / spec import
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Ops
CI integration / CLI
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Bruno

An open-source, offline-first API client that stores API collections as plain text files and integrates with Git for version control. It supports HTTP, REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests without requiring cloud accounts or per-user licensing.

Independently observed

Insomnia

An open-source application for designing, testing, and managing APIs across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets and other HTTP protocols, with flexible local, cloud, and git-based storage options.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Bruno

from $6/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Free open source edition or $6–11/user/month billed annually. 14-day free trial of Ultimate available.

  • Open SourceFree
    • API Client (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
    • Testing
    • Documentation
    • Scripting
    • Secret Management
    • +6 more
  • Pro$6/user/month, billed annually
    • All Open Source features
    • AI Assistant
    • Public + Private Git Providers
    • Unlimited Workspaces
    • Secret Manager Integration (Vault, Azure, AWS)
    • +6 more
  • Ultimate$11/user/month, billed annually
    • All Pro features
    • Unlimited OpenAPI/OAS Import
    • Collection to OAS Generation
    • User Management (unlimited admins)
    • CSV Upload
    • +9 more
as of verify ↗

Insomnia

from $12/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

Free tier with unlimited projects and Git Sync. Pro from $12/user/mo. Enterprise from $45/user/mo with contact sales for 50+ users.

  • EssentialsFree
    • Unlimited Git Sync projects for small teams
    • Unlimited Cloud/Local projects
    • Inso CLI access for CI/CD
    • Unlimited collection runs
    • Unlimited environments
    • +4 more
  • Pro$12/user/mo (15% savings annually)
    • Everything in Essentials
    • Unlimited users
    • Git Sync for all users
    • Unlimited organizations
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Pro
    • Native Kong Konnect integration
    • SSO (SAML/OIDC) and SCIM
    • Mandate data storage location
    • Domain capture and invite control
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Windows
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Linux
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
CLI
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Bruno✗
Insomnia✓
Self-hosted
Bruno✓
Insomnia✓
Air-gapped
Bruno✓
Insomnia✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • Azure Key Vault
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • HashiCorp Vault

Bruno

10 total - 7 not shared
  • Vault
  • OpenAPI
  • Git
  • Postman
  • Insomnia
  • Swagger 2.0
  • OpenAPI / Swagger
Independently observed

Insomnia

9 total - 6 not shared
  • Kong Konnect
  • Google
  • GitHub
  • Microsoft
  • GCP Secret Manager
  • Spectral
Independently observed
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Bruno or Insomnia: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.