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Comparison

curl vs Redocly

No clear leader: Redocly (67.6) and curl (65.0) 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.

curl full profile →Redocly full profile →
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curl65
Redocly68
Score
vioscaleAI score
curl65 / 100medium · 51%
Redocly68 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
curl✓
Redocly✓
Model
Price level
curlfree
Redoclylow
Transparent
curl✓
Redocly✓
Integrations
Count
curl–
Redocly1
Security
Disclosure policy
curl✓
Redocly–
Gdpr
curl–
Redocly✓
Iso27001
curl–
Redocly✓
Pci
curl–
Redocly✓
Scorecard
curl9
Redocly6.6
Soc2
curl–
Redocly✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
curl–
Redocly99.9
Status page
curl–
Redocly✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
curl3,409
Redocly2,769
Github stars
curl43,119
Redocly25,948
Package downloads weekly
curl–
Redocly1,344,836
Activity
Commits last 30d
curl100
Redocly6
Release
Cadence days
curl48
Redocly45
History
curl20 items
Redocly20 items
License
Spdx
curl–
RedoclyMIT
Language
Primary
curlC
RedoclyTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
curl4 items
Redocly6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

curl

curl is a widely-used command-line tool and library that enables data transfer using URL syntax. It supports numerous protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, and MQTT, and can be used both from the command line and as a programmatic library.

Independently observed

Redocly

Redocly provides tools to generate API documentation, validate specifications against custom rules, maintain centralized API catalogs for organizational discovery, and manage documentation as source code using version control integration.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

curl

Open source

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Redocly

from $10/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

From $10/seat/month (Pro). 30-day free trial. Respect Monitoring from free (first 1,000 requests/month) with usage-based or commitment tiers.

  • Pro$10/seat/month
    • Custom domain hosting
    • 1 Project
    • 100 Pages
    • OpenAPI/GraphQL/AsyncAPI/SOAP support
    • Mock servers
  • Enterprise$24/seat/month
    • Everything in Pro
    • 500 Pages
    • SSO
    • Guest SSO
    • RBAC
    • +4 more
  • Enterprise+Contact sales
    • Everything in Enterprise
    • Data residency options
    • Sales-assistance
    • Procurement forms
    • Security questionnaires
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
curl✗
Redocly✓
iOS
curl✓
Redocly✗
macOS
curl✓
Redocly✗
Windows
curl✓
Redocly✗
Linux
curl✓
Redocly✗
CLI
curl✓
Redocly✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
curl✗
Redocly✓
Self-hosted
curl✓
Redocly✗

Integrations

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

curl

Not documented yet.

Redocly

1 total
  • GitHub
Independently observed
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curl or Redocly: 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.