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Comparison

Insomnia vs Postman

No clear leader: Postman (62.8) and Insomnia (62.0) 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.

Insomnia full profile →Postman full profile →
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Insomnia62
Postman63
Score
Vioscale score
Insomnia62 / 100high · 76%updating
Postman63 / 100medium · 74%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Insomnia✓
Postman✓
Model
Insomniafreemium
Postmanfreemium
Price level
Insomnialow
Postmanlow
Transparent
Insomnia✗
Postman✓
Integrations
Count
Insomnia8
Postman4
Security
Disclosure policy
Insomnia–
Postman✓
Gdpr
Insomnia–
Postman✓
Scorecard
Insomnia8.8
Postman–
Soc2
Insomnia✓
Postman✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Insomnia✓
Postman✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Insomnia91
Postman–
Github stars
Insomnia39,956
Postman–
Stackoverflow questions
Insomnia900
Postman22,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
Insomnia81
Postman–
Release
Cadence days
Insomnia6
Postman–
History
Insomnia20 items
Postman–
License
Spdx
InsomniaApache-2.0
Postman–
Language
Primary
InsomniaTypeScript
Postman–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Insomnia8 items
Postman7 items
Hosting
Model
Insomnia–
Postmancloud

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Insomnia

A desktop and cloud-based development tool that enables teams to build, test, and debug APIs with support for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. Includes API design workflows, mocking servers, automated testing capabilities, and integrates with Kong Konnect for API governance and discovery.

Independently observed

Postman

A comprehensive platform that enables teams to develop, test, manage, and distribute APIs with integrated artificial intelligence capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

Postman

from $9/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $9/month (Solo) or free tier. Billed annually.

  • FreeFree
    • API client & core tools
    • Specs & mock servers
    • Native Git
    • Collection Runner & Performance Testing runs
    • Manual Flows
    • +5 more
  • Solo$9/month (billed annually)
    • Everything in Free, plus:
    • 400 AI credits/month
    • Data-driven testing with exports
    • Unlimited private NPM packages & library
    • Custom-branded documentation
    • +2 more
  • Team$19/user/month (billed annually)
    • Everything in Solo, plus:
    • 400 AI credits/user/month
    • Team collaboration
    • Unlimited workspace & collection viewers
    • Basic role-based access control (RBAC)
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Team, plus:
    • 800 AI credits/user/month (pooled)
    • API Catalog
    • Unlimited private and Partner workspaces
    • Private API Network
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Insomnia✓
Postman✓
macOS
Insomnia✓
Postman✗
Windows
Insomnia✓
Postman✗
CLI
Insomnia✓
Postman✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Insomnia✓
Postman✓
Self-hosted
Insomnia✓
Postman✗
Hybrid
Insomnia✓
Postman✗

Integrations

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

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

Insomnia

8 total - 5 not shared
  • Kong Konnect
  • Google
  • GitHub
  • Microsoft
  • GCP Secret Manager
Independently observed

Postman

4 total - 1 not shared
  • 1Password
Independently observed

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