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Comparison

Insomnia vs Redocly

No clear leader: Redocly (67.6) 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.

Insomnia full profile →Redocly full profile →
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Insomnia63
Redocly68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Insomnia63 / 100high · 75%
Redocly68 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Insomnia✓
Redocly✓
Model
Insomniafreemium
Redoclycommercial
Price level
Insomnialow
Redoclylow
Transparent
Insomnia✗
Redocly✓
Integrations
Count
Insomnia2
Redocly1
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Insomnia–
Redocly✓
Iso27001
Insomnia✓
Redocly✓
Pci
Insomnia–
Redocly✓
Scorecard
Insomnia8.8
Redocly6.6
Soc2
Insomnia✓
Redocly✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Insomnia–
Redocly99.9
Status page
Insomnia✓
Redocly✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Insomnia91
Redocly2,769
Github stars
Insomnia40,046
Redocly25,948
Package downloads weekly
Insomnia–
Redocly1,344,836
Stackoverflow questions
Insomnia900
Redocly–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Insomnia53
Redocly6
Release
Cadence days
Insomnia6
Redocly45
History
Insomnia20 items
Redocly20 items
License
Spdx
InsomniaApache-2.0
RedoclyMIT
Language
Primary
InsomniaTypeScript
RedoclyTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Insomnia8 items
Redocly6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

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.

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 ↗

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
Insomnia✗
Redocly✓
macOS
Insomnia✓
Redocly✗
Windows
Insomnia✓
Redocly✗
Linux
Insomnia✓
Redocly✗
CLI
Insomnia✓
Redocly✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Insomnia✓
Redocly✓
Self-hosted
Insomnia✓
Redocly✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Insomnia

9 total - 8 not shared
  • Kong Konnect
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Azure Key Vault
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • GCP Secret Manager
  • Spectral
Independently observed

Redocly

1 total - 0 not shared
  • GitHub
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Insomnia 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.